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I’m using the Trinity Julius clone recipe referenced extensively in this thread. The two things I changed that appear to have made a big difference for me is to not airate the wort before or after pitching the yeast and don’t rehydrate the yeast. Works every time with zero clove or undesired...

Zero clove, which I was getting bad and ruining beer for the first three attempts. I’m not naturally carbonating. Fill keg and throw it in the kegerator. I just made a Sap clone and I don’t have that strong fruity flavor that’s normally found in Sap, but it has all of the other TH...

I literally just said a couple posts above that I’m probably 95% of the way there.

Not yet, but I think I want to try holding at a high temperature the whole time and also try a higher finish temp too. So many options such little brewing time.

I totally agree. I’m using the Trinity clone and I think I’m probably 95% there. I’m going to start to experiment to get more esters out of the blend, but man am I close to the real thing. As I’ve mentioned before, the key for me was don’t aerate the wort and pitch without rehydrating. Hold at...

In my Julius clone using the 3 yeast blend, I hit 1.014 every time. I mash at 154F and add a little corn sugar to the boil. I’ve kegged a week after brewing and levees after two weeks of brewing. Exact same FG - 1.014.

Yes, all added at the same time. First day is 72F then drop it down to 64F for the remainder of fermentation.

I used to get clove really bad, but my eureka moment was when I got lazy/frustrated and just dumped the dry yeast blend into the fermented without rehydrating or oxygenating the wort. I want to start messing with the ratios now that I’m getting good results.

I think they’re absolutely still using these three strains. I’ve been pitching the dry yeast blend (92/5/3) into unoxygenated wort and my fermentation chamber smells like walking into TreeHouse and the final beer is very similar to TreeHouse. They’re able to coax out more esters than a I can...

Pitching temps were around 70F

Aside from my first batch, same ratios. I got lazy on my fifth batch and was blown away how much better it was than all of my other attempts. I have full fermentation control and hold 70F for the first 24 hours then drop it to 64F for the remained.

I’ve brewed around 6 attempts using the S04/T58/WB06 blend. The first two were way too spicy, the second two were ok, but the last two have been really good. I stopped rehydrating before pitching on the last two. I’m using the standard ratios from the Trinity clone.

I think the photo is pretty strong evidence that TH is not blending. I’m going to try a 62F blend for my next attempt.

I actually brew in small batches - 2.5 gallons. Here's a link to my recipe: https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/639764/julius-take-3 And here's a link the inspiration: https://trinitybrewers.com/brews/ipa/julius-clone-treehouse-brewing-ipa/

Three major differences: 1 - The T58 and WB06 are a tiny percentage of the yeast 92/5/3 (S04/T58/WB06). Previously, I was pretty heavy handed with these two. 2 - I was fermenting pretty warm - 72F for the duration. In the Trinity recipe, Marshall calls for 1 day at 72F then cool everything...

I just brewed the Trinity Julius clone recipe to a T. I was preparing to cold crash yesterday and while I was emptying out the airlock thought to myself - wow! This smells just Like that smell you get when you walk into the Tree House brewery. Fingers crossed that it tastes as good as it smells...

Batch to batch variations seem to be a big issue at TH right now. Glad you got one of the good batches. I bought a case of Julius a month ago and it was very subdued in flavor and aroma and had this horrible hop burn at the end of the can. I regretted buying a whole case.

I just want to figure out how to get the yeasty fruit flavor that’s in all of their beers.

I bought a ton of Tree House beer the last couple of days and as a result have been drinking a ton of Tree House beer the last couple of days. The thing that strikes me is how sweet all their beers are. They’re almost syrupy tasting. I get almost no clove or spice except on the very finish of a...

I brewed a Julius clone yesterday - we'll I made it up as I went. For yeast I used S04 (50%), T58 (25%) and WB06 (25%) all pitched at once and set the temp to 71F. I pitched the yeast around 5pm last night and it was ripping away within a couple of hours and this morning was going absolutely...