Recipes to use Cry Havoc with...

[catdaddy66]

So, my lhbs had some Cry Havoc yeast when I was in recently and I know it is Papazian's house yeast. I also know it can be used for ales as well as lagers.

I am always trying new things with brewing and want to use this soon but am reluctant to throw it in with just anything. I was hoping some folks could help a fellow HBT member out with some styles or ingredients or recipes this yeast has worked well in, and any cautionary advice also would be helpful.

I am trying to do an IPA in the next couple of months but I am not sure if it may be the best option for that style.

Thanks in advance for all the replies!

 

[catdaddy66]

Bump...

 

[catdaddy66]

Pulled the trigger (valve handle??) on this recipe and will pitch wlp862 in the early am tomorrow. Hope to start it off low, around 62°, and gently bring it up to 66° over a week to ten days. Bottle in 2-3 weeks and drink soon thereafter.

I will post results as they show themselves.

 

[catdaddy66]

Pre boil gravity was 1.050 and OG was 1.058. Pitched at 6:15 am today. Fingers are crossed!

Collected 6 gallons ib the carboy so I attached a blow off tube just in case.

 

[catdaddy66]

Checked at 24 hours post-pitch and saw a mild amount of krausen on my beer. I am keeping the swamp cooler cooled to about 62° which may be why the fermentation is slower and not as ferocious as I am used to seeing. Or it could be the smaller amount of pitched yeast after harvesting a small amount for use later.

Either way I am as giddy as a little school kid on field day!

 

[catdaddy66]

2" of krausen on day 5, keeping temps around 62° ambient. Love it!

 

[mashinary]

Nice. I was thinking about using this yeast for a split batch this weekend.

 

[catdaddy66]

Bottled this yesterday and came out at 5.9% abv with an FG of 1.013 after 14 days fermentation. Tasted great with a crisp, citrus like palate. A good pale ale I think. Will see how it is at 10 days in the bottle.

 

[zofoandrew]

Nice excited to see how it develops. Picked up a vial on a whim a few weeks ago.

 

[jerbrew]

I got a couple bottles of old stuff a while back for half off. Was planning on doing a california common with it but never got around to it. Ended up using this several times in cider from the starter I made, split, and stored. Works really nicely. Ferments nice and slow and leaves a lot of the apple flavor.

 

[catdaddy66]

I got a couple bottles of old stuff a while back for half off. Was planning on doing a california common with it but never got around to it. Ended up using this several times in cider from the starter I made, split, and stored. Works really nicely. Ferments nice and slow and leaves a lot of the apple flavor.

I noticed this! I had krausen for 10-11 days, longer than usual.

 

[zofoandrew]

Maybe I'll whip up a 1 gal batch of hydromel with it since it worked well in cider. Its super old so definitely needs a mini starter.

 

[Northern_Brewer]

FWIW, Cry Havoc has now been rebranded as Charlie's Fist Bump WLP1983, here's Papazian and Chris White talking about it:
https://www.craftbrewingbusiness.co...fist-bump-yeast-now-available-via-white-labs/

 

[Brettomomyces]

FWIW, Cry Havoc has now been rebranded as Charlie's Fist Bump WLP1983, here's Papazian and Chris White talking about it:
https://www.craftbrewingbusiness.co...fist-bump-yeast-now-available-via-white-labs/

So would you say this was a fist...bump?

 

[catdaddy66]

Yeah... I'm still calling it Cry Havoc, cause I like the Bard!