New England IPA

[Michael S. Henry]

Finally broke down and tackled my 1st NEIPA today. I’ve been researching this for a long time and just never got around to it.

Golden Promise, Pilsner, Flaked Oats, & a hint of Carafoam. Amarillo, Citra, & Mosaic as the stars of the show.

 

[pbtimmons]

Nice post, it'd be great to see your measurements.

Good luck with first iteration of yours. Biggest thing Ive learned brewing this style is how unimportant the grain bill & hop combos are. These are the most important aspects to success with this style:

1. Lack of Oxygen exposure
2. pH at every step
3. Water composition

 

[flintoid]

Your wort looks dark. And your boil looked intense.

In addition to pbtimmons suggestions, try to keep a rolling boil. Don't rip it full throttle- heat can burn it up and darken your wort.

I actually used bottled spring water from the grocery store on my NEIPAs. It hasn't failed me yet.

 

[Dog House Brew]

Good on ya, hope it turns out the way you wanted it.

 

[jcav]

Good for you! I brewed my first NEPA last month and it came out fantastic! Let us know how it turns out!

John

 

[MGamber]

Sounds good to me! I brew NEIPA style stuff almost exclusively (every now and then I do a Sip of Sunshine or something) and one thing I learned was don't skimp on carbonation. You want all that tropical juiciness to jump out of the glass or bottle.

 

[Michael S. Henry]

Your wort looks dark. And your boil looked intense.

In addition to pbtimmons suggestions, try to keep a rolling boil. Don't rip it full throttle- heat can burn it up and darken your wort.

I actually used bottled spring water from the grocery store on my NEIPAs. It hasn't failed me yet.

Lighting was bad in that photo. It’s actually quite light. I don’t like to over boil either, that was just the hop flare up. [emoji51]

Glad to hear that spring water has worked for you as I always go to Giant and buy spring water for my beers. I’ve been nervous that not making water adjustments was a problem!

 

[WBB]

I brewed a NEIPA and it tasted fantastic up to about a week after kegging. Then it went down hill. Drinkable but not enjoyable like it was when it was first tapped. I attribute the drop in enjoyment to oxygen exposure. And while it was nice and light color and hazy at the start, when it went downhill, it was dark.

 

[Michael S. Henry]

Update: this one is turning out quite nice. It’s not ready and isn’t fully carbonated in the keg yet but I just drank two glasses and thoroughly enjoyed it. Can’t wait to see this one in a week.