Jenks829
Well-Known Member
I recently brewed a Dark IPA.
PM Recipe
5 lbs American Two-Row
4 lbs Light DME
1 lb Carafa III
1 lb Crystal 60L
1.75 oz Chinook 60 min
2.00 oz Amarillo 10 min
1.5 oz Simcoe 10 min
I split the batch in half and fermented 2.5 gallons with Wyeast 1056 and the other 2.5 gallons with Wyeast 1272. Fermented in the 60°F-65°F range. Remained in primary for 66 days (kinda long, I got busy)
I bottled this batch earlier in the week and could REALLY taste a difference between samples.
The 1056 fermented to 1.017 while the 1272 finished at 1.022.
1056 had a stronger citrus hop presence (very grapefruit like) and the 1272 had more body and what I perceived as a very different hop characteristic.
I will often brew a beer for the first time and try a few different yeast strains to then determine which I like better. This seems to have produced two very different beers. They won't be carbed up until Christmas so I'll post back then with an update.
On a side note: I found this recipe on HBT under a thread "Best of Show Dark IPA" (or something like it). I wanted to PM the guy and thank him for the recipe but I can't find the thread. I used the search but nothing showed up. So if you are that guy and you are reading this, Thanks Bud!
PM Recipe
5 lbs American Two-Row
4 lbs Light DME
1 lb Carafa III
1 lb Crystal 60L
1.75 oz Chinook 60 min
2.00 oz Amarillo 10 min
1.5 oz Simcoe 10 min
I split the batch in half and fermented 2.5 gallons with Wyeast 1056 and the other 2.5 gallons with Wyeast 1272. Fermented in the 60°F-65°F range. Remained in primary for 66 days (kinda long, I got busy)
I bottled this batch earlier in the week and could REALLY taste a difference between samples.
The 1056 fermented to 1.017 while the 1272 finished at 1.022.
1056 had a stronger citrus hop presence (very grapefruit like) and the 1272 had more body and what I perceived as a very different hop characteristic.
I will often brew a beer for the first time and try a few different yeast strains to then determine which I like better. This seems to have produced two very different beers. They won't be carbed up until Christmas so I'll post back then with an update.
On a side note: I found this recipe on HBT under a thread "Best of Show Dark IPA" (or something like it). I wanted to PM the guy and thank him for the recipe but I can't find the thread. I used the search but nothing showed up. So if you are that guy and you are reading this, Thanks Bud!