aukebaybrewing
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I've been searching for experiences with Star Party but since it's a fairly new-on-the-market yeast I haven't seen much. I've got a NEIPA in the CF15 crashing now and I have to tell ya... I'm not too excited about this beer. To pre-qualify... I primarily make Belgians and NEIPA's so I have a fair idea of what I like and how to get there but the "Thiolized 05" sounded more interesting than my mixture of safale 04/06/T58 which I normally use (which is killer by the way). The beer has a strange "piney" lime-aid flavor to it which to me is NOT tropical but more out of place in a Hazy. Now in transparency, I've used all New Zealand hops here and I know Waimea is pretty piney/limey so okay but the rest are very tropical. Even the 3L starter smelled of this flavor I'm speaking of. Also, the beer is about 5 SRM. much "browner" than my normal beer and there has been ZERO contact with O2. Maybe the malted oats I used this time?
Grain Bill (none over 2.8L supposedly)
27lb Golden Promise
3lb Malted Oats (Fawcett)
3lb Weyermann Wheat Malt
8oz Acid Malt
Hops (only a 10 min addition the rest were WP@170F and 2 dry hop additions one during fermentation and one after)
4oz Cascade (mash hop for extra Thiols)
Waimea
Vic Secret
Rakau
Wai-iti
Motueka
I'm not too worried about the SRM of the beer but the strange flavor. I'll probably not use Star Party again as I'm not too impressed. However, that may change if I hear different reviews over time with different ingredients. I've got 10 gallons of this stuff so I hope it changes but I'm not confident. Looking for other experiences as I was pretty stoked to get a pack and try it. What is bothering me is that my starter produced the same nose and flavor as I'm tasting in the beer which I really do not like. I've never smelled a starter and thought... "eww... did I get infected or do something wrong?" Starter took off like a bat outta hell and finished in a day though. DEFINITELY not presenting as a child of S-05 to me but maybe that is the point with the Thiolized thing.
Scott~
Grain Bill (none over 2.8L supposedly)
27lb Golden Promise
3lb Malted Oats (Fawcett)
3lb Weyermann Wheat Malt
8oz Acid Malt
Hops (only a 10 min addition the rest were WP@170F and 2 dry hop additions one during fermentation and one after)
4oz Cascade (mash hop for extra Thiols)
Waimea
Vic Secret
Rakau
Wai-iti
Motueka
I'm not too worried about the SRM of the beer but the strange flavor. I'll probably not use Star Party again as I'm not too impressed. However, that may change if I hear different reviews over time with different ingredients. I've got 10 gallons of this stuff so I hope it changes but I'm not confident. Looking for other experiences as I was pretty stoked to get a pack and try it. What is bothering me is that my starter produced the same nose and flavor as I'm tasting in the beer which I really do not like. I've never smelled a starter and thought... "eww... did I get infected or do something wrong?" Starter took off like a bat outta hell and finished in a day though. DEFINITELY not presenting as a child of S-05 to me but maybe that is the point with the Thiolized thing.
Scott~