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This is a recipe I took from another forum, looked kinda cool.  And simple as well.  So here it is:

10# of 2row
1# Vienna
1# Crystal 20

Hops (Pellets)
1/2 ounce of Magnum at 60  AA  14.8
1/2 ounce of Citra at 20  AA 12.3
1/2 ounce of Mosaic at 20  AA 12.3
1/2 ounce of Citra at 10  AA 12.3
1/4 ounce of Mosaic at 10  AA 12.3
1/2 ounce of Citra at 5  AA 12.3
1/2 ounce of Mosaic at 5  AA  123
1/2 ounce Citra dry hop once fermentation is done  AA 12.3

Total IBU 65

Mash at 150 for 60 mins

Yeast, I am thinking Bry97, but the recipe calls for S05.  I used Bry97 a few batches ago, and it was a very active yeast.  I don’t know what flavor, if any it would bring to the party, so I am looking for feedback on this.

Mash water 5.25 gallons
Sparge water 3 gallons or so.

OG 1.051
FG 1.010
ABV 5.4

I know you all have opinions about using Crystal malt, but I already bought it so I am going to use it.

Other than that, any input on this one?

I am a bit nervous as my last one stalled out and left me a bit frustrated.  But heck, I have the stuff and I have a free day tomorrow.  So why not.  LOL.

Thanks as always for any input on this.  I appreciate it all and look forward to hearing what you all have to say.

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That looks good. Either yeast will be good. Bry-97 is more like a APA or IPA clean yeast. S-04 is still pretty clean but has some English character.

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Looks good! I would add a bit more dry hops to bump up the aroma but it will be good either way. Either yeast will work well although most seem to prefer 97

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I have never understood how you can use a recipe that doesnt include the AA of the hops.  Weight alone is kinda useless except for finishing hops.

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I can go back and add that.  To be honest I was just looking for feedback on the general recipe and yeast choices.  But, I will go back and add if that helps.

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Thanks.  The original recipe had no dry hops at all.  I had the 1/2 ounce left over so thought I would just throw it in there.  I have some Magnum left, I wonder what that would bring to the party in the dry hop phase?  Hmmm, might give that a go as well.

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I wouldn’t use that much crystal malt in a 1.051 beer.  If you’d like to keep that amount I definitely wouldn’t use S-04 as it doesn’t attenuate wort as well as American ale yeasts do.

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8.3% crystal isn’t too high in my opinion. I just had an Amber Ale with 10% crystal go from 1052 to 1009 with S-04.

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Agreed. That’s a perfectly reasonable amount of crystal.

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Not sure where everyone is getting the idea to use S-04, but if your choices are Bry-97 and US-05, then I don’t think it will make a difference in a beer with this much hop character.  Either will be fine.

Good luck.  I think the recipe looks great.

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I swear the original post said S04 at one point. But, I’ve been known to be wrong…

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Maybe .

And reading homebrewing forums, we have all seen S-04, US-04, S-05 and US-05 used without prejudice…often interchangeably.  ;D

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AFAIK, there is no US04.

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Hoo boy.

I was simply pointing out that people often mistakenly use any of the above descriptors without realizing that only two are correct, and that these designations represent two different yeasts.

Yeast 1: Correct, US-05, incorrect S-05
Yeast 2: Correct, S-04, incorrect US-04

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Correct! :wink:

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If my original said S04 that was my error.  I am going to use the BRY97, simply because I thought it worked well with the last brew I used it for.  I will save the S05 for my brothers wheat beer.  That seemed to work well for him.

Anyway, off we go, with the ingredients as listed.  Wish me luck.  LOL

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Good luck!

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OK.  Mash floated between 146 and 152, so I think I am ok.  I did the dunk in 170 degree sparge, then topped off with another sparge over the grains.  I ended up with a little over 7 gallons in the kettle.  Pre boil according to BrewFather was supposed to be 1.046 and I was at 1.050.  Not sure if that is good or not, but we move on.  Boil is ongoing now.  First hop in at 60.  Will keep you all posted.  I am pretty happy that I was able to keep a better lid on the mash temp, so we will see how it goes.  Thank to all who are watching and posting comments.

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Sounds good to me!

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Awesome, thank you Denny.  Your saying that makes me feel a lot better about this  I am always worried when I don’t hit the numbers.  I appreciate and respect your opinions on this stuff.  ROCK ON!!!