A bit of a follow up on the Kveik Munich brew from last week.
I decided to give the very popular Kveik type yeast a try. Being touted as the next game changing thing in both home and commercial brewing.

Quick turn around and wide temperature range going upwards of 100F make these yeasts very popular right now.

With dozens of varieties out on the market now and many more waiting to be released, you will probably be overloaded with Kveik talk and beers very soon.

I chose the OLY-091 Hornindal yeast by Omega. I figured because my garage hovers in the 85-95 degree range it would be perfect. 

We infact had near perfect conditions for this brew. But I did not attempt to regulate those temps. Just what ever the garage did, that’s what it got, so we did have a substantial swing. But I already knew that going in.

I took readings twice a day for 4 days. Once in the morning before work and once in the heat of the afternoon after work.
Day 1 pitch 11:00am- 85
Day 1 6pm- 92
Day 2 8am- 81
Day2 6pm -89
Day 3 6am 80
Day 3 5pm 87
Day 4 6am 75
Day 4 6pm 86

Pretty much a 10 degree swing every day. But it never seemed to affect the fermentation,, at least visually.

One other perk to these yeasts is the quick pitch to keg time. While I was expecting it to be much faster (and it might have been with more stable temps) it was kegged in 7 days. That for me is completely unheard of as I rarely even look at the beer until 3 weeks.

We went from 1052 to 1008ish. So it did what was expected numberwize anyway.

And while the carboy looked like mud, this particular carboy always collects crud like this every brew. But the beer went from fairly active ferment to dropping clear with a compact yeast cake over night. I did let is sit for an extra day.

So far everything is great.. but how does it taste? It’s kinda hard to get a good description of it in this beer. It’s so clean and neutral that it’s not standing out enough. But there is a orange zest thing going on that I’m not sure is the Magnum hops. No fusel, no jet fuel.. just a  good clean maybe slightly citrusy profile.

I am already looking at the next recipe for this yeast.. maybe something a bit lighter to let it stand out a bit more.