Gax's Brewdays

[Gax]

Did a little west coast thang yesterday after the labels off event i posted about. Really inspired. This is the most complex hop schedule I've done so far in terms of variety and amount of hops used. Very pleased. It smelled so good guys.
I've increased my mash time to 90 minutes for this brew because I noticed I wasn't hitting my numbers on the last few brews and that seems to have solved the problem.

The next brew is gonna be a rye bitter, but I'm not sure when I'll get around to it because my new job is starting this week.

Wooo.

Update - we are at a very vigorous ferment this morning. That high voltage yeast malt miller is offering is a beast.

 

[Gax]

Kegged the west coast IPA yesterday and had a little tipple. It's pretty good. I think I could go bigger on the hops or perhaps dry hop to get some bigger flavours, but I like it. I don't think it's going to fully clarify though. I'm gonna bottle it and let it be for a couple weeks and see what's up. I'll post a pic later.

It did ferment out fully though, love this high voltage yeast. Got the full 7% abv.

 

[Twostage]

Kegged the west coast IPA yesterday and had a little tipple. It's pretty good. I think I could go bigger on the hops or perhaps dry hop to get some bigger flavours, but I like it. I don't think it's going to fully clarify though. I'm gonna bottle it and let it be for a couple weeks and see what's up. I'll post a pic later.

It did ferment out fully though, love this high voltage yeast. Got the full 7% abv.

If you're worried about clarity maybe you could have left it longer in the FV or used a beer clearer of some kind. I know its kegged but you could sacrifice the existing pressure and a bit of beer by adding something to clear it now and then run off what settles in a few days.

Or not worry about it

 

[Gax]

If you're worried about clarity maybe you could have left it longer in the FV or used a beer clearer of some kind. I know its kegged but you could sacrifice the existing pressure and a bit of beer by adding something to clear it now and then run off what settles in a few days.

Or not worry about it

Truthfully I don't care, but I know the chuckleheads at homebrew club are gonna be like "mate west coast should be bright and clear"