Oldsock thanks for the reply. How long did you steep your grains and at what temp? I am assuming 155 ish for 30 min?
Ok so I have decided to give this one a whirl. I have all the ingredients. I have 3 different yeasts on hand. US05, Nottingham, and S33. I'm leaning to the US05 or nottingham as the s33 is more of a belgian type yeast. If you had to choose notty or US05 which would you pick and why?
S-33 is not Belgian, no matter what Fermentis says on their website. I have three brews done with it so far and even the one that fermented around 70F doesn't have any Belgian phenols. I wouldn't hesiatate to use it in an English beer if you wanted lower attenuation (my average for it is around 70%).
I am pretty sure all the Mission St. beers are brewed by Firestone Walker for Trader Joe's. I am also pretty sure that wlp002 is their house yeast.
The old sock brown turned out awesome! Thick, roasty, a little nutty, and a nice creamy head that will not die. Thanks Oldsock. This is one that will be a repeat.
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