I Wandt to Go Space Hopping Too!

Well, dear readers, the Pinter kit batch modified by using Kveik yeast that I started telling you about in my last post worked out great! I had pitched the Ebbegarden yeast Kveik yeast strain from Kveik Yeastery instead of Pinter's Loyalty yeast included in their West Coast Fresh Pack, with the hopes of bumping up perceived bitterness and mebbe adding some brighter fruit notes.

I Wandt to Go Space Hopping Too!

The Ebbegarden yeast was really active, really early...it was blowin' krausen out the valves less than 8 hour after I shook that Pinter up and went to bed. Ambient temp was around 67-70° F. It hadn't completely fermented out when I removed the Pinter's Brewing Dock and threw the Pinter in the fridge, but activity had slowed significantly. Just in case, I tossed a sheet of tin foil under the Pinter with the edges turned up to catch any unexpected activity. Turned out to be completely unnecessary, but nobody wants a mess in the fridge!

Tapped this batch the other day, and it came out beautifully! It's still noticeably a Pinter Fresh Pack (their kits have a very notable similarity in taste across styles) but the Ebbegarden added a distinct increase to the perceived bitterness, making this kit come out a LOT more West Coasterish than the first batch I made using Pinter's included Loyalty yeast. Amazing fluffy clouds of head and fantastic retention with some lovely "legs" :

This kit beer came out with some really pleasant fruit notes: strawberry foremost, but lots of different sub-notes going on. Honestly, considerably more improvement than I expected with no more effort than mixing up the yeast! I'm really looking forward to the next few similar experiments!

Took a minute to finish this post, but I think there's still a pint or two left in my lovely Blue. The weather is starting to warm up, so we'll see what happens with the next batch! Till next batch!