+1, but Platinum was tolerable to me.
Having a 15 mo. aged Red Rye IPA-Warrior,cascade,simcoe. First time(maybe last) with Coopers yeast- this yeast shure took off fast and was a beast-needing a blowoff for a blowoff ,at a high 60's temp to start.Thats why I used it because it was peak heat summer and basement ambient temps were about 68ish-and have read this yeast does well at higher temps-so I thought it was appropriate for warmer brewing. Kind of a woody earthy with a little funk of a yeast.
For one of only a few double ipa's Ive made, I would say it did fine-but I would use a different yeast than this next time. Im thinking this is more of a malt accentuation yeast as well. Although for some reason I kinda used a lame amout of hops-looking at notes.WTF? Only and oz for 1.5 gallon batch?. 8.5% abv 1.082-1.016 - not bad. A little sweet but with some funky old yeast notes-thinking maybe the yeast doesnt age as well maybe.Ive had funkier aged yeast taste commercially though.
I think the thai palm sugar does well in ipa's also has some nice vannilla tones to it. Some of my favorate ipa's have some sugar in them,aka Ranger,Pliny?..etc. something I noticed when I found out the recipes, cant think of the others.