New England IPA "Northeast" style IPA

[Dgallo]

I got a little dilemma, I brewed a hazy 12 ish days ago and getting ready to dry hop it... the problem is, I used my steam condenser lid and like a dummy I didn't adjust my boil off rate, soooo, I have a 6% beer instead of 7% beer... any thoughts on adjusting my dryhop rate with the lower gravity? The sample I took to check fg was a little harsh, but I expected that. I'm usually a 2oz per gallon dry hop rate but not sure if cutting back will help or hurt.

Divide your dryhop amount you planned by the original targeted Gravity points. Then take that number and multiply it by the new of points.

(Example: original DH 12oz original target 1.075 (75 Gu points) new og 1.065 (65 gu points)
12/75 = 0.16 Then 0.16 x 65 = 10.4 so the new dryhop is 10.4 oz

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

Perfect, thanks brother. I'll be dry hopping tonight so wanted to get a good way to calculate the amount.

 

[Fergal]

2024 galaxy has been pretty good for me. I've only used it in the dry hop along with other heavy hitters but I've been pleased so far. I don't get peanut shells from it anyway! Great to see people order from beerco too, the owner has always been a really nice guy.

 

[aaronm13]

2024 galaxy has been pretty good for me. I've only used it in the dry hop along with other heavy hitters but I've been pleased so far. I don't get peanut shells from it anyway! Great to see people order from beerco too, the owner has always been a really nice guy.

Good to hear the BeerCo Galaxy is good. I probably won't go to heavy with it till I see how it perform. Might go back to the OG recipe on this thread of Citra, Mosaic and Galaxy in a ratio of 3:2:1

 

[Shenanigans]

I have 200g Vic Secret and 100g Galaxy from 2023.
I'm half-afraid to used them now

 

[LCBA]

I brewed with some 2023 Galaxy from YVH and it was amazing, although I went a bit heavy on the hops and had to wait about 4 weeks for the hop burn to calm down a bit.

On the other hand, I tried to brew with some 2023 Nelson Sauvin from YVH and it was awful, just disgusting. The beer to me had a woody/jalapeno spice without the spicy burn, not sure how better to describe it.

To try and rule out other issues with this particular brew, I made "hop tea" with each of the individual hops I used by putting 2g of pellets in 3/4 cup of just boiled hot water. The Citra and Citra lupomax were ok, but the Nelson was gross.

Questions:

1. Was my "hop tea" a good way to test if these hops were any good? Other suggestions?
2. Has anyone ever returned a bag of "bad hops" to YVH? If so, how did that go?

 

[Dgallo]

I brewed with some 2023 Galaxy from YVH and it was amazing, although I went a bit heavy on the hops and had to wait about 4 weeks for the hop burn to calm down a bit.

On the other hand, I tried to brew with some 2023 Nelson Sauvin from YVH and it was awful, just disgusting. The beer to me had a woody/jalapeno spice without the spicy burn, not sure how better to describe it.

Any chance you mixed up the hops? NZ hops tend to come off diesel like when they are poorer quality and AUS hops tend to be exactly how you describe above.

Obviously hops quality can vary but I’ve probably used 30lbs of Nelson or more homebrewing and I’ve never had Nelson give they polyphenol tannic wood and heavy hopburn character but have had that consistently with Galaxy since 2020

 

[LCBA]

Any chance you mixed up the hops? NZ hops tend to come off diesel like when they are poorer quality and AUS hops tend to be exactly how you describe above.

Obviously hops quality can vary but I’ve probably used 30lbs of Nelson or more homebrewing and I’ve never had Nelson give they polyphenol tannic wood and heavy hopburn character but have had that consistently with Galaxy since 2020

While anything is possible, I doubt that I mixed them up. I wouldn't say I got hop burn from the Nelson, I definitely did get it from the Galaxy I used, but once that went away with age, the saturated hoppy flavor was great.

I'm going to Albany in September, I'll bring you the bag of Nelson

 

[Dgallo]

While anything is possible, I doubt that I mixed them up. I wouldn't say I got hop burn from the Nelson, I definitely did get it from the Galaxy I used, but once that went away with age, the saturated hoppy flavor was great.

I'm going to Albany in September, I'll bring you the bag of Nelson

Let me know when you head to fidens, I’m about 8 minutes from their taproom. I’ll take any excuse to tell my wife I’m running out for a beer lol

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

Let me know when you head to fidens, I’m about 8 minutes from their taproom. I’ll take any excuse to tell my wife I’m running out for a beer lol

I'll be headed there also, weekend of Sept 7th our anniversary brewery trip.

 

[Shenanigans]

You're making me jealous guys, but a least I'm very close to the source of multiple German and Belgian beers.

 

[LCBA]

Let me know when you head to fidens, I’m about 8 minutes from their taproom. I’ll take any excuse to tell my wife I’m running out for a beer lol

Lol will do... because I had already planned on going! I've had my cousin send me some of their beers, so I'm gonna stock up. Might also try and make the pilgrimage to Treehouse, but I'm not sure if I'll have time for that. I wish the one in Saratoga Springs was open.

 

[LCBA]

You're making me jealous guys, but a least I'm very close to the source of multiple German and Belgian beers.

You're invited too!

 

[Dgallo]

I'll be headed there also, weekend of Sept 7th our anniversary brewery trip.

You and @LCBA should plan to check out Wayward Lanes and The Warbler while you’re in the area. Warbler is about 10 from fidens, wayward is about 30 but both are def worth it. The warbler is killer and the place that brewed a collab with me last year (Dubious Nectar) and wayward is outrageously good. Probably the best overall brewery in NY. They brew great lagers, darks, and hoppy stuff. Won best of New York a few times now in major NYS comps

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

You and @LCBA should plan to check out Wayward Lanes and The Warbler while you’re in the area. Warbler is about 10 from fidens, wayward is about 30 but both are def worth it. The warbler is killer and the place that brewed a collab with me last year (Dubious Nectar) and wayward is outrageously good. Probably the best overall brewery in NY. They brew great lagers, darks, and hoppy stuff. Won best of New York a few times now in major NYS comps

My next question was gonna be other stops to make, you beat me to it.. I appreciate that man. We'll be sure to put them on the must do list.

 

[Dgallo]

My next question was gonna be other stops to make, you beat me to it.. I appreciate that man. We'll be sure to put them on the must do list.

There are so many in the area. A few others are really solid too.

How long are you going to be here? If you have time to visit a few I can def put a list.

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

There are so many in the area. A few others are really solid too.

How long are you going to be here? If you have time to visit a few I can def put a list.

Well get in Thursday and be there through Sunday so 2 full days, half of another, then Sunday a rough drive home is likely in order haha.

 

[Dgallo]

Well get in Thursday and be there through Sunday so 2 full days, half of another, then Sunday a rough drive home is likely in order haha.

I’ll send you a list of places to check out for beer and some great food spots. Are you actually staying in Albany? If not, where will you be at, town wise

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

In Albany, like a couple blocks from fidens at a Hilton

 

[Dgallo]

In Albany, like a couple blocks from fidens at a Hilton

Nice. I think that’s up by the palace theater if I recall correctly. I’ll send you a dm at some point this week will some recs. Regardless of what you do, there’s a lot to do in the area and your in a great central location

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

Nice. I think that’s up by the palace theater if I recall correctly. I’ll send you a dm at some point this week will some recs. Regardless of what you do, there’s a lot to do in the area and your in a great central location

Good to know, I certainly appreciate your input.

 

[LCBA]

I’ll send you a list of places to check out for beer and some great food spots. Are you actually staying in Albany? If not, where will you be at, town wise

I’ll be on a similar time frame if you wouldn’t mind sharing with me as well!

 

[wepeeler]

Let me know when you head to fidens, I’m about 8 minutes from their taproom. I’ll take any excuse to tell my wife I’m running out for a beer lol

I'm 5 min from my local brewery too. "Hey honey, I have to run a few errands. Be back in a few..." LOL

 

[DrGMG]

Having Fidens so close has to be nice.

 

[kurds_2408]

Is there anyway we can have a Mod move this thread out of recipes and into the forums? I know it started as a recipe but now it's almost 500 pages of discussion. The only problem I have is I am trying to search the recipes for hazyies based on some specific criteria I want and all I get is 10 pages of results for this thread. But zero of the results are recipes, they are just the discussions on here. It's making it impossible to find a hazy recipe I want.

 

[wepeeler]

Is there anyway we can have a Mod move this thread out of recipes and into the forums? I know it started as a recipe but now it's almost 500 pages of discussion. The only problem I have is I am trying to search the recipes for hazyies based on some specific criteria I want and all I get is 10 pages of results for this thread. But zero of the results are recipes, they are just the discussions on here. It's making it impossible to find a hazy recipe I want.

If you ask what you're shooting for most likely someone will post a recipe for you. There are so many variations at this point.

 

[BrewMan13]

Well get in Thursday and be there through Sunday so 2 full days, half of another, then Sunday a rough drive home is likely in order haha.

@Dgallo mentioned The Warbler, and I will second that. It's a small operation - only 2 official employees. But the head brewer/owner has been in the business since his college days. I'm a little biased as I've become good friends with him, but the beer is (mostly) objectively very good and well made, and he actively supports the local homebrew scene. Thursday (tonight obviously) is Trivia night which I'm always at. I'm usually there at some point fridays and saturdays as well, so if you make it there, feel free to send me a message. Maybe Dgallo can get out of the house as well

 

[IslandLizard]

Is there anyway we can have a Mod move this thread out of recipes and into the forums? I know it started as a recipe but now it's almost 500 pages of discussion. The only problem I have is I am trying to search the recipes for hazyies based on some specific criteria I want and all I get is 10 pages of results for this thread. But zero of the results are recipes, they are just the discussions on here. It's making it impossible to find a hazy recipe I want.

You can run your search through Google.
Oops, correction:
Just include site:homebrewtalk.com in your search string to limit returns to this site only.

 

[Dgallo]

I’ll be on a similar time frame if you wouldn’t mind sharing with me as well!

Sure thing brother!

 

[FringeDweller]

I would recommend going with Spectrum if the lots available to you are not that great. Me personally was lucky last year got super strong overripe pineapple galaxy lot from YCH, the lot after had more passionfruit and resin. I think it's a hop you really have to experiment with in terms of process, contact time, temperature, amounts etc etc.

Would you say you only use Galaxy on the coldside/dry hop?