Super Tweaked Wakatu

clibit said:

I use grams/litre as a rough guide to hopping. Your first brew was 82g for 23 litres, just over 3g per litre. This one is 127g in 23 litres, just over 5g per litre. My beers tend to range from 3g to 10g per litre.

SteveJ can tell you about the upper limits. :thumb:

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mike77 said:

Brewed this recently

4.5 k pilsner
250g Caramalt
750g Munich

Original Gravity: 1.052 efficiency

First Wort:10g Wakatu (6.6%AA)

22g Magnum (14.2%AA) 60 mins
15g Wakatu (6.6%AA) 15 mins
15g Wakatu (6.6%AA) 10 mins
15g Wakatu (6.6%AA) 5 mins
15g Wakatu (6.6%AA) 0 mins

WLP090 San Diego Super Yeast

Boil size was about 28L and I got 23L batch size.

Beer was pretty good but I think it was under hopped for my tastes. I've decided to have a second crack with it and have tweaked the recipe a bit. I'm also using a different batch of wakatu with higher AA. I've come up with this.

4.5 k pilsner
250g Caramalt
500g Munich
250g Malted Oats

27g Magnum (14.2%AA) 60 mins
33g Wakatu (8.1%AA) 10 mins
33g Wakatu (8.1%AA) 5 mins
34g Wakatu (8.1%AA) 0 mins

WLP090 San Diego Super Yeast

I've dialed back the Munich a little. It was nice but a little too malty for my taste. Perhaps more noticeable because it was under hopped. I've replaced some of the Munich with some malted oats as I like the texture and head that it produces. I've also changed the hop schedule around a bit. Should be around 57.14 IBUs with hopefully a bit more coming through from the Wakatu. I'll dry hop it as well with some more Wakatu. Wonder if I should push some more hops into the late additions

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ManseMasher said:

So if you can compare, what would 10g per litre equate to as in other beers? What I mean is, could you name a beer that would have the same sort of hoppiness?

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mike77 said:

Ended up going 40 - 50 - 50 in the late editions

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Thats going to be one tasty pint Mike

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