dirty_martini
Well-Known Member
I fall into the anti-crystal malt camp when it comes to IPAs/APAs. My basic recipe for those is something to this effect...
65% 2-row
25% Maris Otter
5% Cara-pils
5% Melanoidin
Its always given me a solid malt profile with a soft bready note and no lingering caramel sweetness. Tasty, but I felt like I was lacking in head retention. Recently I had Kern Rivers 5th Anniversary DIPA and it had the best head retention Ive ever seen (good enough to make Orval jealous) so I emailed them and they said they used Wheat in all of their IPAs. So it got me to thinking about trying a entirely different recipe just for ****s and giggles. Curious what everyone thinks.
6lbs 2-row 57%
3lbs Maris Otter 29%
.75lbs Wheat 7%
.5lbs Cara-pils 5%
.25lbs Carawheat 40L 2%
hops:
.5oz Nelson Sauvin - 12.4 AA% FWH
.5oz Nelson Sauvin 30mins
1oz Nelson Sauvin KO
1oz Citra - 11 AA% KO
1oz each Nelson and Citra Dry Hop
1.054
1.012
40 IBUs
I figure, if Im only using 4oz a caramel malt isnt too bad, plus with carawheat Im killing two birds with one stone. A caramel malt to lend some malt complexity (but not enough to be too sweet) and its wheat so it can aid in head retention. The hop profile isnt my normal one, but I think it should be tasty with a lot of citrus and tropical fruits.
65% 2-row
25% Maris Otter
5% Cara-pils
5% Melanoidin
Its always given me a solid malt profile with a soft bready note and no lingering caramel sweetness. Tasty, but I felt like I was lacking in head retention. Recently I had Kern Rivers 5th Anniversary DIPA and it had the best head retention Ive ever seen (good enough to make Orval jealous) so I emailed them and they said they used Wheat in all of their IPAs. So it got me to thinking about trying a entirely different recipe just for ****s and giggles. Curious what everyone thinks.
6lbs 2-row 57%
3lbs Maris Otter 29%
.75lbs Wheat 7%
.5lbs Cara-pils 5%
.25lbs Carawheat 40L 2%
hops:
.5oz Nelson Sauvin - 12.4 AA% FWH
.5oz Nelson Sauvin 30mins
1oz Nelson Sauvin KO
1oz Citra - 11 AA% KO
1oz each Nelson and Citra Dry Hop
1.054
1.012
40 IBUs
I figure, if Im only using 4oz a caramel malt isnt too bad, plus with carawheat Im killing two birds with one stone. A caramel malt to lend some malt complexity (but not enough to be too sweet) and its wheat so it can aid in head retention. The hop profile isnt my normal one, but I think it should be tasty with a lot of citrus and tropical fruits.