ESB Recipe Help

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  1. ditch

    ditch Initiate (0) Aug 3, 2009 Virginia

    Love this recipe. Great place to start with your ESB. I love using only EKG in my English beers. Now next time, add another malt or hop and keep brewing it until you love it! Cheers!
     
    #21 ditch, Mar 29, 2014
  2. JackHorzempa

    JackHorzempa Grand Pooh-Bah (3,375) Dec 15, 2005 Pennsylvania
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    What yeast did you use?

    Cheers!
     
    #22 JackHorzempa, Mar 29, 2014
  3. Applecrew135

    Applecrew135 Crusader (431) Jul 18, 2012 Pennsylvania

    We used WLP013, London Ale. This stuff is a beast! I was a little worried when the active part of the fermentation was done so quickly and it started to flocc out, but my fears were groundless. This is the first beer I've had that finished below 1.014. Although White Labs specs 67 to 75% attenuation... we did a little better than that!
     
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  4. JackHorzempa

    JackHorzempa Grand Pooh-Bah (3,375) Dec 15, 2005 Pennsylvania
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    If for your next beer you are looking for a higher final gravity, then mashing higher (e.g., 154) will achieve that. An alternative approach is using a less attenuating yeast like Danstar Windsor.

    Cheers!

    P.S. You could also up the amount of Crystal Malt but I would not recommend that approach.
     
    #24 JackHorzempa, Mar 29, 2014
  5. VikeMan

    VikeMan Grand Pooh-Bah (3,067) Jul 12, 2009 Pennsylvania
    Pooh-Bah

    Yeast manufacturer published attenuation ranges are relatively useless.
     
    #25 VikeMan, Mar 29, 2014
  6. JohnSnowNW

    JohnSnowNW Initiate (0) Feb 6, 2013 Minnesota

    Totally true. How do they arrive at those numbers anyway?
     
    #26 JohnSnowNW, Mar 29, 2014
  7. VikeMan

    VikeMan Grand Pooh-Bah (3,067) Jul 12, 2009 Pennsylvania
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    I suspect in some cases it's based on typical desired attenuations for the style(s) that the strain is most noted for. In other cases, I can't see any pattern at all.
     
    #27 VikeMan, Mar 29, 2014
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  8. CurtFromHershey

    CurtFromHershey Initiate (0) Oct 4, 2012 Minnesota

    FWIW I got around 79-80% attenuation both times I used 013
     
    #28 CurtFromHershey, Mar 30, 2014
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