Can You Brew It recipe for Green Flash West Coast IPA

[maida7]

I've made this beer twice and it's the bomb! I loved the commercial version and the homebrew is much fresher and the hops are much brighter. If you like hops make this beer!

 

[samc]

Brewed this yesterday and was slightly short on the Simcoe at flameout, which is no big deal IMO.

The question is how important is the Simcoe in the dry hop? Should I bother trying to get that small amount for dry hopping, skip it entirely or sub something? I've got Chinook,Citra, Magnum, Saaz available. Leaning towards just skipping it but looking for opinions anyway.

 

[maida7]

Brewed this yesterday and was slightly short on the Simcoe at flameout, which is no big deal IMO.

The question is how important is the Simcoe in the dry hop? Should I bother trying to get that small amount for dry hopping, skip it entirely or sub something? I've got Chinook,Citra, Magnum, Saaz available. Leaning towards just skipping it but looking for opinions anyway.

IMHO it won't be nearly the same without the Simcoe. I'm not saying it will be bad but it won't be Green Flash. Simcoe is a special flavor that can't be substituted for. If you really want green flash go find some Simcoe. If your happy with another IPA the feel free to substitute.

 

[dondeez]

I am planning on brewing this beer for my next batch. West Coast IPA is hands down my favorite beer. I cant wait to brew my own.

 

[dondeez]

I brewed this today. I came up a bit shy of my target OG. I hit 1.064. Im hoping it doesnt make too much of a difference in the final product.

 

[Mandan]

Just listened to the podcast. Looks like the hardness of the water in Vista is 238 ppm. Am I reading it right?

http://www.vid-h2o.org/pdf/publication/CCR_2010.pdf

So if mine is 144, I should be adding gypsum. Also, looks like the ph is a little high.

 

[dondeez]

I missed the FG by 1 point. Right now its at 1.015. I tried a sample and added dry hops. From what I can tell it tastes pretty close to the actual beer. I cant wait to do a side by side blind taste test.

 

[dondeez]

I sampled the first bottle last night and was very impressed. It lacked some aroma compared to the actual beer but is still very tasty. Like many other people have said the hops really shine in this recipe. Thanks again for posting all of these recipes!

 

[Mandan]

Finally found this beer at Whole Foods in L.A. Wasn't impressed. Could not find a best by or bottled date, but I imagine the beer had been on the shelf a long time. Meanwhile, I dry hopped my clone yesterday after 2 weeks in primary. SG was also 1.015.

 

[dondeez]

Finally found this beer at Whole Foods in L.A. Wasn't impressed. Could not find a best by or bottled date, but I imagine the beer had been on the shelf a long time. Meanwhile, I dry hopped my clone yesterday after 2 weeks in primary. SG was also 1.015.

Was it in a 4pack? If it was a 6pack chances are it is at least a few months old.

 

[EricCSU]

Finally found this beer at Whole Foods in L.A. Wasn't impressed. Could not find a best by or bottled date, but I imagine the beer had been on the shelf a long time. Meanwhile, I dry hopped my clone yesterday after 2 weeks in primary. SG was also 1.015.

Take my word that it is a quality beer. Age will kill a beer like that.

Eric

 

[Mandan]

Was it in a 4pack? If it was a 6pack chances are it is at least a few months old.

It was the 4-pack. I'm sure it was age- the store in Manhattan Beach has such a huge selection, it was probably overlooked by most. That intense hops aroma/flavor just doesn't keep. May try it again though- found another source in Northern CA.

 

[Lodovico]

Just had to add my praise for this recipe. I brew A LOT of IPA's and I just did this one for the first time. The only change I made was I let it sit in primary on American Oak for 15 days.

This is the best IPA I've ever brewed. It's seriously amazing. The hop bursting gives it outrageous aroma. I dry hopped with more than the recipe calls for but I always dry hop the S^%# out of my IPAs. Killer beer.

 

[samc]

I'm down to my last 4 gallons of a 10+ gallon batch. The entire 10 was dry hopped as per the recipe and then the first 5 gallons served got an additional dry hopping in the serving keg. I find that the second keg with the added conditioning time and no extra dry hops is an extremely smooth, balanced and tasty beer (nothing wrong with the first 5). I like the dry hopping but do find that sometimes it hides the delicate malt flavors.

I don't like to repeat 10 gallon batches in a row otherwise I'd do another 10 of this. Going to try the Little Sumpin Sumpin next!

 

[MikeRoBrew1]

Someone please tell me why 5.5g in the fermenter = 5 gal in the keg??? Where did the other .5 gal go?

Hops have been strained out before it goes into the fermenter (6 gal down to 5.5 after straining)

 

[samc]

Someone please tell me why 5.5g in the fermenter = 5 gal in the keg??? Where did the other .5 gal go?

Hops have been strained out before it goes into the fermenter (6 gal down to 5.5 after straining)

by-products of fermentation, proteins/break settling out usually leave you with less beer than you thought you'd have. Dry hops also soak up beer as well.

 

[maida7]

Someone please tell me why 5.5g in the fermenter = 5 gal in the keg??? Where did the other .5 gal go?

Hops have been strained out before it goes into the fermenter (6 gal down to 5.5 after straining)

trub & yeast

oh and for this particular recipe... The dry hops will claim a good amount.

 

[heywolfie1015]

It was the 4-pack. I'm sure it was age- the store in Manhattan Beach has such a huge selection, it was probably overlooked by most. That intense hops aroma/flavor just doesn't keep. May try it again though- found another source in Northern CA.

Man do I love that store. The beer selection is just awesome.

 

[kaiser423]

Just went to the Green flash brewery ad had some at their open house on Fridays (I buy stuff from the electronics company on site, and the president took me over for some beers).

If this is close, I'm definitely aiming to brew it next. Great West Coast IPA!

 

[Irrenarzt]

It's spot on. Chuck Silva shared the recipe himself...

 

[Mandan]

Just went to the Green flash brewery ad had some at their open house on Fridays (I buy stuff from the electronics company on site, and the president took me over for some beers).

If this is close, I'm definitely aiming to brew it next. Great West Coast IPA!

I went by the GF Brewery on my way down to San Diego a few weeks ago. Great people. Just happened to be a Friday. Kid in candy store mentality- tasted a few, bought quite a few. Did not disappoint. I'm about to brew my third batch of the IPA. The first two were brewed with the Carastan. LHBS does not carry it, so I'll go with the C 40.

 

[nediver]

i have no idea what the commercial version tastes like. But I brewed this recipe. I measure in grams and was a tad heavy handed a couple grams here or there. I used whole hops for the entire process so i lost wort and effieciency.

Best beer I have ever brewed, hands down at 7.7% it goes down so smooth. Very balanced, doesn't taste bitter at all, Just liquid hops.

OG- 1.068
TG- 1.008
Pitched a 2L starter of WLP001 and WY1068

 

[HomeBrew32]

I've had the real thing and it is great. I'm fairly new to brewing and was wondering if there was an extract version of this recipe or can it be converted to an extract. Thanks.

 

[elproducto]

After 2 weeks, and a big starter I only hit 1.015 FG. Looks like a few others were there as well. Now to dry hop.

 

[Mandan]

After 2 weeks, and a big starter I only hit 1.015 FG. Looks like a few others were there as well. Now to dry hop.

I've had trouble getting my FG down on this one too. Last one was 1.019. I wonder if the longer boil time has anything to do with it. I can get down to 1.012 using the same yeast on a 60 min boil.

May need to go 3 weeks in fermenter.

 

[elproducto]

How did it taste at 1.019?

 

[Mandan]

It tasted great, especially since I used newly bought, unopened hops for the dry hopping part. Just now getting up to carb. More malty than my usual, mostly 2 row IPAs and a tad sweet. I'll reply in a couple months when I try it again (this was my fifth) and go 3 weeks in the carboy.

 

[bmickey]

Question on the dry hop piece... Skip the secondary and dry hop on the keg, Dry hop after 2 weeks in the primary or rack to a secondary and dry hop?

Also, what temps are you guys letting this ferment at with the WLP001? How big of a yeast starter?

 

[elproducto]

Kegged this last night. FG 1.015, smelled and tasted great.

 

[bmickey]

I brewed this last night, we hit the Starting Gravity head on at 1.069. I am extremely happy with my brew day, all the process improvements (ball valve on hot liquor tank, ball valve on the marsh pump, using the pump to avoid most lifting and better whirl pool technique/timing before running through the cfc chiller) went without a hitch! We hit our mash temps at 152, mash out at 168\169 and sparge at 168. The color on the wort looked great also!

No one responded before but I am wondering how it would be just to dry hop in the keg (only ) to save a racking to secondary step?