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Thanks brotherLooks great man! Ive played with this Hop combo a couple of times and still tweaking it. Its great though, Ive never left strata out of the whirlpool all together myself. Couple questions:
Did you use less Citra in the dry hop than usual because its LUPOMAX and supposedly more efficient or did you just roll with your norm dry hop rates? Haven't used LUPOMAX yet myself.
I thought I saw somewhere that you were intending to mash lower at like 150ish, did you stick with 152? Reason why I ask is that Ive done two of these now and generally according to MrPowers step mash schedule with the first ~40min at 149. Both have had absolutely fantastic mouthfeel and were not dry at all given the massive amount of oats in the recipe (I also used white wheat in mine) and both finished at 1.012, 1.013 (~8.0 ABV beers). Im definitely sticking with that mash schedule in for this beer.
Lastly, I haven't tried Imperial Juice yet, but care to comment on similarities/differences with A24 Dry Hop in terms of esters?
Thanks.
1) no, I just rolled with the same hoping rates. 2 oz per gallon Dryhop;
2 oz Citra pellets
4 oz strata
4 oz Citra LUPOMAX
Citra takes lead, it’s a definitive Citra note too, no b.o. or cattyness at all. Then the strata starts coming in on the Backend with some zesty dankness. The Idaho 7 On the hotside was pretty orange forward this time. I really didn’t get any earth/herbal notes that I’ve gotten in the past and because of that, it kinda just blended into the Citra character for a nice citrus/tropical flavor.
2) I did. I ended up mashing at 150* for 60. A quick 5 minute mash out and then done 1.076 - 1.012 - 8.4%. I really think this is a solid mash temp for high adjunct beers. The mouthfeel is full but as you swallow is drys out and finishes slightly crisp and really comes across as pillow soft because of the lite finish
3) slightly similar with a touch of stone fruit. Imperial Juice is London Ale III so it’s as similar to A24 as 1318 is.