bonescole
Active Member
Did a simple recipe for a wheat IPA:
6 lbs 2row
2 lbs Flaked Wheat
12oz Crystal 40l
1.0 oz Galena 60min
1.0 Cascade 15 min
.5 oz cascade 1 min
US-05
My question is should I treat this like a wheat beer, or an IPA as far as drinking it? I understand that most Belgian Wit's have a nice ester that most people say will degrade after the one month time frame, so will there be something that degrades in this beer after a certain amount of time, or will it just get better with a bit of age (to a point I do not expect hop aroma to stick around for the long haul)? I have read and talked to other brewers that say they drink their IPA's in three weeks, but what are your opinions on this? I plan on kegging and force carbing it, so no need to wait on the bottle conditioning.
Thanks,
BC
6 lbs 2row
2 lbs Flaked Wheat
12oz Crystal 40l
1.0 oz Galena 60min
1.0 Cascade 15 min
.5 oz cascade 1 min
US-05
My question is should I treat this like a wheat beer, or an IPA as far as drinking it? I understand that most Belgian Wit's have a nice ester that most people say will degrade after the one month time frame, so will there be something that degrades in this beer after a certain amount of time, or will it just get better with a bit of age (to a point I do not expect hop aroma to stick around for the long haul)? I have read and talked to other brewers that say they drink their IPA's in three weeks, but what are your opinions on this? I plan on kegging and force carbing it, so no need to wait on the bottle conditioning.
Thanks,
BC