beervoid
Hophead & Pellet Rubber
Hello yeast lovers,
I've been brewing IPA's mostly with GY054 Vermont yeast and WY1318 London Ale III.
I overbuild starters and keep some for a next brew.
Now it might have been coincidence but at around generation 5 or 6 these yeast seem to attenuate a bit less but throw mad fruity esters... Ones that really compliment the IPA in a great way...
Earlier generations don't seem to have such a big ester impact...
I always pitch about the same quantity which is 200 billion cells for a 1.065 beer.
I calculate this with a yeast calculator.
I've had this happen a few times now and I thought I should open a topic on it and see if any people here have the same experience?
and if there are any theories behind as to WHY this happens.
My own theory? Perhaps as I overbuild starters my cell count is slowly going down each generation and at some point I underpitch and stress the yeast and I get great esters from them?
Or maybe I hit a special yeast/hop combo sometimes that combined or by biotransformation just makes a great beer.
I've been brewing IPA's mostly with GY054 Vermont yeast and WY1318 London Ale III.
I overbuild starters and keep some for a next brew.
Now it might have been coincidence but at around generation 5 or 6 these yeast seem to attenuate a bit less but throw mad fruity esters... Ones that really compliment the IPA in a great way...
Earlier generations don't seem to have such a big ester impact...
I always pitch about the same quantity which is 200 billion cells for a 1.065 beer.
I calculate this with a yeast calculator.
I've had this happen a few times now and I thought I should open a topic on it and see if any people here have the same experience?
and if there are any theories behind as to WHY this happens.
My own theory? Perhaps as I overbuild starters my cell count is slowly going down each generation and at some point I underpitch and stress the yeast and I get great esters from them?
Or maybe I hit a special yeast/hop combo sometimes that combined or by biotransformation just makes a great beer.