Festa Brew West Coast IPA - Wed. March 11, 2015
Festa Brew West Coast IPA
My first time with this kit in 10 years. Wort smelled great, a nice bronze colour. I couldn't get all of the wort in my new PET carboys. You need some head space for O2 aeration and blow off. I lost about 1 1/2 L of wort.
O.G. - 1.060
F.G. - 1.014
% - 6
SRM - 12 - 14
BU - 42
3 sachets of US-05
FTBS
I used 3 sachets of US-05 since they all were near the end of their BB. The US-05 that came with the kit was out of date. I need to contact Magnotta with my concerns on their old yeast. If I continue to use these kits I will use liquid yeast as I will get a better product with fresh yeast. Going good the next morning. I had to use 2 drops of fermcap in each carboy to get the foam down.Taste is fine. A little too much crystal malt for me as I made this with crystal 60 and it was too grainy. Still, for the ease of putting it all together, fine, I like it. I will buy it again because I have to use up my 11 lbs. of Tettnang hops and don't want to buy hops for this beer to make myself. This should be dry hopped though. I think I will get a good hop taste that is a bit lacking in this kit. If they held the crystal malt back a bit and added more hops it would be way better.
My first time with this kit in 10 years. Wort smelled great, a nice bronze colour. I couldn't get all of the wort in my new PET carboys. You need some head space for O2 aeration and blow off. I lost about 1 1/2 L of wort.
O.G. - 1.060
F.G. - 1.014
% - 6
SRM - 12 - 14
BU - 42
3 sachets of US-05
FTBS
I used 3 sachets of US-05 since they all were near the end of their BB. The US-05 that came with the kit was out of date. I need to contact Magnotta with my concerns on their old yeast. If I continue to use these kits I will use liquid yeast as I will get a better product with fresh yeast. Going good the next morning. I had to use 2 drops of fermcap in each carboy to get the foam down.Taste is fine. A little too much crystal malt for me as I made this with crystal 60 and it was too grainy. Still, for the ease of putting it all together, fine, I like it. I will buy it again because I have to use up my 11 lbs. of Tettnang hops and don't want to buy hops for this beer to make myself. This should be dry hopped though. I think I will get a good hop taste that is a bit lacking in this kit. If they held the crystal malt back a bit and added more hops it would be way better.
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