So our local brew club is doing an open competition to do our best beers. I've only done about a dozen beers total when including split batches. My most done style is a wheat beer.
My recipe is as follows:
5lbs 2 row
5lbs white wheat
1lb munich 10L
Mashing at 152 for 60min
Hops I'll be using are belma leaf and calypso pellets.
Since I'm going for hops at the end of the boil only I'm thinking of only doing a 30minute boil, especially since this beer is a hazy style.
I was planning on using nottingham because I've used it in a few split batch blondes and liked the character, but when going to the homebrew store they didn't have any and i got s04 instead (my wife actually went out and got the ingredients since she was already running around)
I've never used s04, so I'm debating doing a split batch with another yeast. The other yeast i have on hand i haven't used before but includes: lallemand london esb, and an assortment of crossmyloof yeasts: real ale, cali common, kolsch, saison, belgian. I have a couple hefe yeasts but personally i don't think those match with the fruitier hops.
I'm leaning towards the s04 for one batch, and either the esb or kolsch yeast in the second half.
Any thoughts on yeast options? The entry date is about 6 weeks from now, and since i bottle carbonate i will have to brew this soon to give it time to condition as well as carbonate.
My recipe is as follows:
5lbs 2 row
5lbs white wheat
1lb munich 10L
Mashing at 152 for 60min
Hops I'll be using are belma leaf and calypso pellets.
Since I'm going for hops at the end of the boil only I'm thinking of only doing a 30minute boil, especially since this beer is a hazy style.
I was planning on using nottingham because I've used it in a few split batch blondes and liked the character, but when going to the homebrew store they didn't have any and i got s04 instead (my wife actually went out and got the ingredients since she was already running around)
I've never used s04, so I'm debating doing a split batch with another yeast. The other yeast i have on hand i haven't used before but includes: lallemand london esb, and an assortment of crossmyloof yeasts: real ale, cali common, kolsch, saison, belgian. I have a couple hefe yeasts but personally i don't think those match with the fruitier hops.
I'm leaning towards the s04 for one batch, and either the esb or kolsch yeast in the second half.
Any thoughts on yeast options? The entry date is about 6 weeks from now, and since i bottle carbonate i will have to brew this soon to give it time to condition as well as carbonate.
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