"Sparkling Ale" - Off to a Good Start!

This is about 21 hours after pitching starter.

OG = 1.037

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Looking good!

Did you grow some Cooper's sparkling ale yeast for that?

Looking good

Sparkling Ale (Sam Adam's Clone Attempt #1)

- 4 lbs 6.6 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) UK
- 4 lbs 6.6 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US
- 12.9 oz Caramalt (Simpsons)
- 4.3 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L

- 0.52 oz Hallertauer Mittelfrueh (First Wort)
- 1.0 oz Tettnang (30 min)
- 1.0 oz Spalt Spalter (5 min)

YEAST
White Labs WLP008 - East Coast Ale (I used 1L starter)

unionrdr said:

Did you grow some Cooper's sparkling ale yeast for that?

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White Labs WLP008 - East Coast Ale

Kegged last night. I'll measure FG today from a sample I saved. Needed to warm up after cold crashing.

Tasted good though. A bit mild. Perhaps from missing my OG target?

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I would guess with that tiny og It will indeed be fairly mild

FG was 1.004.
ABV 4.3%

How does it taste?

bransona said:

How does it taste?

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The sample I tasted while racking to keg had a good flavor but was a bit mild. I think it would have been much better if I had hit my OG target. Looking forward to tasting it after it carbs up.

Kegged on 1/19/16
C02 set to 30 psi at 38F for 35 hours then dialed down to 10 psi

First pour on 1/22/16 (after several glasses to clear stuff out - gelatin) getting more head than I thought.

Using 10' line with picnic faucet.

Thoughts?

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Did the foam settle down for you? How's the final taste?

Yes, sorry i didn't respond with an update. Foam settled down. In fact, I wish there was just a bit more. The bubbles in the head are larger on average than I think they should be.

Purging the C02 a few times did the trick.

I also changed my keezer temp to 40F and upped the C02 pressure to ~13.5 for a carb volume of 2.6.

I'm open for suggestions.

It tastes good. My wife and daughter commented that it tastes good but seems like there should be a little more "flavor". I agree and I think this is from my target OG being a little low.

I don't have a Sam Adams "Sparkling Ale" to compare it to. I do think it's worth improving upon.

I'm putting together an order now to brew this one. How do you think the hop schedule worked out for you?

summerofgeorge said:

I'm putting together an order now to brew this one. How do you think the hop schedule worked out for you?

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I think it was ok but I'm such a newby I have no experience to really give you a useful answer.

Usually Sam Adams does a Noble dry hop on their beers.