happy hillbilly
Master Brewer
I been playin with a APA recipe for awhile thinkin I would get my go to beer to make regulary. Recently I brewed two identical beers using us-05 yeast in the first and liquid Cali-v in the second. I used identical ingredients and procedures for both but when it came time to taste them one was REALLY good the other, with the cali-v yeast, was skunky. Now I don't let any light hit my beer except for when I have to work with it. I have brewed alot of beer over the last several years and this is the first time I ever remember my beer being skunky. I let it stay in the bottle for another two weeks and it is gettin better but as it ages the hop flavor is gettin more pronounced. I don't mind that at all but I was wonderin if this could just be the case with the liquid cali-v yeast. I usually use the us-05 but took some advise from my local brew shoppe and tried liquid to see if it is worth it to make my reglar beer better. I do use secondary cause I like how it gets the trub out before I bottle. Also it makes cleaning up the primary alot easier. I primary for two weeks then secondary two more and have had some really good beers but this is three weeks after I bottled this last beer and I just started being able to drink the batch with the cali-v.