New England IPA "Northeast" style IPA

[aaronm13]

Really depends. I think Yakima valley is more consistent and definitely better on some varieties. That said hop alliance is pretty solid and they give hop lot specific data for you the hsi which is great and there are times you get stupid good quality lol

Ha, like everything in homebrew, you just gotta roll the dice. I must try them out sometime.

 

[mrcastellino]

Really depends. I think Yakima valley is more consistent and definitely better on some varieties. That said hop alliance is pretty solid and they give hop lot specific data for you the hsi which is great and there are times you get stupid good quality lol

What varieties from YVH have been dependable and standouts for you? Ive never gotten anything from them that has been amazing. Just ‘good’ at best. While we are talking about Columbus, after my second pound of that variety from them going into the trash, I wont even try to order it from them anymore. So much onion/garlic to the point its unusable. Much better luck with Yakima Chief.

 

[Dgallo]

What varieties from YVH have been dependable and standouts for you? Ive never gotten anything from them that has been amazing. Just ‘good’ at best. While we are talking about Columbus, after my second pound of that variety from them going into the trash, I wont even try to order it from them anymore. So much onion/garlic to the point it’s unusable. Much better luck with Yakima Chief.

To help you not waste hops I’ll share that that character of onion and garlic is from late harvesting and it’s the degradation of the thiols which are sulfur compounds. Don’t toss these hops, just make sure to only use them hotside so boiling and the yeast will take care of them. When used as a dryhop they stick around.

I’ve had great luck with any hops that are proprietary to haas such as citra, talus, McKenzie, and etc. if your not aware john haas is a major stake holder/owner in YVH and it seems they get very good lots of haas hops

 

[ihavenonickname]

Anyone try ‘24 Galaxy from YVH? I didn’t have the guts to order any today, seems too risky for me still.

 

[jordanfrenzy]

Anyone try ‘24 Galaxy from YVH? I didn’t have the guts to order any today, seems too risky for me still.

Yeah. It's alright. No peanut shells/diesel that people have commented on in the past. Some of that early Galaxy passion fruit, but I'm on about Day 4 or so in the keg and I think I'm starting to get a little green onion/garlic. This was a Congress St-ish beer. Bittered with '23 YVH Columbus, little bit of Columbus in the WP/DH but mainly Galaxy (~8oz or so)

 

[Shenanigans]

Lads, I was planning on brewing on the first weekend of December to have a nice NEIPA for the holidays.
Now my better half want to go to some cr@p Christmas Markets with me around that time.
So I'm not sure when I can fit in a brew day.
To be flexible and reduce fermentation time so the beer's ready quicker I will use a kveik yeast at about 35 degrees celcius.
I have some harvested Lallemand Voss and a dry pack of WHC Hornindal.
Which one would be better to use for an NEIPA?
Anything I should change in the process due to the high fermentation temperature; like reduce the whirlpool hops and add more to the dry hops for example?
Still working a recipe so if anyone has one where they used kveik I'd be interested to know
Thanks!

 

[Ulisses4677]

Last pour Evan better lol

 

[LCBA]

Lads, I was planning on brewing on the first weekend of December to have a nice NEIPA for the holidays.
Now my better half want to go to some cr@p Christmas Markets with me around that time.
So I'm not sure when I can fit in a brew day.
To be flexible and reduce fermentation time so the beer's ready quicker I will use a kveik yeast at about 35 degrees celcius.
I have some harvested Lallemand Voss and a dry pack of WHC Hornindal.
Which one would be better to use for an NEIPA?
Anything I should change in the process due to the high fermentation temperature; like reduce the whirlpool hops and add more to the dry hops for example?
Still working a recipe so if anyone has one where they used kveik I'd be interested to know
Thanks!

Voss will give some orange notes, so if you want that it’s great, if you don’t I would recommend another yeast.

If you are adjusting your ph, I believe kveik drops the ph more than LAIII or similar British ale yeasts, so you might not need to adjust down so much to prepare for the dry hop. Worth a google.

 

[redrocker652002]

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Last pour Evan better lol

My oh my that looks really good. I don't remember if I asked for the recipe on that one or not. LOL

 

[Dgallo]

Brew day!

Grains
70% 2 row
15% malted oats
15% spelt
Og: 1.085
FG: 1.022 (expected)

Yeast - g3 London ale III

Hotside hops - 30 ibus
2:1 rakau to citra

Dryhop
1:1:1 rakau, citra cryo , freestyle Nelson

 

[Ulisses4677]

Brew day!

Grains
70% 2 row
15% malted oats
15% spelt
Og: 1.085
FG: 1.022 (expected)

Yeast - g3 London ale III

Hotside hops - 30 ibus
2:1 rakau to citra

Dryhop
1:1:1 rakau, citra cryo , freestyle Nelson
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Brewing a Helles single decoction as we speak. Can never go wrong with Sierra Nevada

 

[redrocker652002]

I dig Sierra Nevada but must admit I have never tried that one. Might need to take a ride to Wines and More and see if they have it.

 

[Dgallo]

I dig Sierra Nevada but must admit I have never tried that one. Might need to take a ride to Wines and More and see if they have it.

This is their best. Their wet hop ale

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

Having a pour of my citra:nectaron:superdelic neipa. Happy with this batch. Bad lighting, I'll get a better Pic one of These days

 

[Ulisses4677]

My oh my that looks really good. I don't remember if I asked for the recipe on that one or not. LOL

Og 1080
Fg 1022
7.5 gallon batch
60% 2 row
40% flaked oats
16 ibus hot side usually at 30 min.
Nectaron in the whirlpool
First dry hop Superdelic, citra 60/40%
Second dry hop rakau,superdelic,citra 60/30/10%
Yeast : wyeast 1272
Ferm temp: 70F

 

[redrocker652002]

Og 1080
Fg 1022
7.5 gallon batch
60% 2 row
40% flaked oats
16 ibus hot side usually at 30 min.
Nectaron in the whirlpool
First dry hop Superdelic, citra 60/40%
Second dry hop rakau,superdelic,citra 60/30/10%
Yeast : wyeast 1272
Ferm temp: 70F

What did you use to get the 16 IBU's on the hot side? I was thinking Cascade because I have that. Also, if I were to drop it down to say 6 to 7 ABV would that mess with the overall look and taste? Also, on your hop additions would you be able to provide me with a the amounts? I am still not very good at building recipes so I would want to use this as a base and then tweak it as needed. If I am asking too much, I understand. I just thought it really looked pretty good. Thanks in advance for anything you can provide.

 

[Ulisses4677]

What did you use to get the 16 IBU's on the hot side? I was thinking Cascade because I have that. Also, if I were to drop it down to say 6 to 7 ABV would that mess with the overall look and taste? Also, on your hop additions would you be able to provide me with a the amounts? I am still not very good at building recipes so I would want to use this as a base and then tweak it as needed. If I am asking too much, I understand. I just thought it really looked pretty good. Thanks in advance for anything you can provide.

I used Nectaron at 30min and 8oz in the whirlpool. I did 3oz per gallon for the dry hop. I usually split my drop hops to get better extraction. I would probably do 70 base and 30 % adjucts for a single and mash at 155f. Maybe 1.5 to 2 oz per gallon. I mashed at 152F for my doubles.

 

[Strix]

Hi guys!

Getting ready to brew for the first time in a while and was hoping to get some input on hop combos.

I've been itching to try both Nectaron and Superdelic but do they go well together and do they live up to the hype?

Was considering something like a 1:1:1 split of Nectaron:Galaxy:Superdelic or maybe Citra in place of Galaxy.

Any input appreciated!

 

[anteater8]

Finally brewed yesterday after an 8 month hiatus... hopefully I haven't lost my touch!

12 lb Pils
5 lb Malted oat
4 lb Flaked oat
3 lb Wheat
0.5 lb Maltodextrin

0.15 oz Warrior 60 min (6 IBU)
2 oz Citra WP @ 170 (20 min)
2 oz Krush Lupo WP @ 170 (20 min)
8 oz Citra DH
2 oz Citra Lupomax DH
6 oz Krush DH

Imperial Juice

O.G. = 1.078

 

[aaronm13]

Just took a sample for a VDK test of the beer I brewed last week with A24 and it's down from 1.085 - 1.014 even though I mashed at 156F. I just can't seem to get that strain to finish high. Was aiming for a finish of around 1.022. I did add a small dry hop mid ferment so reckon I got crazy hop creep. Sample is very thin and boozy, sitting at 9.4%

Will soft crash is it passes the test and finish dry hopping over the next few days.

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

Hi guys!

Getting ready to brew for the first time in a while and was hoping to get some input on hop combos.

I've been itching to try both Nectaron and Superdelic but do they go well together and do they live up to the hype?

Was considering something like a 1:1:1 split of Nectaron:Galaxy:Superdelic or maybe Citra in place of Galaxy.

Any input appreciated!

Can't speak to how well they play with Galaxy but my current neipa is 2:1:1 citra:nectaron:superdelic and I'm really enjoying it.

 

[tracer bullet]

Slightly random here, but I tried a batch where I checked the "dry hops" in at high krauzen, instead of my normal process of letting it finish fermenting, chilling it, then adding the hops. I've made this recipe at least a half dozen times, all with very similar results, and this timing of the hop addition was the only change. I noticed 2 things very easily:

1) The hop smell was practically gone
2) It is far more hazy than normal

Does the jive with other's experiences? I want to say yes, but I've gone back a bunch of pages and not seen where I picked that up (especially in regards to haziness and hop timing which I thought was pretty recent).

I don't think I'll time the hops like this again - ever. I had to buy more hops and they are now in the keg after a lot of CO2 purging afterwards. I'll also have to drink this one quickly because I'm sure I didn't get all the O2 out.

 

[Dgallo]

Slightly random here, but I tried a batch where I checked the "dry hops" in at high krauzen, instead of my normal process of letting it finish fermenting, chilling it, then adding the hops. I've made this recipe at least a half dozen times, all with very similar results, and this timing of the hop addition was the only change. I noticed 2 things very easily:

1) The hop smell was practically gone
2) It is far more hazy than normal

Does the jive with other's experiences? I want to say yes, but I've gone back a bunch of pages and not seen where I picked that up (especially in regards to haziness and hop timing which I thought was pretty recent).

I don't think I'll time the hops like this again - ever. I had to buy more hops and they are now in the keg after a lot of CO2 purging afterwards. I'll also have to drink this one quickly because I'm sure I didn't get all the O2 out.

So those both are expected. Fermentation changes hop compounds and also blows off some volatile compounds so it can minimize aroma. Also yeast can attach to oils and drop them out of solution.

The increased hazyness is due to the yeast binding the Polyphenols from the hops and proteins from the wort. This also causes hop burn when excess polyphenols are bound. The haze created is actually less stable because the molecule chains become longer and increase in weight causing them to floc out over the next few weeks

 

[G_robertus]

Hi guys!

Getting ready to brew for the first time in a while and was hoping to get some input on hop combos.

I've been itching to try both Nectaron and Superdelic but do they go well together and do they live up to the hype?

Was considering something like a 1:1:1 split of Nectaron:Galaxy:Superdelic or maybe Citra in place of Galaxy.

Any input appreciated!

Go for Citra. If you have '24 Galaxy you could maybe try, but otherwise I wouldn't.
I brewed using two different lots of Galaxy recently and the quality difference is huge. The '21 batch was decent, '22 is pretty mediocre at best. It has a slight aroma of the dreaded peanut shell aroma. Both also came from different suppliers (exact origin unknown). The '21 batch still was not amazing like it used to be. I'm not a Citra guy usually, but I'm glad I went heavy on Citra for the '21 batch.
This is btw also not accounting for any potential differences between growers/suppliers.

 

[Clyde McCoy]

Anyone brew with 2024 Galaxy from Yakima Valley Hops? Haven’t touched Galaxy in years because it’s been so bad, but it’s cheap and I’m curious…

 

[Dgallo]

Just finished transferring my newest double hazy to the keg. Citra, Rakau, and Nelson. I’ll post again within the week when I pour it. Should turn out solid

 

[Northern_Brewer]

 

[Shenanigans]

Just finished transferring my newest double hazy to the keg. Citra, Rakau, and Nelson. I’ll post again within the week when I pour it. Should turn out solid View attachment 863731

Nice, hope it ends up being a good hop combination.
I plan on brewing a single version with WHC Saturated dry yeast on the weekend.
I also have a Fermonster with posts in the lid but no tap.
My first attempt with a closed transfer was a bit of a fail. The pressure held but I couldn't get it to start transferring on it's own. I got frustrated with it and ended up just releasing the pressure and doing an open transfer as usual. Hopefully it works better this time.

 

[Ulisses4677]

Nice, hope it ends up being a good hop combination.
I plan on brewing a single version with WHC Saturated dry yeast on the weekend.
I also have a Fermonster with posts in the lid but no tap.
My first attempt with a closed transfer was a bit of a fail. The pressure held but I couldn't get it to start transferring on it's own. I got frustrated with it and ended up just releasing the pressure and doing an open transfer as usual. Hopefully it works better this time.

Get a spunding valve so you can measure the amount of co2. I ferment in kegs and when I’m close to hitting terminal I’ll remove my blow off hose and connect my spunding valve. I’ll let it build up to 10 psi to naturally carbonate and transfer.

What I got left after transferring to serving keg. Citra,rakau, nz cascade.

 

[beervoid]

how are you planning to drink it if it turns out solid?

Just finished transferring my newest double hazy to the keg. Citra, Rakau, and Nelson. I’ll post again within the week when I pour it. Should turn out solid View attachment 863731