This beer turned out to be pretty good. My only complaint at this point is that it has a minerally flavor and kind of a thin body. Could that be related to 225 ppm of SO4? I have never had this flavor when using that amount before so I assume it is not.
For the hell of it, I threw a couple of cans of pureed mandarin oranges into the fermenter which comes through slightly in the flavor. This beer is definitely high on the cascade/citrus character which I was going for and is definitely less malty than previous attempts. I need to rebrew it soon because I had some efficiency and fermentation issues that I would like to correct. I may make some adjustments to the water as well. This is obviously a bad style to judge yeast on so I it's hard to make any judgments on my first usage of K97.
I made a blonde ale with K97. I think you and I purchased it at the same time. I cannot tell the difference between K97 and US05 for blonde ale. If I did a side by side I might notice a difference, but, based on my memory of my blonde ale, which I brew a lot, I can't tell.
The K97 beer is more cloudy, but, gelatin cleared it up very nicely (and fast).
I also fermented at 62F.