New England IPA "Northeast" style IPA

[crusader1612]

I still haven't had any clearing in any of mine. I've got 3 kegs on, all different variations, I've yet to lose any of the haze after 70 days.

70 days?
why haven't you finished the kegs yet? lol

 

[Braufessor]

70 days?
why haven't you finished the kegs yet? lol

Ha.... I was thinking the same thing. I blew through 3-4 kegs this month

I did have help

 

[grassfeeder]

70 days?
why haven't you finished the kegs yet? lol

I had to leave for Asia for a month for business and then there were so many damn amazing fresh hop events around town it was a tough time to stay home and drink.

 

[stjimmyjos]

Ha.... I was thinking the same thing. I blew through 3-4 kegs this month

I did have help

What do you think about adding 2nd dry hop addition at the same fermenter, with 1st addition of hops? I just added around ~4 oz of hops to the primary. And how long? I was thinking about 5 day on primary, then add same amount for 2 -3 days - not just sure about adding in the same fermentor or rack it to second?

 

[rtracer]

Just brewed again yesterday, I was gong to do the exact same as the first time since its so good, but...I just can't not tweak a little. This time I added an oz of Citra at 10 minutes...just for fun

I must drink way too much. I have trouble keeping ANY keg for more than 2 weeks...I just moved my first keg of this I tapped last Friday to add another keg to the keezer, the NE IPA keg was mighty light...I need to start doing 10 gallon batches...

 

[rtracer]

What do you think about adding 2nd dry hop addition at the same fermenter, with 1st addition of hops? I just added around ~4 oz of hops to the primary. And how long? I was thinking about 5 day on primary, then add same amount for 2 -3 days - not just sure about adding in the same fermentor or rack it to second?

My first brew of this I added the 3 oz on day 4, then the second 3 oz on day 10ish all in primary. I kegged on day 15. No bags, no racking, no grassy flavors or anything. I don't know if it even helps, but when I am doing second dryhop(well after primary fermentation is done) I dangle a Co2 line in the carboy down near beer and run a very light stream of co2 as I am adding my dryhops.

 

[stickyfinger]

What do you think about adding 2nd dry hop addition at the same fermenter, with 1st addition of hops? I just added around ~4 oz of hops to the primary. And how long? I was thinking about 5 day on primary, then add same amount for 2 -3 days - not just sure about adding in the same fermentor or rack it to second?

I added 12 oz to my 6.5 gal. carboy on day 4 last time, and it gave great flavor. I think it works fine. You might want to shake the carboy periodically to get the hops to go into the beer more.

 

[Schemy]

So here is my results from the all Centennial Ipa i brewed.

Brewing this today

OG 1.068
IBU's 74

80% Vienna Malt
10% Rye Malt
10% White Wheat Malt
.75 oz Centennial FWH
1 oz Centennial 15 min
3.5 oz Centennial 30 min Whirlpool
Yeastbay VT IPA yeast.
3 oz dry hop (Primary)
2.5 oz dry hop (Keg)

Water profile Shooting for

Ca 96
Mg 12
Na 28
SO4 67
Cl 128
HCO3 70
pH 5.2 - 5.4

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[mgr_stl]

Are you guys cold crashing your NE IPAs? Will that eliminate the haze/cloudiness that you want with this style?

 

[Adaman05]

So here is my results from the all Centennial Ipa i brewed.

Brewing this today

OG 1.068
IBU's 74

80% Vienna Malt
10% Rye Malt
10% White Wheat Malt
.75 oz Centennial FWH
1 oz Centennial 15 min
3.5 oz Centennial 30 min Whirlpool
Yeastbay VT IPA yeast.

Water profile Shooting for

Ca 96
Mg 12
Na 28
SO4 67
Cl 128
HCO3 70
pH 5.2 - 5.4

I see a photo but no tasting notes or other "results". How did it turn out? 5.25 oz of hops for a NE style IPA isn't much at all.

 

[WI_Wino]

Are you guys cold crashing your NE IPAs? Will that eliminate the haze/cloudiness that you want with this style?

Yes. And no.

 

[rtracer]

Just sampled my version of this with a brewer at Lagunitas and his response was "really good". This while drinking his "Born Yesterday" which IMO is "really really good"!!
Gotta love the Hop Grenade!!

 

[stickyfinger]

Are you guys cold crashing your NE IPAs? Will that eliminate the haze/cloudiness that you want with this style?

You can cold crash without eliminating the haze and hoppiness. I've crashed fro at least 3-4 days before racking to keg. It really helps to prevent clogging your keg QD if you rack into a purged keg. Also, when you add all of your dry hops to primary, you are going to have problems with clogging if you don't do something!

 

[scottsor]

Are you guys cold crashing your NE IPAs? Will that eliminate the haze/cloudiness that you want with this style?

Yea, I just cold crashed mine for about 1.5 days at 35/36 degrees. Just kegged and pulled a sample, still hazy as can be.

(Sorry for the sideways image. First time I've posted a picture and not sure how to rotate it)

 

[Braufessor]

Just sampled my version of this with a brewer at Lagunitas and his response was "really good". This while drinking his "Born Yesterday" which IMO is "really really good"!!
Gotta love the Hop Grenade!!

Awesome. Can't believe they let you in the Hop Grenade with a beer like this Love listening to the BN, even if they don't all buy into the NE IPA

 

[WBCo]

Are you guys cold crashing your NE IPAs? Will that eliminate the haze/cloudiness that you want with this style?

I don't cold crash my IPAs.

I don't want to step on Brau's toes, as this is his thread, but you really aren't trying to make a hazy or cloudy beer. You are trying to make a beer that is packed with hop flavor and bursting with hop aroma. The processes we use to meet that goal result in a hazy beer. So, in my very humble opinion, we should all be doing our best to make a delicious beer first. If we follow the well documented procedures to brew said beer, the haze will present itself.

 

[Johow]

My version of Braufessors NEIPA, Warrior, Citra, Mosaic & Amarillo...London Ale III. This FG sample @ 1.013 tastes great but I'm going to cold crash and probably fine with gelatin just because I can see floaties in my glass. I don't mind the haze but I don't care for stuff floating in my glass. I'll see how it looks after the cold crash but I'll probably fine it as well. I used a whole oz of warrior as first wort so it is a little bitter but that is by design as I like bitter.

 

[grassfeeder]

Are you bottled or kegged? If keg, the floaters will naturally settle and you should only have one glass that you can toss and get rid of then you're good.

 

[Johow]

I'm kegging so I'll see how it looks after cold crashing...this sample was taken with a turkey Baster so it was pretty néar the top of an undisturbed carboy. What I'm seeing is just little fine gritties at the bottom of my glass and I just don't care for it. I'm getting ready to brew an IPA with the gigayeast version of the Vermont IPA yeast and I'm going to do everything I can to make it hoppy and bright (clear). We'll see how that comes out.

 

[Jmash]

I brewed this today. Had a little more loss than figured. Got 5 gallons in the fermenter
ph 5.2
OG 1.065.
Wort tastes delicious

 

[schematix]

First pour
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T:+5 minutes (look at that thick rocky head!)
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T:+35 minutes (still 1/4" thick rocky head)
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[Johow]

@schematix, that looks good!!!

 

[bigplunkett]

Not the greatest pic 12 oz of late hops citra and dimco dry hopoed with 3oz ctz 1 oz citra conan yeast. Loved that beer will make again

 

[mintyice]

Brewed up my own weird version today.

75% Pils
25% TF Oat malt
1.058 OG

.5oz Columbus @60
1oz each Loral, Mandarina Bavaria, and Galaxy at FO & 20min whirlpool at 160F.

Wyeast 1318 forever. Looked surprisingly clear in the hydro sample.

I'll probably hit it with a bunch of Citra for a dry hop.

 

[Upthewazzu]

Brewed up my own weird version today.

75% Pils
25% TF Oat malt
1.058 OG

.5oz Columbus @60
1oz each Loral, Mandarina Bavaria, and Galaxy at FO & 20min whirlpool at 160F.

Wyeast 1318 forever. Looked surprisingly clear in the hydro sample.

I'll probably hit it with a bunch of Citra for a dry hop.

Try a loral/citra dry hop, those two in combination are at the top of my list, currently.

 

[stickyfinger]

Try a loral/citra dry hop, those two in combination are at the top of my list, currently.

how would you describe the loral and then the loral/citra character?

 

[Upthewazzu]

how would you describe the loral and then the loral/citra character?

Here's my characterization of loral hops.

Add citra's usual aroma to the mix and you get a very awesome citrus/floral/lemony blend. I recently had a Bale Breaker Citra Slicker Fresh Hop IPA and it's one of the top 3 IPA's I've ever had.

 

[stickyfinger]

Here's my characterization of loral hops.

Add citra's usual aroma to the mix and you get a very awesome citrus/floral/lemony blend. I recently had a Bale Breaker Citra Slicker Fresh Hop IPA and it's one of the top 3 IPA's I've ever had.

cool, i'll have to get some to try in an ipa split-batch.

 

[Schemy]

I see a photo but no tasting notes or other "results". How did it turn out? 5.25 oz of hops for a NE style IPA isn't much at all.

Crap. I forgot to add that. I also dry hopped with 3 oz during primary and 2.5 oz in the keg.

As far as tasting notes. What I notice most is the soft mouth feel. The hop flavor comes forward, but he nose isn't as strong as I would like. I do like the grist flavor, so will probably play with that some more. So going forward, will mess with the hops with this grist to get something I like.

 

[LJvermonster]

Are you guys cold crashing your NE IPAs? Will that eliminate the haze/cloudiness that you want with this style?

Cold crashing does not remove the haze. I usually cold crash before kegging just to settle out the lose dry hops. Haze is still plentiful.