Well, I finally took a stab at this recipe (or a variation of it). Shout out to
@MrPowers as I took most of his ideas on grain bill, step mash approach, and hop bill for this beer.
Grain Bill:
~48% 2-row
~24% malted oats
~13% flaked oats
~13% white wheat
~3% Carahell
0.5lb of dextrose added to boil
Hops: Columbus (mostly all on hot side) and Galaxy (mostly all on cold side).
Yeast: A24 - this is the first time I really made an attempt to "under" pitch. Pitch rate ended up being 0.62 from brewers friend calcs. Pitched and held at 68 degrees for 24 hrs and then let er rip to 74-75 at the high end. I normally just did the standard 0.75 pitch rates at 72-73ish for A24 prior to this one.
FG finished at 1.013 (8% ABV) and this beer is fantastic! Plenty of tropical sweetness and not dry at all. I love the fuller body and mouthfeel of this and is dangerous because you cannot taste any of the alcohol at all. For the first time - I got a beautiful ester profile of peach! The hydro sample prior to dry hopping a lot of galaxy was easily the best hydro sample I ever had. Took about 2 full weeks for the beer to fully mature and condition due to the 6.75oz of galaxy in the dry hop. This is truly an awesomely smooth tropical/stone fruit extravaganza! One of my favorite beers to date.
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