Fat Yak?

[JetFoley]

Thank Bobbioli. That's the recipe. Maybe it's just me but a few friends think it's strong but they really like it. I'm coming around to it.

Yeah I found that mine was very hoppy at first, but between age 3 weeks and 6 weeks the hops faded alot, now its much better. still got the aroma and hop flavour just not so overpowering. At first I only ever had 2 or 3.. Now that the hops have mellowed a bit I drank the over half the brew in a night! I gotta brew some more.

[Arny]

Just thought I'd get on and say that the beer is now tasting fantastic. I had a fat yak on tap the other day down at the Waterside Hotel in Melbourne and then went home and cracked one of mine. Mine is Fat Yak on steroids but the same taste is there! Now a great brew.

Arny

[Lachy]

Well, the following has been in bottle for 2 weeks now, and although it's a bit early, I cracked one when I got home from work...

Coopers Real Ale
1kg LDME
200g crystal steeped
15g Cascade @ 10 min
10g Nelson Sauvin @ 5 min
US-05
Made to 24l

I haven't got a bottle of Fat Yak on hand to compare this with, however if memory serves me well this is a bloody good approximation of the beer I had on tap all those months ago. I think I'll have to brew this again immediately as once my co-workers get their hands on it, my supplies will vanish fast.

[rotten]

Coopers Real Ale
1kg ldm
200g crystal
20g cascade 20 min
10g nelson 20 min
15g nelson 0 min
2 packs coopers yeast or 14g
Love this brew, maybe a little heavy for more than 2 or 3 but will be making this one again soon.

Botted this version last week, subbing cascade for amarillo. Can't wait to try it. Never tried a real ale as a base before and haven't used coopers yeast for ages. Taste test very soon!
Cheers

[Lachy]

Coopers Real Ale
1kg LDME
200g crystal steeped
15g Cascade @ 10 min
10g Nelson Sauvin @ 5 min
US-05
Made to 24l

I've now tested this side by side with the real deal, and I think I can definitely pick a few differences. The homebrew version is slightly darker in colour and the head retention is better. I also reckon the hops taste fresher and come through more cleanly in my version.

Needless to say, I don't think I'll be buying any more Fat Yak...

[warra48]

Coopers Real Ale
1kg LDME
200g crystal steeped
15g Cascade @ 10 min
10g Nelson Sauvin @ 5 min
US-05
Made to 24l

I've now tested this side by side with the real deal, and I think I can definitely pick a few differences. The homebrew version is slightly darker in colour and the head retention is better. I also reckon the hops taste fresher and come through more cleanly in my version.

Needless to say, I don't think I'll be buying any more Fat Yak...

Nice one. I guess there's no point in buying beer when your brew is better!

Had my bro-i-l and mrs bro-i-l for lunch yesterday. Gave him one of my hefeweizens. His reaction was "you're getting good at this, this is as good as a bought one". My reply , "better". He said it didn't taste like homebrew. I told him that was because it wasn't homebrewed, it was "craftbrewed", exactly the same as the boutique brewers". GeeWhiz, after spending 6 hours or so over a brew, I'd want it to taste at least as good as a bought one.

[rotten]

I sampled a few of the Bobbioti Fat Yak recipe this weekend, 10 days old in bottle. Very nice and without a side by side test I would say it's pretty damn close. Test will be leaving it long enought to mature.
Cheers

[bart458]

OK...here is my AG Recipe:

Fat Yak
American Pale Ale


Type: All Grain
Date: 19/10/2009
Batch Size: 23.00 L
Brewer: Peter
Boil Size: 30.72 L Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: My Equipment
Taste Rating(out of 50): 35.0 Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00
Taste Notes:

Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU
4.08 kg Pale Malt, Traditional Ale (Joe White) (5.9 EBC) Grain 80.36 %
0.45 kg Carafoam (3.9 EBC) Grain 8.93 %
0.45 kg Munich I (Weyermann) (14.0 EBC) Grain 8.93 %
0.09 kg Crystal (Joe White) (141.8 EBC) Grain 1.79 %
30.00 gm Cascade [6.30 %] (60 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops 21.7 IBU
20.00 gm Cascade [6.30 %] (10 min) Hops 4.8 IBU
8.00 gm Nelson Sauvin [11.50 %] (10 min) Hops 3.5 IBU
30.00 gm Nelson Sauvin [11.50 %] (0 min) Hops -
1.22 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
12.15 gm Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash 60.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs American Ale (Wyeast Labs #1056) Yeast-Ale



Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.052 SG
Measured Original Gravity: 1.010 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.012 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.005 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.11 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 0.65 %
Bitterness: 29.9 IBU Calories: 90 cal/l
Est Color: 12.6 EBC Color: Color


Mash Profile

Mash Name: Single Infusion, Light Body Total Grain Weight: 5.08 kg
Sparge Water: 17.12 L Grain Temperature: 20.0 C
Sparge Temperature: 76.0 C TunTemperature: 20.0 C
Adjust Temp for Equipment: FALSE Mash PH: 5.4 PH

Single Infusion, Light Body Step Time Name Description Step Temp
75 min Mash In Add 13.22 L of water at 72.2 C 65.6 C
10 min Mash Out Add 8.46 L of water at 93.5 C 75.6 C



Mash Notes: Simple single infusion mash for use with most modern well modified grains (about 95% of the time).
Carbonation and Storage

Carbonation Type: Corn Sugar Volumes of CO2: 2.4
Pressure/Weight: 130.3 gm Carbonation Used: -
Keg/Bottling Temperature: 15.6 C Age for: 28.0 days
Storage Temperature: 11.1 C

Notes


Created with BeerSmith

Cheers

Does anyone have a BSM file for this recipe?

[bart458]

Coopers Real Ale
1kg ldm
200g crystal
20g cascade 20 min
10g nelson 20 min
15g nelson 0 min
2 packs coopers yeast or 14g
Love this brew, maybe a little heavy for more than 2 or 3 but will be making this one again soon.

Just had a look at the Brewcraft online store & the pic of the Fat Yak #2 kit has a can of Black Rock something in it?????? NOT the Coopers Real Ale? Is this a mistake (i.e. its a pic of thier first Fat Yak attempt) or is it supposed to be BR? & if so which one????
Thanks in advance...Bart

[earle]

My clone and a lot of others have Coopers Real Ale. In reality after you have added malts, crystal and a good whack of hops little of the kits characteristic will come through with the exception of the bitterness. With that in mind if the Black Rock ?? kit has a different IBU to the real ale you may need to adjust your hopping schedule accordingly. Not sure many brewcraft clones would have a coopers kit so this is probably their equivalnet choice.

[bart458]

My clone and a lot of others have Coopers Real Ale. In reality after you have added malts, crystal and a good whack of hops little of the kits characteristic will come through with the exception of the bitterness. With that in mind if the Black Rock ?? kit has a different IBU to the real ale you may need to adjust your hopping schedule accordingly. Not sure many brewcraft clones would have a coopers kit so this is probably their equivalnet choice.

Thanks heaps Earle

[Lachy]

Here's another version of my Fat Yak recipe. Although the cascade is subbed with amarillo in this recipe, the result tastes extremely close to Fat Yak, perhaps even closer than my first effort. I can't work out why, but it's a good drop anyway...

Coopers Real Ale
1kg LDME
200g crystal steeped
10g Amarillo @ 10 min
10g Nelson Sauvin @ 5 min
US-05
Made to 23l