Glad to hear your feedback. I grew cascade, Columbus, and Cashmere this year and yielded about 15 oz of wet hops and around 3.5 oz after drying (Columbus yielding roughly 60% of that cascade 30% and cashmere only about 10%). Haven’t used them yet but they will be used in my next whirlpool. Hoping next year to be able to do single wet hop ales with them
One option would be subbing Strata with Enigma with that last brew. What do you think, threat or opportunity?SO just following up on this beer. 7 days post kegging and shaping up very nice. Love the grain bill, its a great tropical vibe but with more orange /passionfruit and the pineapple is a little more subdued. Little disappointed TBH. Having had @Dgallo flockin juicy which IIRC used Bru-1/Bru-1 LUPOMAX mix in a 3:1:1 ration with Citra LUPOMAX and Vic Secret, that beer had very DISTINCT and definitive pineapple right off the bat. Mine which went with the same DH but in a 2:1:1 ratio seems to be a little pineapple subdued. Its there but not that in your face pineapple I got from @Dgallo brew. Its still a very good beer and super easy drinking but Im thinking the passion fruitiness of Vic Secret is a little more prominent here. Also, and I think this may be the difference here is that I used Imperial Juice Yeast vs @Dgallo using Imperial Dry Hop yeast. IMHO, it does seem to me that Juice might be getting in the way of the hop profile a little more than imperial dry hop (A24). Anyone else get this experience of Juice being a little more prominent vs Dry Hop? Don't get me wrong, I really enjoy this beer but it seems Juice might not be letting the hops shine as well as Dry Hop does. Admittedly, Im prob just being overly picky lol.
Any update on the verdict between these two yeasts? Curious for sure.
Just kegged this morning. Coastal Haze is definitely more citrusy, and London Fog is more dank. Needs to carb up. I'll definitely be doing a side by side and posting the results.
I really like the idea of Galaxy and Enigma. Maybe at a 2:1 ratio. I think it would really work wellI just got some Enigma and I'm really excited to try that. I read some posts here that Enigma when paired well is quite potent. So I'm looking for advice which hops should I pair with Enigma to get Enigma's full potent out. I have lot's of different hops on hand for example Riwaka, Rakau, Galaxy, I7, Nelson and the usual suspects. I've studied Enigma's hop profile but can anyone tell what kind of flavor and aroma Enigma brings to the table when used in WP and cold side? My latest brew was inspired by Dgallo's Citra, I7 & Strata and that was so delicius. Thanks for sharing the recipe Dgallo
What's "pretty quick"? I was told from a Tree House employee over 5 years ago that they turn around their core neipas in 3 weeks. That's when they were selling out 1100 cases a day 4 days a week in Monson. Obviously things may have changed since then, but that's very achievable on a home brew level.
Well it seems that Fidens pushes out 3 to 4 different beers per week on Saturdays and sell out usually that day. I believe they have a 7 bbl brewhouse. I'm sure sure they have many FVs but it seems like they've got new beers every week. So I guess I'm not sure what their turnaround time is on their beers but yeah, could be 3ish weeks if they have enough FVs to accommodate that.
Their turn around time is 2-3 weeks for ipas. 3-4 for their big stouts.
They are heavy oat grain bills, lower dryhop temperatures and even dryhop at lower rates then most of the big guys
I would use Sabro hotside and not dry hop, it has the tendency to trample over everything.
I've done All Citra, Citra Simcoe, Citra Galaxy, Citra Strata. All came out great, but I liked the all Citra and Citra Galaxy the best. DH with Galaxy. I plan on trying a Citra Idaho 7, with I7 in the whirlpool. I've also used CTZ for bittering, but never for flavor or aroma. I know @Dgallo loves CTZ in the last 10 min or so. I'm also planning do get some Cascade in my neipas soon. Never used it!
I'm British, so in general I'm used to beer with lower carbonation levels. I like my IPAs in the region of 1.8 to 2 volumes best. When I do this I get the best retention, mouthfeel and overall experience. I'm looking for beer that is luscious and drinkable, not fizzy, with enough carbonation to swirl for aromatics without negatively impacting mouthfeel and foam.
I can’t say for certainty exactly how much but being told a heavy oat grain bill would mean easily 35-40% (maybe even higher). Mouthfeel is such an interplay of water Chem, fg, grainbill, dryhoping rates, and carb level. I should be getting some cans this weekend, if I do I’ll degas them and find out what their fg is.
Appreciate the input! So Ive referenced the all to common carbonation chart Force Carbonation Chart - Kegerators.com and if I set it to 2volumes, at an average of my 39 degree keezer temps, the regulator would be at 6psi. Then referencing Mike Soltys hose length calculator Determining Proper hose length for your Kegerator since Im using 4mm EVA barrier tubing (0.1575" diameter), 10 second pour time, it comes out to only 2feet of hose! lol damn that's short but Im typically leaving a little longer than Soltys website states. Good thing I got some extra tubing on the way so I can experiment with this. Classic case of changing one variable then having to adjust other parameters downstream lol. Again, I Appreciate the input.
Citra Daydream is fantastic. I recently just had Mylar Bags, which was great, and Dream Club, which may be my favorite neipa in the last 6 months. It was super fresh, no oxidation. Screaming aroma and flavor. Well crafted.
I've been experimenting with hose lengths the last while as I could never get it right. Recently got the 4mm Eva barrier tubing and its great stuff. I'm at a perfect pour now but my lengths are 2 meters, so about 6.5 feet. Always had to use flow control but just straight up hose now and its great.
It would be interesting to know if some of these breweries recirculate their dryhop addition for maximum extraction. That may lend to much to chance though in terms of oxidation. I have a feeling the Fg will be higher then expected.
I have a beer I made recently with 1 pack of cosmic punch and one pack of verdant…I used a pound of lactose and had staring gravity of 1.082 and a final gravity of 1.026… so if you factor the lactose giving 8 points you’re looking at 1.074 down to 1.018 for about 75% apparent attenuation…and it is absolutely delicious.
I tried some of that shipment too and it is night and day in comparison to tasting it at the brewery. My best mate lives in Gowanus so every time (I used) to go to the States with work I would shoot up to Brooklyn for the weekend and get on the beers at Other Half. This last shipment had that cardboardy sweetness thing you get from older beers. I've tried a few of the Verdant & Equilibrium beers that we got and they were much the same I thought. Freshness really is key because the local MrBanks & Bojack stuff would top those beers we got in my opinion.
Might not be too bad. Who knows, you may unlock a "secret" to another fantastic IPA.
100% agree with this. For awhile OH was putting out some amazing beer. It’s been awhile since I’ve had anything great from them. I personally think what OH use to put out is quite a bit better than Fidens, but similar in terms of style. It’s interesting that so many people love Fidens - nobody in my drinking circle is overly impressed, and they’re mostly OH fanatics. Everyone’s different I suppose.
Definitely a hype thing. Quality of beer plays a huge part, but label design, beer names and being illusive (selling out usually same day and available only Saturdays) has people going nuts. I'm from the midwest but have had the opportunity to have many fidens and actually did my honeymoon to the east coast years ago and was introduced to OH when they were really throwing out some amazing IPAs. It was out of this world at the time. We get it in the midwest once and a while and now, I'm underwhelmed. Its no where near what I remember. It's too bad. I think us as homebrewers post on these forums because we want to make that caliber of beer. That once was, and may not be again. I for one have made some great beers but none that I would say are anywhere near these great breweries. Leaves me wondering if there is something they know that many don't.
I couldn't agree more with this. I never had "old school" OH when they got started but have had several in the past 2yrs all from the Brooklyn location. The Daydreamiest triple I had high hopes for with all the hoopla over the daydream series. It was good but the booziness detracted from the experience and was more sweet to my liking. But I absolutely loved the Level 3: Broccoli Kong vs Green City All stars triple. Not sure if you were referring to the dank squares: mosaic beers but I had one from "lot 1" and it was just "fine". good beer but was expecting better coming from the other half. On the other hand, I really liked their "session" IPA ie DDH Toomey's Corners. Very crushable and great hop profile.
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Seriously though, 1.018 is a great place to be. It's usually my target with the double IPAs. I want to say that Cosmic Punch attenuates much better than its LAIII counterpart, which is fantastic.
Ive only gone with up to 5% Carafoam and love what it brings, yours is 12% wow. beer looks great though.
It’s listed as being able to be used up to 40%. While similar to carapils it’s not actually the same. I wouldn’t want to use more than 3-5% carapils. I’ve done 20% carafoam and it was great. This is an old Tonsmere (janish’s partner at sapwood) post where he uses 20% carafom and loved it:
