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Offline jakeamo

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3068 vs 1056 death match...
« on: March 27, 2012, 10:33:54 pm »
..who shall survive? I pitched 1L of 3068 into an iipa misreading my chicken scratch for 1968. oops! Oh well, what can you do i thought?! Then determined not to lose all of that sweet wort and tons and tons of hops, to banana farts. I had one last hope, a liter of 1056 looking me in the face, dumped it right in! Luckily i brew 20 to 25 gals at a time, so i have 5 starters. With a quick look in the fridge i see i have some old 3638 hefe yeast and we are good to go. Well kind of. ...All except 3068 and 1056 battling it out in my first runnings... Taking bets now. I should be able to tell shortly by the krausen and smell, 3068 is kinda unique. Isnt 1056 know as a killer strain? Any ideas , all the fermenters are at 60 for what its worth. Cheers

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Re: 3068 vs 1056 death match...
« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2012, 05:37:57 am »
I'd put my money on the 1056.

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Re: 3068 vs 1056 death match...
« Reply #2 on: March 28, 2012, 06:11:40 am »
GO 1056!
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Re: 3068 vs 1056 death match...
« Reply #3 on: March 28, 2012, 02:35:55 pm »
War Chico!

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Offline jakeamo

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Re: 3068 vs 1056 death match...
« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2012, 03:33:18 pm »
Well, its been three days at 60 f. It looks like 1056 by the fermemtation profile. Unbunged it for a whiff at 48 hrs. Had no hefe smells but lots of harsh phenols. Thanks to everyone pulling for CHICO, god knows i am. That IIPA had 8oz of hops before dryhops, and 4 oz are the "irreplaceable Simcoe", not to mention 30 lbs of gambrinus organic 2row. I am thinking of hitting it with a 1Lb of organic sugar, some lager yeast and 1tsp of yeast nutrient. Then putting it away for a month. Thinking the lager yeast may clean up any lyes and phenols produced from the battle. For what its worth, i did this last year, dumped 3724 or 3787 into my pils on accident. Cant remember which one, anyway i dumped a 1L starter of 1056 in when i realized my mistake. It turned out to be one of my favorites to date. Very clean! Fingers crossed for CHICO! Its a good battle though, i cant think of any strain as violent a fermenter as 3068. If CHICO beats it out then we have yet another use for 1056. Drunken 12 hr decoction f'up clean up!

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Re: 3068 vs 1056 death match...
« Reply #5 on: April 15, 2012, 01:50:19 pm »
We have a winner, 3068.  Well, kegged her up last nite and had a taste or two. Not what i was looking for but OK. Taste like a pale weizenbock. I did not krausen with lager yeast or add the sugar, I should have! Instead i added 4 0z malto dextrine and 4 0z corn sug to prime, the malto is to stop it from being too bitter and dry at .008. Will let it sit for a week. Its very good, it is strange with 8 0z of hops and it went from .077 to .008 in two weeks cold crash at 34 for 1 week. Taste a lot
 like Schnider Aventinus, just pale. I think the low cohumulone of Simcoe might just work with phenols/belgians for what its worth.

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Re: 3068 vs 1056 death match...
« Reply #6 on: April 15, 2012, 07:27:20 pm »
Interesting. Is it anything like the Schneider Hopfen Weisse? That beer is insanely good. Lots of yeasty goodness with big noble hop flavors.
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