Purpose of experiment....See if Lutra tastes as good as US05 in a low ibu pilsner. 10 lbs pilsner and one pound corn with just two ounces of centennial at flame out. Yes speed is nice but taste rules.
I split the wort into two identical fermenters. The US05 went into the water trickle bath at 67degrees. (We are lucky to have cheap and cold water.) The Lutra was running about 77 in a 72 degree room.
At nine days I sampled the product. Good old flat warm beer fresh from the fermenter. Yeah I know I should let them carb and get cold etc but they aint changing that much.
So I thought about triangles and how much statistics confuses me and I just tasted them.
The US05 was as expected, clean. Nice lemon on the nose and the palate. Really tasty and clean.
Alas, the Lutra was not the same. My previous brew with it had the same thing. A over-ripe fruit smell and taste, with dirt on the taste also. No lemon. Not really pleasant. I guess these are the esters.
With all the hype about Kveik I had to try it and not having to keep the fermenter cool would be easier. But taste is the most important thing.
It was fun doing the experiment. Science and beer. Great combo.
Thoughts?
I split the wort into two identical fermenters. The US05 went into the water trickle bath at 67degrees. (We are lucky to have cheap and cold water.) The Lutra was running about 77 in a 72 degree room.
At nine days I sampled the product. Good old flat warm beer fresh from the fermenter. Yeah I know I should let them carb and get cold etc but they aint changing that much.
So I thought about triangles and how much statistics confuses me and I just tasted them.
The US05 was as expected, clean. Nice lemon on the nose and the palate. Really tasty and clean.
Alas, the Lutra was not the same. My previous brew with it had the same thing. A over-ripe fruit smell and taste, with dirt on the taste also. No lemon. Not really pleasant. I guess these are the esters.
With all the hype about Kveik I had to try it and not having to keep the fermenter cool would be easier. But taste is the most important thing.
It was fun doing the experiment. Science and beer. Great combo.
Thoughts?
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