Maggie Marzen - Tuesday, September 10, 2019
5.5 Gallons
Using Omega Bayern 114 Lager yeast for the first time. OBK sent me this 134 day old yeast and charged me full price too, nice of them. $11.50. Not buying ingredients from them again because I am sick of their old, stale ingredients. Equipment? Yes, but that is it.
Ingredients
7 lbs. Barke Pilsner
3 lbs. Munich I
2 lbs. Vienna
1 lb. CaraMunich III
1 oz. UK Choc 400 L
15 g Magnum - 60 min.
28.35 g Hallertauer - 30 min.
28.35 g Hallertauer - 0 min.
Omega Bayern 114 Lager Yeast ( 141 day old yeast. 1 L to a 3.5 L starter )
Water Profile - Amber Balanced
O.G. - 1.052
F.G. -
% -
SRM - 10
BU - 28
Brewed, cleaned up, and waiting for the wort to cool down. Pitched the yeast the next morning at 10 C. Temp - 52 F. Activity the next morning. 12 hour lag time, beats 72 hrs with WLP833.
Day 1 - Nice head of krausen on top. I am losing some beer through the blow off hose, but that is because I stupidly forgot to leave room for the liquid yeast. All is good so far.
Day 2 - Same. This yeast is a work horse, especially for a lager yeast.
Day 3 - Still very active. Foam in blow off pot. This Marzen may be interesting to taste, as I have
never used a lager yeast this active before.
Day 4 - Still going good. Getting the usual ass smell, not much sulphur smell yet.
Day 5 - Slowing down now. D-rest either tonight at midnight, or tomorrow morning. Give it today.
Day 6 - D-rest today. Just turned fridge off. 7 am.
Day 7 - Temp - 20 C. Still going strong. Setting for 66 F. Warm weather coming up and I will not
be here.
Day 13 - Checked it after NY on Sept. 23, done. Ramping down to around 10 C. This old fridge
doesn't like to get too cold. Keg in a week or what ever.
KEGGED ON SUNDAY, SEPT. 29
No use to toss new wort on top if this sucks. Will re-use the yeast and try to clean the carboy. A real in the ass to clean. Using the Conical after I give it a good oxiclean overnight along with my SS immersion chiller.
TASTE FROM KEG ON OCT 6
Well, okay, but way different from my usual yeast. If my 1437 has this taste, I will dump the yeast
and go back to WLP833 or Escarpment Munich. However, I did notice the taste of this beer before I added it to the carboy and yes, it did have a very slight smoky, or a roast taste.
UPDATE
Starting to lose that slight smoky taste. Maybe I will re-use the yeast, or maybe not. Undecided. I do have 2 weeks to make that decision.
Using Omega Bayern 114 Lager yeast for the first time. OBK sent me this 134 day old yeast and charged me full price too, nice of them. $11.50. Not buying ingredients from them again because I am sick of their old, stale ingredients. Equipment? Yes, but that is it.
Ingredients
7 lbs. Barke Pilsner
3 lbs. Munich I
2 lbs. Vienna
1 lb. CaraMunich III
1 oz. UK Choc 400 L
15 g Magnum - 60 min.
28.35 g Hallertauer - 30 min.
28.35 g Hallertauer - 0 min.
Omega Bayern 114 Lager Yeast ( 141 day old yeast. 1 L to a 3.5 L starter )
Water Profile - Amber Balanced
O.G. - 1.052
F.G. -
% -
SRM - 10
BU - 28
Brewed, cleaned up, and waiting for the wort to cool down. Pitched the yeast the next morning at 10 C. Temp - 52 F. Activity the next morning. 12 hour lag time, beats 72 hrs with WLP833.
Day 1 - Nice head of krausen on top. I am losing some beer through the blow off hose, but that is because I stupidly forgot to leave room for the liquid yeast. All is good so far.
Day 2 - Same. This yeast is a work horse, especially for a lager yeast.
Day 3 - Still very active. Foam in blow off pot. This Marzen may be interesting to taste, as I have
never used a lager yeast this active before.
Day 4 - Still going good. Getting the usual ass smell, not much sulphur smell yet.
Day 5 - Slowing down now. D-rest either tonight at midnight, or tomorrow morning. Give it today.
Day 6 - D-rest today. Just turned fridge off. 7 am.
Day 7 - Temp - 20 C. Still going strong. Setting for 66 F. Warm weather coming up and I will not
be here.
Day 13 - Checked it after NY on Sept. 23, done. Ramping down to around 10 C. This old fridge
doesn't like to get too cold. Keg in a week or what ever.
KEGGED ON SUNDAY, SEPT. 29
No use to toss new wort on top if this sucks. Will re-use the yeast and try to clean the carboy. A real in the ass to clean. Using the Conical after I give it a good oxiclean overnight along with my SS immersion chiller.
TASTE FROM KEG ON OCT 6
Well, okay, but way different from my usual yeast. If my 1437 has this taste, I will dump the yeast
and go back to WLP833 or Escarpment Munich. However, I did notice the taste of this beer before I added it to the carboy and yes, it did have a very slight smoky, or a roast taste.
UPDATE
Starting to lose that slight smoky taste. Maybe I will re-use the yeast, or maybe not. Undecided. I do have 2 weeks to make that decision.
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