Conan recipe

[DEMPSEY]

Now that this yeast is here has anyone got a plan for the kind of beer they plan to use. Simcoe, Cascade, Chinook and Columbus are mentioned. Amarillo, Centennial more than likely to round out the 6 hops used in Heady Topper.

[Rossa]

I hear it works well with tropical fruit flavours. I was thinking Citra and Galaxy and maybe Columbus to enhance that peachy yeast taste that apparently appears.

[Hop Bomb]

I plan on doing a nice sweet IPA with a good bit of crystal, warrior for bittering & mosaic for knock out & dry hop additions. (that'll probably change though)

I read on JBK on the conan yeast thread (which talks about our GB) that its not what appears with this yeast, more so what it leaves behind. Apparently Heady Topper is to be drank from the can as its not very pleasing to the eye in the glass.

"Conan yeast doesn't "get new hoppy flavours" so much as it does not strip them away the way most ultra-clean yeasts do when they flocculate out, or when other IPA breweries filter before bottling. Heady Topper comes in a can, on which is boldly printed "Drink From The Can", specifically because the Conan yeast is so cloudy and gunky and flakey, there are big visible floaties all throughout. The brewer is smart enough to know most people don't want to look at that in their fancy glass, but that's the very reason so many yeast-derived and hops-derived fruity esters remain in Heady Topper. That and the fact it's an especially estery yeast to begin with, and he ferments quite warm to accentuate it."

We have 25 brewers to put that theory to the test!

[Hop Bomb]

http://www.vpt.org/show/20158/0

[Hop Bomb]

http://www.youtube.com/embed/amgfgU5-lhs

EDIT: fixed link

[delzep]

Would the cloudiness caused by this yeast result in a lower BJCP score in competition?


From BJCP Guidelines Cat 14B

Appearance: Color ranges from medium gold to medium reddish copper; some versions can have an orange-ish tint. Should be clear, although unfiltered dry-hopped versions may be a bit hazy. Good head stand with white to off-white color should persist.

[Hop Bomb]

Like any bottle conditioned beer, you have to be careful not to disturb the yeast at the bottom. If you condition in kegs then your bottles will be crystal clear. Appearance is only /3 of a total of 50 points (the lowest allocation on the entire score sheet) so not a big deal. When is the last time someone scored 50 anyway?

[irish_goat]

You could buy finings like isinglass and try to get rid of some of the haze before bottling.

Like any bottle conditioned beer, you have to be careful not to disturb the yeast at the bottom. If you condition in kegs then your bottles will be crystal clear. Appearance is only /3 of a total of 50 points (the lowest allocation on the entire score sheet) so not a big deal. When is the last time someone scored 50 anyway?

It all adds up though. Appearance is probably one of the easier places to gain points.

[Hop Bomb]

Ive got isinglass here (not touched it as ive vegan & veggie friends). How do you use it?

[irish_goat]

Should be instructions on the packet regarding dosage.

You need to mix it with water using a blender (a handheld one would be grand) and then add it to the beer. The beer should be chilled as well.

You can stir the beer if you want but I'd worry about oxygen uptake then.

[DEMPSEY]

Would using finings also remove some of the hop flavor

[delzep]

time isn't kind to hoppy beers though

[Hop Bomb]

A corny keg is essentially a giant can. Right?

[DEMPSEY]

Il Tube is talking it BIG. Feck mickey mouse GB's lets go for the mega group buy. 25 HL brewhouse,10 conicals and a canning line.

[DEMPSEY]

Now you're talking!

Actually, a canning line isn't as expensive as I thought. About the price of a Ford Mondeo.

now how did you come up with that comparison  :