You can also find Trillium's FPPA recipe in BYO's 20th anniversary issue, with some notes from JC.
I made that beer many times, its fantastic.
I wish I had that issue! Guess I could order it online, right?
You can also find Trillium's FPPA recipe in BYO's 20th anniversary issue, with some notes from JC.
I made that beer many times, its fantastic.
Weird that the recipe lists Wyeast 1098 instead of 1318.
I'm afraid I like 1318 too much to change. However if one of you tries it, please report back. I'd be really curious to hear how this recipe differs with 1098 as I have no experience with that yeast.
So it wasn't off gassing. It was still full of sugar (honey, actually)! And I, like a rookie brewer, decided to rush and not take a gravity reading. I poured a glass of sugar beer and decided to pull it out of the kegerator, hook a spunding valve up, put it in my temperature chamber, and flew off to Hawaii for a few weeks. Got back last week, just now getting "normal" and popped it back in the kegerator. First pour was all yeast (last night). Tonight, after running to IKEA to satisfy family needs, I came home, sat down, and poured myself a beer...then another...then another. WOW! This is so damned good! It could use some more dry hops (I lost track and may not have done all the dry hopping I planned!!), but I would put this up against Trillium's Artaic (now cutting tiles) any day. Great nose, flavor is spot on, and hoppy as anything I would buy in VT or MA! Lovin' these NE homebrewed IPA's everyone!
Believe it or not, it's not on the first post at all. Now that I've skimmed I found it halfway down the second page, thanks! I had those as my first guesses but you never know.
@degivens - I have tried them and they are really good. They do not use wine, they use grape must (juice). Hoping to be up that way next week and score some cans! I don't know how much they use, but feel free to email JC! He was very helpful when I wanted some tips on this beer...
@grassfeeder - I definitely get some of that Columbus aroma and flavor in Fort Point. Not as much in the DDH version, but in the original it is pretty evident. Hope they have that on tap in a few weeks when I will be up there again! Cheers!
Morphed this recipe again last night into a Congress Street clone by tweaking a few things (Pale instead of Pils, Galaxy and Columbus). Hoping it comes out okay as I noticed the starter did not smell right AFTER I pitched it. Had been running it on the stir plate for a couple of weeks (forgot about it...gulp!) and pitched it even though I thought about using starters already made up and in the fridge. Took a whiff off the flask afterwards and it smelled sour. Oh well, it was a 2.5G batch, so if I have to do it again, it will be quick and easy to replicate. :fro:
I haven't had the non-DDH version in a while, in fact I haven't seen many non-DDH versions of anything for a while. Maybe that's why I don't recall that much late. Has anyone given this recipe a try as-is and as stated and done a side by side?
I have brewed this FPPA recipe from BYO many times, and it is just about spot on. I live within walking distance to both the Fort Point location and the new Trillgarden so I have easy access for comparison. I will say, that I find my version to be a bit thinner in mouth feel. I am also brewing BIAB in a 10 gallon pot, on a deck on the second floor of a triple decker, in Southie...so my mash efficiency might lend to the slightly thinner mouth feel.
Would you mind posting that recipe? Congress is my favorite Trillium beer....well maybe tied with Mettle but either way I'd love to have this on tap.
Sure thing...will do so when I get home tonight.
<EDIT> Done. See next post. Cheers!
Oh and BTW, I had the Dialed-In with pinot gris juice last time I was up in the Boston area and it was mind blowingly good. These guys really know how to change one variable and make a whole new experience! Cheers!
I like the choice of yeasts...sounds like you have been reading isomerization's thread on Tree House yeasts?
Only change I would suggest is to get rid of the 5-10-15 minute additions and whirlpool them instead. I think you will like the results better. I stopped doing them and only do a bittering charge, WP, and DH on my IPAs and they come out great!
I dont have a whirlpool setup or pump system. Do you think I could just steep for 20-30 minutes at 160-170 , stir every 5-10 minutes and get similar results?
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