GigaYeast Sweet Flemish Brett IPA

[BzurkoBrews]

Today I brewed a Brett IPA with Gigayeast's Sweet Flemish Brett. I've done some great IPAs using Trois so I thought I'd give this strain a try. I made a 1 liter starter and let it sit for 10 days. Day before brew (yesterday) i decanted and poured off 100ml of slurry to save for another brew. Then I made another 1 liter starter with the rest of the slurry. I pitched this active starter into the wort at 68F.

7 Gallons
OG 1.060
IBU 62
SRM 5

88.2% Pale Malt
8.8% Golden Naked Oats
2.9% Carafoam

60min - Magnum 15.2 ibu
15 - Nelson Sauvin 14.1
15 - Sorachi Ace 16.4
5 - Nelson Sauvin 5.7
5 - Sorachi Ace 5.9
5 - Amarillo 4.9
Dry hop 1oz each of Nelson, sorachi and Amarillo for 5 days.

Adjust mash pH to 5.4 with lactic acid. Ferment at 70 for the first few days and raise temp 1-2 degrees a day until it reaches 76.



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[chefchris]

how did this turn out? I've got some and I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it. Not a whole lot of feedback on this strain yet.

 

[cmhaynes]

Yes, please report on how this turned out. I currently have some of this yeast sitting in my fridge.

 

[BzurkoBrews]

This ipa cane out great. Early on lots of stone fruit. Finished very dry in 2 weeks at 1.005. The hops really shines through. I stashed a few bottles away for a few months and when I just came back to it the beer has completely changed. Hops are mostly gone. Probably at 1.000 now. Very effervescent lots of hay and barnyard funk. It's like a happier farmhouse ale now. If you've opened a stone enjoy after its exactly like that now. I use this yeast all the time now.