Finally got around to brewing the second of the Ninja Turtles beers. Leonardo. The first, Michelangelo the blonde ale was a success and I have been babying the last of the keg for a while now.
Leonardo is an APA using centennial and chinooks.
8 lbs 2 row
1/2 lb 20L
1/2 lb aromatic
1oz centennial @12
1 oz chinook @12
Mangrove Jack West Coast ale yeast
Mashed at 148 for 80 min.
Everything during mash and boil was great. Beautiful day.
Ended up .052. With 40 IBU.
Still like this Hopburst style. Everything went in at 12 minutes. Even going into fermenter it was hoppy.
But the yeast. Hrrmm. I was reading about it the day before I was brewed and there was quite a bit of talk of how long this yeast takes to crank it up.
And lemme say, were they ever right. I pitched on Friday morning. As I write this it’s Monday morning and there are just now signs of life in there.
Both Saturday and Sunday there was absolutely nothing going on. I don’t know if I like that or not. I guessing it’s gonna take a long time to clean itself up.
I hope not. I want this ready in 4 weeks
We will see
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