Snake River Pako's IPA?

[Hoppinghog]

Totally subscribed to this.

Went to snake river brewery last October and hammered some Paco's. It was awesome!

I'm just now getting set up for all grain after bout 2 years of extract and I think I'll make this my first venture into AG.

Thanks and I hope it turns out fantastic!

 

[hogwash]

I hope it turns out well. If you are unable to get it, I would be willing to find time to send you a 6'er, as I am in the area. At least that way we could get some tasting notes, see how it compares, and go from there. Maybe arrange a trade?

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[Drinks3point2]

I know I'm a little late to the party here but Pako's is effin tasty. Just curious on the final product and if it turned out close to the commercial brew. I can't get my hands on any in southern Utah unfortunately but my recollection of Pako's is that it is a standout! Also, Hogwash is your recipe on the first page of the thread what you put in your keg? Thanks a ton for posting this up. I want to brew this one soon.

 

[hogwash]

I know I'm a little late to the party here but Pako's is effin tasty. Just curious on the final product and if it turned out close to the commercial brew. I can't get my hands on any in southern Utah unfortunately but my recollection of Pako's is that it is a standout! Also, Hogwash is your recipe on the first page of the thread what you put in your keg? Thanks a ton for posting this up. I want to brew this one soon.

The one I brewed is the one on page 2 of this thread, post #19.

As you can see in the pic, my brew (on the left) still has a bit of haze to it even though it's been in the keg for 3 weeks now. Though I did pick the keg up last night to see how much was left and stirred up a bit of dry hop gunk too, which you can see in the pic. But mine has a more coppery color to it while the original is more of a golden color.

Aroma-wise, mine has a little fresher hop nose to it while the original seems to have faded somewhat but there is still a close similarity.

Flavor-wise, they are darn close. The homebrew has a bit fresher hop flavor and there's a little something in the finish of the original that is not in the homebrew. I can't quite put my finger on it. I don't think it adds to it though and I could actually do without it. Could be a result of their 2 hour boil with the bittering addition a half hour in? I don't know. I'm no BJCP judge...

But I'd say this is a winner. I dry hopped in the keg and when I do this again, I may use fewer dry hops, say 2 oz. of each. I don't think it really needs the full 5.5 oz. or whatever it was. I also really should have let it sit for a week or two after pulling the dry hops and before putting it on the gas but that's my own kegging inexperience. There was quite a bit of hop gunk floating in it the first couple weeks that it was on tap. It would be interesting to see how a 2 hour boil would affect this. Any takers?

Edit: Mine cleared a good bit as the comparison and this write up went on, it still is a little more on the copper side than the original.

 

[hogwash]

By the way, I used dark munich instead of the light munich listed in the recipe which probably accounts for the coppery color. Light munich should give you a more golden hue.

 

[wyobrewer1]

I'm definitely doing this soon. Just had the home brew shop order in some Simcoe so I'll be ready to go soon.

 

[LoloMT7]

Anyone brew this lately? Recipe looks similar to Gandhi-bot in a way. Lots of Simcoe and Columbus late. Love Pako's wish we got it in Missoula. I have to go to Bozeman to get it.

 

[wyobrewer1]

I've been wanting to do this for over a year, but haven't ever got around to it. I should just pull the trigger and do it. Pakos is such an awesome beer.


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[LoloMT7]

Swing up to Missoula for a weekend and lets brew it. I have a fresh pound of Simcoe and a fresh pound of Columbus

 

[hogwash]

It's a great recipe. I did a version of this in the fall and subbed Apollo for the Columbus and it was fantastic! The grain bill is a great base for hop experimentation. I need to do the original again sometime soon. So many beers to brew, such little time to brew them.

 

[hogwash]

Just brewed the original recipe again on Sunday. Can't wait for it to be ready!

 

[two_hearted]

I'm going to have to break down and brew this already. I wish I had some pacos around here.

 

[wyobrewer1]

I spoke to some snake river guys at a brew fest today. They confirmed the wyeast 1056 and they said do a 15 minute whirlpool on the flameout hops.


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[MrNic]

Brewed this up today. A friend and I split an 11 gallon batch. He's going to use Wyeast 1056, and I'm going to do WLP007. The wort smells just like Pako's, so I have faith! I'll let everyone know the results!

 

[hogwash]

Brewed this up today. A friend and I split an 11 gallon batch. He's going to use Wyeast 1056, and I'm going to do WLP007. The wort smells just like Pako's, so I have faith! I'll let everyone know the results!

Let us know how it turns out!

 

[MrNic]

Let us know how it turns out!

So, mine is dry hopping in the keg as we speak. WLP007 is a beast, took the gravity down to 1.006, so the abv is around 7.6%. I'll tap it on Thursday and let you guys know how it tastes. We're going to bring both versions to our brew club meeting to compare side by side with the real Pako's. I'll post some notes here when I get the chance!

 

[hogwash]

How did it turn out?

 

[MrNic]

Sorry guys, I've been pretty busy lately. My friend and I both brought our versions of the beer to our brew club meeting along with the real Pako's. First of all, our versions were very fresh and the Pako's wasn't. I personally thought my friends version brewed with 1056 was a clone. Mine was fermented with 007, and finished much drier. It made for a nice beer, but it wasn't Pako's. I would say if you wanna brew Pako's, brew the recipe I posted that I got from the brewery. It'll be a lot hoppier fresh, but when it sits a couples of weeks it'll be spot on.