Has anyone ever gotten intense pear flavors using this yeast? I'll post the full recipe below, but the basics are that we brewed an IPA using this yeast, and after 2 weeks of primary and 2 weeks of secondary, the first tasting was just a huge blast of canned-pear flavor. We know apple and pear...
Presently, we have a Belgian strong blonde that's about 36 hours into primary, with a nice, strong krausen going. Our recipe calls for 2# of dextrose to be added during high krausen, which I'm planning to do tonight.
Is it okay to top-crop the yeast, even though I'm also adding additional...