- Recipe Type
- All Grain
- Yeast
- LAIII (WY1318)
- Yeast Starter
- 5L (overbuilt)
- Batch Size (Gallons)
- 10
- Original Gravity
- 1.082
- Final Gravity
- 1.015
- Boiling Time (Minutes)
- 60
- IBU
- 43
- Color
- 4.1
- Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
- 10 days, ramping from 64°F after 4 days to 68°F
- Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
- 4 days @ 68°F
- Additional Fermentation
- Cold crashed to 36°F for two days
- Tasting Notes
- Close to the prototype :) Amped up hop characters that play very well together riding on a solid malt backbone.
I had this beer in cans bought from a grocery up in New Hampshire - my local package store doesn't carry that specific SN beer - and thought it was very good, definitely worthy of a clone attempt.
When I got back home I checked out the Sierra Nevada site and noted they are quite free with listing ingredients - they just don't provide proportions. Or the yeast strain. But that's ok - gotta leave us some challenge!
I basically went with a basic neipa style grain bill with flaked adjuncts, and added some carapils to hold onto some body. For the hops, I've used a ton of Chinook and Amarillo over the years and always have some of each on hand, but had never used Azacca, Idaho 7, or Strata, and of those had only tasted Azacca before. Finally, for the yeast, I went with good old LAIII. So there was plenty of uncertainty involved, but what the heck, couldn't go far off the rails, right?
So, here's the first attempt. The actual numbers are pretty close to spec, and I've been drinking it for a few days now and the experience is very close. And likely to stay that way - if there's a "difference" it'd likely be the hop schedule, and as I have no idea what Idaho 7 or Strata taste like on their own, any changes would be a "Try this and see what happens" So I may just stick with this recipe...
Cheers!
ps: Finished Water ppms: Calcium 84, Sulfate 149, Chloride 91, Magnesium 8, Sodium 21.
When I got back home I checked out the Sierra Nevada site and noted they are quite free with listing ingredients - they just don't provide proportions. Or the yeast strain. But that's ok - gotta leave us some challenge!
I basically went with a basic neipa style grain bill with flaked adjuncts, and added some carapils to hold onto some body. For the hops, I've used a ton of Chinook and Amarillo over the years and always have some of each on hand, but had never used Azacca, Idaho 7, or Strata, and of those had only tasted Azacca before. Finally, for the yeast, I went with good old LAIII. So there was plenty of uncertainty involved, but what the heck, couldn't go far off the rails, right?
So, here's the first attempt. The actual numbers are pretty close to spec, and I've been drinking it for a few days now and the experience is very close. And likely to stay that way - if there's a "difference" it'd likely be the hop schedule, and as I have no idea what Idaho 7 or Strata taste like on their own, any changes would be a "Try this and see what happens"
So I may just stick with this recipe...Cheers!
ps: Finished Water ppms: Calcium 84, Sulfate 149, Chloride 91, Magnesium 8, Sodium 21.
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