so i know the recipes are pretty similar....but how would one comment on the end results of this compared to lwpa?
Hey there - brewed this one up a couple of months ago, and just wanted to say that this is one mighty fine beer. Absolutely delicious. I've never used this hop combination before, but I'm getting all kinds of mango, peach and apricot flavors/aromas (the aroma is straight mango, to my nose at least!). A very welcome change from the usual ultra-citrus. There's also great malt complexity, which well matches the hops. Doesn't at all taste like a 7+% beer!
Honestly, to my mind this beer is far superior to (and more interesting than) 75% of the commercial IPAs out there. I brought a bunch of bottles to a block party we had a few weeks ago, and it got tons of compliments. Might have to try it again with WLP051, which is quickly becoming my favorite yeast.
Anyway, thanks for the recipe. To anyone checking out this thread - brew it up, you won't be disappointed!
Hey there - brewed this one up a couple of months ago, and just wanted to say that this is one mighty fine beer. Absolutely delicious. I've never used this hop combination before, but I'm getting all kinds of mango, peach and apricot flavors/aromas (the aroma is straight mango, to my nose at least!). A very welcome change from the usual ultra-citrus. There's also great malt complexity, which well matches the hops. Doesn't at all taste like a 7+% beer!
Honestly, to my mind this beer is far superior to (and more interesting than) 75% of the commercial IPAs out there. I brought a bunch of bottles to a block party we had a few weeks ago, and it got tons of compliments. Might have to try it again with WLP051, which is quickly becoming my favorite yeast.
Anyway, thanks for the recipe. To anyone checking out this thread - brew it up, you won't be disappointed!
yeah this is a great recipe, its so good its the first beer i made twice. i should have it on tap in a month or so
Those who know me, know that I'm pretty much a hop head. I think 70% of what I brew are various IPA's. This is one of a handful I re-brew with any regularity. So reading that you brewed this twice puts a on my face.
do you notice a big difference between the victory in the orginal and the toasted in the updated version?
I see you have swapped the victory and the cara-pils for red wheat and toasted malt how do you think this changed the flavor of the beer ?
Thanks Pat
Pat, there really isn't much of a difference in the flavor between the two. The change has more to do with what I have on hand and cost savings vs trying to impact the flavor.
Shwagger, I leave it in primary the whole time. After 10 days, I add the hops into the primary and let it go for another 10 days. On the 21st day I cold crash for 3-5 days, then rack it into a keg.
Glad to hear your brew turned out. I have 10gal of S&A that needs to be kegged this weekend.
Brewed this two weeks ago. Hellacious brew day because of the summer heat. Just took a sample and dry hopped. I think this was the first time I tasted a sample and just wanted an uncarbed pint of something.
Thanks for the great recipe. I'm looking forward to the dry hop nose.
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