Need ideas for fermenting an ESB.

[bearfootbrewer]

My HB club is doing one of those things where we all meet at a local brewery and and take 5 gal. of plain ESB to ferment at home. I have some ideas but I would like to see what all of you think would be good.

1. What yeast would you use?
2. What hops to dry hop with?
3. What other things could I do?

I what the other people in my group to be like DAMN that's good.

 

[brettg20]

WLP005 + some Fuggles or EKG

 

[brettg20]

Do a yeast starter so it will start fermenting quickly, how long after flameout do you plan to pitch??

 

[bearfootbrewer]

Do a yeast starter so it will start fermenting quickly, how long after flameout do you plan to pitch??

I don't even know, The brewery is brewing up 2 barrels to be split up between all of us in the group. I will most likely pitch with in a few hours of flameout.

 

[CryoEng]

WLP005 + some Fuggles or EKG

+1

Can't really go wrong with this for that... yes?

Cheers!

 

[BigFloyd]

Liquid yeast, WLP002/1968ESB. Dry yeast, S-04. Pitch at 60-62*F, begin ferment at 64. Start bumping it up after it begins to slow. Finish at 69-70*F.

I don't dry hop my ESBs.

 

[Kremlock]

+1 BigFloyd.

I don't/would not dry hop

 

[BreezyBrew]

I what the other people in my group to be like DAMN that's good.

LOL, is that always the goal?

What's the OG of the wort?

You can't go wrong with EKG and Fuggles.

 

[orford]

+1 BigFloyd. I never dry hop an ESB either.

Wyeast 1768 is an awesome ESB yeast though can be hard to find!


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[bearfootbrewer]

What about oaking it?:rockin:

 

[progmac]

64-68-64
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