Hey, anyone out there have any tips on brewing a milkshake/smoothie IPA with lactose? I recently have a passion fruit smoothie IPA from a local brewery (roughtail in OKC) and it was awesome. I was gonna use my usual NEIPA but I didn't know if I should up the IBUs so it's not too sweet, I usually aim for 30-40 IBUs. Any tips or recipes appreciated!
could you share your water profile with RO water? Specifically how much gypsum and CaCl you added? Thanks.
Just popped in my first set of dry hops (day 4). Did 1oz citra mosaic. And threw in 2oz galaxy by mistake. Thought it was only one.
So many mixed reviews on galaxy and dry hopping both temps and times. Anyone done a 2oz galaxy addition? Thinking of taking it out in 4 days. Then will keg hop a few days later with citra and mosaic whole leaf hops.
Hey, anyone out there have any tips on brewing a milkshake/smoothie IPA with lactose? I recently have a passion fruit smoothie IPA from a local brewery (roughtail in OKC) and it was awesome. I was gonna use my usual NEIPA but I didn't know if I should up the IBUs so it's not too sweet, I usually aim for 30-40 IBUs. Any tips or recipes appreciated!
Glad to hear you liked the Citra/Amarillo combo. I have a Citra/Mosaic/Amarillo NHE IPA just about ready for the keg. I used S-04, what dry yeast did you use in your last batch?
For those who use 1318 how do you get your fg lower than 1.020? I have a hard time getting it to ferment out more than that in the few times I've used it. I do make yeast starters. I want my beer a little dryer than what I've been getting.
Citra/mosaic/amarillo sounds awesome, I wish I could get some mosaic. I used danstar windsor but it finished at 1.021, a little higher than I wanted but not sweet at all.
Hello all,
I've been planning on brewing this beer for a while. Even bought the ingredients almost 2 months ago, but a 7 month old and living room renovation have my wife giving me the "you're not brewing this weekend" look. But it looks like I have the green light for Saturday! Have all the grain ready and have been building up a healthy pitch of 1318 built up. I'll also be breaking in my oxygenation kit and adjusting my water for only the second time.
My question: I have 8oz of Citra and 4oz of Galaxy on hand and I'm looking to make a real fruit bomb. I would use 2 parts Citra to 1 part Galaxy for the flameout,whirlpool, and each dry hop. Should I stick with these two in this ratio, add a third (Moasic?) or try to pick up some more Galaxy for a 50/50 blend? (my LHBS was limiting Galaxy to 4oz/customer when I bought it)
Any thoughts?
Thanks!
John
I think the 2:1 Citra:Galaxy will make a great beer. If you want to stretch your galaxy out into another beer, you could buy some Mosaic and go with the 1.5 Citra: 1 Mosaic: .5 Galaxy ratio.
Personally, I would not increase the galaxy beyond what you are planning....
So as I'm eating dinner I reached for the salt and it dawned on me that I forgot to add the canning salt to kettle...Damnit.
Can I boil it in some water, cool it and pitch it to fermenter? It's been racked for 3 hours and no activity yet
Bump, anybody add canning salt during/post fermentation? If so, how should it be done? I'm assuming boil it in treated water, let it cool and pitch it.
What's the canning salt for? Water treatment? You want to hit your PH during mash its way too late to add it what's done is done, you'll be fine.
Hello all,
I've been planning on brewing this beer for a while. Even bought the ingredients almost 2 months ago, but a 7 month old and living room renovation have my wife giving me the "you're not brewing this weekend" look. But it looks like I have the green light for Saturday! Have all the grain ready and have been building up a healthy pitch of 1318 built up. I'll also be breaking in my oxygenation kit and adjusting my water for only the second time.
My question: I have 8oz of Citra and 4oz of Galaxy on hand and I'm looking to make a real fruit bomb. I would use 2 parts Citra to 1 part Galaxy for the flameout,whirlpool, and each dry hop. Should I stick with these two in this ratio, add a third (Moasic?) or try to pick up some more Galaxy for a 50/50 blend? (my LHBS was limiting Galaxy to 4oz/customer when I bought it)
Any thoughts?
Thanks!
John
I think the 2:1 Citra:Galaxy will make a great beer. If you want to stretch your galaxy out into another beer, you could buy some Mosaic and go with the 1.5 Citra: 1 Mosaic: .5 Galaxy ratio.
Personally, I would not increase the galaxy beyond what you are planning...... 1.) I don't think it brings the "fruity/juicy" character that citra or mosaic bring - I think it accents it very well, but I don't love it as the dominant hop (personal preference).
2.) You might be hard put to find galaxy right now anyway until the new harvest comes in in the next month or two.
but if I were to do that version again, I would probably go 2:1 Citra/Galaxy.
not pH...just water profile. From what I understand, canning salt doesn't affect pH anyway right?
Anyone have an issue with these really falling off VERY quickly even when kegging? I brewed a NE IPA about 19 days ago. I kegged it on day 5, used my blichmann quick carb to carb it and tried it on day 7. It was great. The great taste lasted for about a week, since then it has really dropped off in taste. To the point that yesterday it just really is not tasting very good. I did a closed transfer from the carboy with a forced CO2 transfer to a keg that had been filled with starsan water and flushed with CO2. So other than the dry hop addition on day 3, it really so no oxygen, so dont think its o2 related. It does also look a bit darker than it was.
Any ideas what is going on?
For those who use 1318 how do you get your fg lower than 1.020? I have a hard time getting it to ferment out more than that in the few times I've used it. I do make yeast starters. I want my beer a little dryer than what I've been getting.
Pretty happy with my latest iteration. Think I'm finally getting close to the color I've been wanting. I used pilsner as the base malt and upped my wheat percentage. Also changed to 1318 yeast for the first time and did only flame out, whirlpool, and one addition of dry hops. Still plenty bitter for my tastes. This one is 1:1:1 combo of Columbus, Mosaic, and Simcoe. Has a really nice fruity/juicy dankness but I'll probably go with more citrus forward hops next time to compare. Cheers, y'all!
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Picked up some Lakewood mango juice today. I had great success doing a Mago Tago-ish beer with it a year ago. 1/2 gallon in a keg, rack on top, dry hop, let it go a couple days, carb it up... pretty tasty!
You kegged it on day 5???? 5 days after brewing it?
For those who use 1318 how do you get your fg lower than 1.020? I have a hard time getting it to ferment out more than that in the few times I've used it. I do make yeast starters. I want my beer a little dryer than what I've been getting.
Thanks...I will probably go with this combo for a few reasons: 1)That's what I have on hand, 2)I've used a lot of Citra in the past and it's never failed to make a good beer, and 3)When we visited Treehouse, my wife had their Bright w/ Citra and this is the beer that converted her to an IPA drinker, so I think she'll like it. I don't know what else they're using in this version, but I'm assuming that it's mostly (or at least showcasing) Citra. I don't think I'd mind a little dankness, but I definitely want this on the fruitier side.
Thanks!
John
Yeah, activity seemed to stop around late day 4. Probably going to let the next batch go 7 before legging. Brewing tomorrow, keg next Saturday, run through quickcarb and drink next Sunday.
Just a shot in the dark - are you sure your kegs and lines are clean? Do you take kegs completely apart, soak in PBW, clean posts, etc. between beers? Lines and taps taken apart and cleaned from time to time? Infection of some sort could certainly cause decline of a good beer gradually over a couple weeks.
go light on galaxy if u are on the fence on dankness. your wife may not like the dank character. my wife likes fruity but when dank creeps in she is not impressed
What would you suggest if I were to cut back on the Galaxy? Mosaic?
I think you will be ok with galaxy. My wife also only really loves juicy NE IPA's. She loves several that feature galaxy. My last one was 50/50 citra galaxy and she really liked it.
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