Description
Catalog: BBBELG2 – OB Belgian Ale *BETA*
Brewing Info*:
- Type: Ale yeast; brewer’s yeast monoculture (STA1+)
- Pitching Rate: Directly pitchable into 5 gallons of 1.050 or lower wort
- Estimated Attenuation: High 80s to Low 90s AA%
- Estimated Final pH: TBD
- Flavor/Aroma Profile: Candied sugar, mildly phenolic, yeast-driven esters. Light bubblegum at higher fermentation temperatures.
- Flocculation: Medium
- Recommended Fermentation Temperature: High 60s F to low 70s F
* Performance information subject to change due to ongoing testing.
Product Category: Bootleg BETA
This culture is part of our Bootleg BETA program. We have done limited testing and are not ready to officially release this culture. So let us know what you think! If it’s awesome…or you hate it..leave a comment on the product page. If you like it, we might rerelease this Bootleg BETA culture officially.
Rob Rogers –
I just finished kegging my halloween “Ghoul Bruin” beer fermented with the OB. It’s started at 1.1 and 11 days later, it finished around 1.019. It could have kept going, but I wanted to keep it from getting too dry. Wonderful westvleteren characteristics…i used chocolate wheat and special belgian 2 malts and OB played wonderfully with them: notes of dates, stone fruit, and a chocolatey-coffee bitter finish. The coolest non-tasting related feature was that each time i transferred the beer, the yeast cake was so well formed, my siphon barely sucked up any trube and i didn’t have to leave any beer behind. My next plan for the OB is to go lighter and see how it’ll do making a golden strong.