I experimented with a bunch of hops I had never used together. Dry hopped only during fermentaion stage (to avoid oxidation issues and allow cold crash to take out yeast and hops).
This experiment created the best IPA I’ve made. No single hop flavor dominated and the fruity aspects of the hops blended extremely well to get a fruity blend IPA. Would you consider this a NEIPA or IPA?
11.5# 2 row, o.5# honey, o.5# dextrin ABV 6.56 : 152F 60 mins, 6 gallons post boil (loss of 1 gallon until packaging) for 5 gallon keg
boil hopping
60 mins 40g magnum
20 mins 1oz centennial
5 mins 1 oz chinook, 1 oz azacca
dry hopping
day 4 of fermentation 1oz denali, 1 oz medusa
day 5 1oz citra 1 oz Idaho 7
day 7 1oz Idaho 7
This experiment created the best IPA I’ve made. No single hop flavor dominated and the fruity aspects of the hops blended extremely well to get a fruity blend IPA. Would you consider this a NEIPA or IPA?
11.5# 2 row, o.5# honey, o.5# dextrin ABV 6.56 : 152F 60 mins, 6 gallons post boil (loss of 1 gallon until packaging) for 5 gallon keg
boil hopping
60 mins 40g magnum
20 mins 1oz centennial
5 mins 1 oz chinook, 1 oz azacca
dry hopping
day 4 of fermentation 1oz denali, 1 oz medusa
day 5 1oz citra 1 oz Idaho 7
day 7 1oz Idaho 7
