Anyone have a particularly good Heady Topper clone?
Anyone have a particularly good Heady Topper clone?
I'm trying to talk some friends into doing an Alesmith IPA clone instead, but I might not prevail. Anyone have a Heady Recipe that's worked well for them?
Your best bet is probably to dig through this monster thread:squeaky wrote:I'm trying to talk some friends into doing an Alesmith IPA clone instead, but I might not prevail. Anyone have a Heady Recipe that's worked well for them?
http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/heady-t ... ne-390082/
another cool idea could be to make a double sunshine inspired DIPA.
apparently this is pretty much the real deal right from Sean Lawson:
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what's unfermentable in there? the cara malts will be more complex sugars, but certainly not unfermentable. and the corn sugar it more than balances that out...atomeyes wrote:that's a fair amount of unfermentables, no?
close to 20%?
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Pretty sure the BYO recipe is far off. This one should be closer.
http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/heady-t ... ne-390082/
For example, it is know that Fawcet Pearl is the base malt.
http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/heady-t ... ne-390082/
For example, it is know that Fawcet Pearl is the base malt.
https://byo.com/wheat-beer/item/1586-wh ... cara-malts?grub wrote:what's unfermentable in there? the cara malts will be more complex sugars, but certainly not unfermentable. and the corn sugar it more than balances that out...atomeyes wrote:that's a fair amount of unfermentables, no?
close to 20%?
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I still disagree with your original statement. While there's going to be more complex and potentially unfermentable sugars as a part of those grains, saying that you have "20% unfermentables" is far from accurate. Not to mention that the math is completely wrong (5.3% carapilsen + 2.7% caramunich = 8% grain percentage), and even if that was 8% of completely unfermentable sugars (which it isn't), the extra pound of sugar would largely offset this.atomeyes wrote:https://byo.com/wheat-beer/item/1586-wh ... cara-malts?
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excuse me for not having a calculator in front of me!grub wrote:I still disagree with your original statement. While there's going to be more complex and potentially unfermentable sugars as a part of those grains, saying that you have "20% unfermentables" is far from accurate. Not to mention that the math is completely wrong (5.3% carapilsen + 2.7% caramunich = 8% grain percentage), and even if that was 8% of completely unfermentable sugars (which it isn't), the extra pound of sugar would largely offset this.atomeyes wrote:https://byo.com/wheat-beer/item/1586-wh ... cara-malts?
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My go-to at the moment is S-04, which I have really been in love with lately. I have a smack pack of wyeast 1318 that I am really excited about trying also.markaberrant wrote:I haven't used Conan, but curious what you think the better options are?J343MY wrote: For me, there are better options for doing hoppy beers.