Brew Day! Another New England

[Michael S. Henry]

Went a little brazen by going with tons of late Apollo & Summit.

13 lbs Pearl Malt
1.5 lbs Flaked Oats
0.5 lbs Ground Up Flaked Oats
1.0 lbs Flaked Wheat
0.25 lbs Carafoam

.5 oz Columbus Mash Hop
.5 oz Columbus X 60
2.00 oz Apollo X 5
2.00 oz Summit X 5
2.00 oz Apollo @ flameout
2.00 oz Summit @ flameout
2.00 oz Apollo dry hop at high krausen
2.00 oz Summit dry hop at high krausen
2.00 oz Apollo post ferm dry hop
2.00 oz Summit post ferm dry hop
WLP005 - British

 

[Michael S. Henry]

I’m anxious too see the impact of grinding a half pound of Flaked Oats as well as the addition of a pound of flaked wheat. I noticed a lot more protein in the boil and the wort is considerably cloudier than the NEIPA I brewed two weeks ago where I didn’t have the wheat and ground oats. There was a film of protein on the entire boil.

 

[specharka]

I’ve never heard of anyone using the Ringwood strain for fermenting a NEIPA. I’ve been scared away by its tendency to stall and throw off a lot of diacetyl. You might want to soft crash (lower to 50-60F) the beer after fermentation and prior to dry hopping to prevent hop creep, because dry hops will promote diacetyl production.

 

[Michael S. Henry]

This is definitely an experiment in the style. I chose that British strain trying to be different knowing that it can accentuate malt character. I’m hoping it helps bring the oat notes through despite it being a good flocculator and not being super estery. Apollo and Summit combo is pretty unique to the style too. This chilled wort is a crazy hazy hop bomb on the nose. I’m pretty excited to see what I have here.

 

[Michael S. Henry]

Whew doggie, look at that OJ wort!