Pineapple Brew

[jesepi]

I put this together while in a meeting. I've brewed a white ipa with a similar recipe minus the caramel malt and only American hops. I recently brewed a coconut stout with 9oz of Australian hops, the flavor and aroma were unreal. Here's what I'm primarily looking for as far as advice:

1. Hop order
2. Wheat or caramel/crystal malt; I'm leaning toward wheat it might too bitter
3. Which yeast? I can't decide, both will fit this brew nicely
4. Any other opinions/concerns welcome

9Lme
1/4 dme

Caramel/crystal malt 90L
Or
Wheat

1oz Australian Stella fwh
1oz Green Bullet 60
1oz Green Bullet 40
1oz Citra 15
1oz Amarillo 10
1oz Amarillo 5
1oz Galaxy 0
2oz Galaxy & Amarillo DH

WLP 1272 or 530

4lb pineapple Secondary
12 hours of house music after pitch to get my yeast busy
4 hours of Mozart 4 hours of reggae per day once flocculated
100% love

PS if you haven't brewed with Australian hops you need too, because not only are they amazing but it just sounds cool.

 

[brent77]

Just read about Cigar City doing a Rum Pineapple Jai Alai Ipa. Sounds interesting.

 

[BeerMeDuffMan]

I put this together while in a meeting. I've brewed a white ipa with a similar recipe minus the caramel malt and only American hops. I recently brewed a coconut stout with 9oz of Australian hops, the flavor and aroma were unreal. Here's what I'm primarily looking for as far as advice:

1. Hop order
2. Wheat or caramel/crystal malt; I'm leaning toward wheat it might too bitter
3. Which yeast? I can't decide, both will fit this brew nicely
4. Any other opinions/concerns welcome

9Lme
1/4 dme

Caramel/crystal malt 90L
Or
Wheat

1oz Australian Stella fwh
1oz Green Bullet 60
1oz Green Bullet 40
1oz Citra 15
1oz Amarillo 10
1oz Amarillo 5
1oz Galaxy 0
2oz Galaxy & Amarillo DH

WLP 1272 or 530

4lb pineapple Secondary
12 hours of house music after pitch to get my yeast busy
4 hours of Mozart 4 hours of reggae per day once flocculated
100% love

PS if you haven't brewed with Australian hops you need too, because not only are they amazing but it just sounds cool.

My second brew ever was a pineapple wheat that was just flat out awesome. I don't have my notes on me right now, as this was a long, long time ago, but I used a strain that gave me a bunch of fruity esters at about 75% fermentation temperature. During the secondary period I added 4 pounds of fresh pineapple as well as 1 gallon of pure pineapple juice. The sugars fermented well. I remember using maybe 40 degree crystal to give back a tad bit of sweetness to the finished product. If you want to check out commercial version, Maui Brewing Company has a pineapple brew called Mana if I remember right.
In regards to the hops, go Citra if you can get it and use only late additions, maybe 2 ounces max. You don't want the hop aroma or bitterness to overpower, but to bring balance. Citra gives really good tropical flavors and should tie in everything quite well.
Happy brewing