Creature Comforts Tropicalia Clone

[skeezerpleezer]

Thanks for the feedback. I plan on brewing again with some tweaks. I will report back later.

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[bkv04fsu]

My image from my first attempt is not showing here for some reason. Posting again. Also, I have a second attempt recipe that I will post soon.

 

[bkv04fsu]

Brewed this recipe over the weekend. It went really well and the fermentation has been vigorous. Some notes: I pitched a starter yeast, oxygenated the wort, and targeted a water profile.

Target water profile:
Ca -- 140
Mg -- 18
Na -- 25
SO4 -- 250
Cl -- 55
HCO3 -- 110

I will report back soon with the results.

 

[bkv04fsu]

This beer came out very good. I've not tasted the real thing in a few months, but when I tried this batch today it took me back to a fresh can of Trop.

 

[mrk829]

Thank you for the recipe, i made this last weekend and was going to transfer into secondary today and dry hop for 4-5 days since I still bottle. Will that be too much? Is there a reason you only dry hop for 2 days? The other ipas I've made in the past, I've dry hopped for longer

 

[brew703]

This looks like an interesting brew to try. For those who have tried the real thing and who have brewed, which recipe would you go with? I see there are a few recipes floating around in this thread and would like to try to brew a version within the next month.

 

[bkv04fsu]

Thank you for the recipe, i made this last weekend and was going to transfer into secondary today and dry hop for 4-5 days since I still bottle. Will that be too much? Is there a reason you only dry hop for 2 days? The other ipas I've made in the past, I've dry hopped for longer

In my first attempt I let the dry hop go a week maybe even more. The Galaxy hop really took over and had a slight pungent taste. I dry hoped the second attempt for 2 days then cold crashed it. So actually it dry hopped for about 4 days total. Typically I only dry hop for a few days. I've had good results. Hope your brew turns out good. Did you make any changes to the recipe I posted? Id be curious what they are as this beer has not been officially cloned yet.

 

[mrk829]

In my first attempt I let the dry hop go a week maybe even more. The Galaxy hop really took over and had a slight pungent taste. I dry hoped the second attempt for 2 days then cold crashed it. So actually it dry hopped for about 4 days total. Typically I only dry hop for a few days. I've had good results. Hope your brew turns out good. Did you make any changes to the recipe I posted? Id be curious what they are as this beer has not been officially cloned yet.

Realized I never got back here to reply. I didn change the boil/whirlpool to 1oz Centennual, 2oz Citra, and 0.25 oz Galaxy. I did end up dry hopping for5 days total with 2oz Citra, and 0.25 oz Galaxy. The beer came out exceptional and an brewing again today to try to replicate what I had done 6 months ago

 

[tomhunter]

Here's how I've been brewing it. I eliminated the white wheat in my 3rd attempt after V2 came out a little too sweet. I've brewed this version a few times now. The 1.5 Oz of Centennial dry-hopped should say 3 days. I'm batch sparging. Dry-hopping in the primary -no secondary. Crash cooling for 2-3 days before kegging.