Cloning HopHands by Tired Hands Brewing Company

[crusader1612]

Has anyone used something like WLP013 yeast? It has similar coding and its called London Ale.

 

[mintyice]

Has anyone used something like WLP013 yeast? It has similar coding and its called London Ale.

yes it is NOT the same

 

[Little_Lebowski]

Well I asked NB if they had the ability to double crush the oats which they claimed they could not. The oat malt comes in prepackaged, precrushed 1 lb bags from their supplier unlike their other bulk base malts which they crush themselves. I don't have my own mill so I need to compensate a bit with a longer mash. Also I'm hitting close to my desired ABV it's just that my OG and FG are shifted to the dry side with the 148 mash temp. Turned out around 5.8%

 

[Little_Lebowski]

Looks yummy! Surprised you only hit 1.049 with 12# of grain. Is that due to the large % of oat malt? How's the mouthfeel with 33% oat malt?

The mouthfeel is actually pretty crisp and dry especially with my carbonation levels slightly elevated. I've done some comps with stuff I normally carb and serve around 12 psi and its slightly lower than TH stuff I'm bringing home in growlers. Hophands doesn't really have that chewy pillowy softness though which is why I kept mashing at lower temps to get my FG down low enough.

 

[crusader1612]

yes it is NOT the same

What did you think of it when you used it?

 

[mintyice]

What did you think of it when you used it?

that I wished I used 1318 instead

it's similar to 002. Not bad, just not what I wanted.

 

[hopbrad]

not to hi-jack but anyone else inspired to try to make their Milkshake IPA or Alien Church?
For 5 gallons of milkshake I was thinking:
10 lbs 2-row/pils
1.5 lbs flaked oats
1 lb white wheat
.5 lbs lactose
1 vanilla bean in the secondary along with fruit of choice.
mild bitterness with lots of fruity whirlpool/dry hops.
1:1 sulfate/chloride or favor chloride
thoughts?

 

[jjw5015]

not to hi-jack but anyone else inspired to try to make their Milkshake IPA or Alien Church?
For 5 gallons of milkshake I was thinking:
10 lbs 2-row/pils
1.5 lbs flaked oats
1 lb white wheat
.5 lbs lactose
1 vanilla bean in the secondary along with fruit of choice.
mild bitterness with lots of fruity whirlpool/dry hops.
1:1 sulfate/chloride or favor chloride
thoughts?

I asked the same thing about milkshakes a few pages back, a few people posted some attempts

 

[Jesterdeal]

Just wanted to thank the original poster for this recipe. I've adapted this recipe and it is now our house IPA. The modifications are minimal:

WYeast - London Ale III
9lb. - America 2-row Pale
2lb. - Flaked Oats

0.5oz - Columbus (60min)
1.0oz - Centennial (Flameout)
1.0oz - Amarillo (Flameout)
1.0oz - Simcoe (Flameout)
2.0oz - Centennial (Dry hop)
2.0oz - Amarillo (Dry Hop)
2.0oz - Simcoe (Dry Hop)

1tsp Gypsum
1tsp Calcium Chloride

Juice bomb for sure.

Thanks again

 

[ancientbrewer]

Hi, I brewed this beer as close as possible to original recipe and am now drinking it. Hmmmm hmmmm pretty tasty. I saved a gallon back and add some Brown sugar and some oak . I may dry hop again in a week or so to boost it! Very nice recipe thank you