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Gonna give this style a whirl next week! I'm starting with OP's recipe and making some small adjustments, mainly going 50:50 Citra:Nelson for the hops. I also keep going back and forth on the IBUs... One of my best WCIPAs was 1.066 --> 1.007 (7.7%) and 74 IBU, but it also had a half pound of C40...

I'm definitely not right about this, but for some reason I've never been able to see Simcoe as appropriate in a hazy. It's such a quintessential west coast IPA hop, but I guess it's a lot fruitier than it's piney reputation has led me to believe.

Wow, my first hazy IPA in just over a year! Citra/Mosaic/Strata Hazy 6.25 lb 2 row 6.25 lb pils 3 lb flaked oats 0.75 lb wheat 0.25 lb honey malt 0.25 oz Warrior 30 min 2 oz Citra Lupomax whirlpool 2 oz Mosaic whirlpool 2 oz Strata whirlpool 4 oz Citra dry hop 2 oz Mosaic dry hop 2 oz...

I heard similar stories from others, so I don't think your alone. For whatever reason, I still think Heady is one of the best beers on the planet. I also have a hard time describing it as an NEIPA.

I tried a 6 month old Heady vs. a pretty fresh one once. The 6 month old one was absolutely fantastic, and the fresh one was slightly better still. I don't know of any other brewery that I'd gladly have a 6 month old IPA from.

My experiment is usually to see if I can go at least 2 weeks without touching the keg. The last pour of my IPA is pretty much always the best one, and I always wish I was more patient to give it time and not check every day lol.

+1 to give it more time. Pretty much all my hoppy beers have terrible hop burn for the first few weeks in the keg. I don't even bother sampling them until 2 weeks minimum, and its usually another couple of weeks after that when they start to hit their stride. I wouldn't even consider dumping it...

Not nit picky at all, totally fair point. To be honest, I put the (5 gal batch) at the end of those questions to try to standardize the rate into a typical batch size, but I never really thought about the difference between dry hopping 5 gal of kegged beer vs. 6 gal of primary beer. I figured...

The results are in! Thanks to the 26 people who took my survey. This has been a lot of fun for me, and I hope it ends up being useful or at least interesting to others. Some initial thoughts... Imperial Juice/wy1318 reigns supreme Citra reigns supreme (honorable mention to Nelson) Our...

That's funny because I have the opposite goal, to have less ingredient variation between batches and try to really fine tune the process and note the differences. I've been inspired by Brujos, who use Citra in every hazy IPA they make, and have made several of the best I've ever had. It's a...

Makes a lot of sense, thanks. I'm still going back and forth on a dedicated dry hop vessel and this gives me more to consider.

Do you serve out of your dry hop keg, or do a second jump to a serving keg?

16 responses so far and really interesting data, I'm excited to share!

I thought a survey about hazy IPA brewing practices and preferences might be interesting for this passionate group of brewers. If you'd like to take it, I will share the results in a week or so! There is no personal information collected. Hazy IPA brewing survey...

I bought these magnetic label holders on amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B088NVW9H7?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1 I wanted a bunch of really simple labels I could swap out easily, and this worked perfectly. I keep the ones I'm not using on the side of the keezer.

Good to know. I'm pretty excited about Anchovy. I've had it in hazies from Brujos (Anchovy/Citra/Mosaic) and Other Half (Citra/Nelson/Anchovy/Motueka) and both were really great.

What's the consensus on the most exciting new hops these days? Here's a few that I've been hearing more about but don't know a ton about. Superdelic Bru-1 Anchovy Nectaron

I'm certainly no @Dgallo but you got me curious about my luck with different grain bills in competition, so here it is for whatever its worth! 2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze (Braufessor) 14 lb 2 row 3 lb flaked oats 0.75 lb wheat 0.25 lb honey malt 1 gold, 1 bronze (Trillium clone) 12.5 lb 2 Row...

I feel for you man. I had 5+ batches in a row with a weird plastic taste one time and could not figure out what was causing it for the life of me. I replaced equipment, changed my process, and one day it was finally gone and I have absolutely no idea why! I've really been enjoying reading the...

This is the one process improvement I'm so curious to do, but just can't get myself to clean/purge/re-clean a keg... How much of an improvement do folks think this makes, 5%, 50%?