Mandarina Drop... My latest NE IPA

[elburrogrande]

Getting better and better at these. This one is my best one to date. very creamy mouthfeel, pineapple, mandarin, citrus, a bit of peach. low bitterness. Here is the recipe. Let me know what you think.



Recipe Type: All Grain

Batch Size (Gallons): 5.5 gallons (into fermenter)
Original Gravity: 1.064
Final Gravity: 1.005
ABV: 7.7%
IBU: 50(?)
Boiling Time (Minutes): 60
Color: 4.0
Fermentation: 14 days @ about 65


GRAIN BILL:
71.7% Pale malt
17.9% Flaked oats
5.4% Dextrine malt
3.1% Acid malt
1.8% crystal 15

60 minute mash @150

HOPS:
30 Min. = 1 oz exp 7270
Flame Out = 1oz Amarillo
Whirlpool @ 180 (20 minutes)= 1oz. each of Galaxy/Mandarina Bavaria/Lemon Drop

YEAST:
Blend of Imperial A01 House / wyeast 3711

DRY HOPS:
Dry hop #1 added at day 3. Tie down with dental floss and remove after 5 days
1.2 oz. Galaxy
1.2 oz Mandarina bavaria
1.2 oz Lemon Drop

**Dry Hop #2 - At day 11, remove and keg 3 days later
.8 oz. Galaxy
.8 oz. Mandarina Bavaria
.8 oz. Lemon Drop

Chloride to sulfate:
125/ 105

 

[elburrogrande]

here is a pic

 

[Cavpilot2000]

That actually sounds really nice.
I've not used Mandarina yet but I've heard it is quite mild and easily overpowered by other, more prominent hops.
Any comment on that?

 

[elburrogrande]

I hear the same about lemon drop. I used quite a bit of Galaxy which is a really overpowering hop and I still get a lot of citrus, mandarin, tangerine on the nose which I can only assume comes from mandarina/lemon drop

 

[plazola86]

Nice! Good color on that too. I'm kegging my first try at this style today! Didn't use any crystal since I wanted it to be really yellow like pineapple juice. Have you messed around with the color range? Used darker crystal or go more than 2% of you total grain bill? I think that's a spot on color you got on this one.

 

[TripleC223]

That looks fantastic. Perhaps a dumb question, but do you have a recommendation for an extract-only version?

 

[elburrogrande]

Nice! Good color on that too. I'm kegging my first try at this style today! Didn't use any crystal since I wanted it to be really yellow like pineapple juice. Have you messed around with the color range? Used darker crystal or go more than 2% of you total grain bill? I think that's a spot on color you got on this one.

I have not gone darker because I am with you on the color. The more yellower the better. Ill experiment without any crystal if anything.

 

[elburrogrande]

That looks fantastic. Perhaps a dumb question, but do you have a recommendation for an extract-only version?

I can't help you much there. I would recommend atleast a partial mash version. I would think you could substitute the pale malt with LME and DME and mash the rest. I don't know how this would affect the hop schedule though

 

[brewprint]

I hear the same about lemon drop. I used quite a bit of Galaxy which is a really overpowering hop and I still get a lot of citrus, mandarin, tangerine on the nose which I can only assume comes from mandarina/lemon drop

I've used a lot of lemon drop in the past and recently did a MandaBav smash.

The MB is super light but pleasant. I used 4oz in the smash with most in the last 5 minutes and the dry hop. It was like a pale ale. Very weak on the hops.

The Lemon drop is actually a powerful hop IMO like citra. Although it has a distinct flavor, it's good as well.

I've also used Galaxy and it's good and fairly strong as well.

 

[plazola86]

I have not gone darker because I am with you on the color. The more yellower the better. Ill experiment without any crystal if anything.

Ill post a picture when I'm done kegging of mine. Came out looking like straight pineapple juice with no crystal malt.

 

[jjw5015]

Here's mine w/o crystal. Pale malt, flaked oats, white wheat

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[Tybalthophead]

This was my version. Golden promise, flaked oats, wheat malt and honey malt

A little more orange than pineapple juice

 

[elburrogrande]

Nice. I might just try no crystal malt next time shouldn't be a problem specially using dextrine

 

[plazola86]

Here's mine w/o crystal. Pale malt, flaked oats, white wheat

I remember seeing yours on the "Northeast" thread and wanting it to come out like yours. No crystal just gives a super bright yellow color. I need to experiment to find out how to get the glowing orange color but I think crystal 15 at 2% of the grail bill should do it. The darker the crystal the more bronze the color starts getting is what I've been noticing.

 

[plazola86]

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Bright yellow and hazy.

 

[Cavpilot2000]

I've been contemplating an American wheat or even a hefeweizen using a 2-1 ratio of Mandarina and Citra (I figure Citra might overpower the Mandarina, hence the 2-1 ratio).
Anyone else use those two in combination?

 

[Konadog]

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