Chris Berry
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I like both dank and bitter IPA along with the NE IPA. Has anyone tried a hop schedule that kinda does both? If so, was it good or just a hoppy mess? Thanks
Great info. I will probably start by, like you said, building an NEIPA and sending in some more hops in the boil. What about using C hops in the boil and citra, mosaic post boil? Will they all play nicely together? I think they probably will.I just brewed what I called a "west coast/east coast fusion IPA" 3 weeks ago. It started as a Resilience IPA kit that I bought because it was a fundraiser for the victims of the campfire forest fire. I wanted to "East coast-ize it" so I moved some of the boil hops later in the boil and into a whirlpool. I also added some galaxy and citra to the dry hop schedule. Finally, I used a middle of the road water profile (50/50 balance of chloride and sulfate).
I think the concept is good, it didn't work out very will with this kit because it had a bunch of crystal 60 (not uncommon with west coast IPAs) and that was enough to give it a mildly roasty flavor that really masks the hops. Bitterness was about right at around 60 IBUs.
I've also brewed other NIEPAs where I did everything like an NEIPA but added some FW hops to bump up the IBUs a bit . That turned out fantastic and, if you like a bitter IPA with the nice hop burst flavor, you'd be very happy with that approach.
I would not recommend following the grain bill that many west coast IPAs use (the resilience and fresh squeezed are examples). Stick with a simple light SRM approach with little/no crystal. If you want more body, use a dextrin malt like carapils. You can get your IBUs out of bigger late boil additions or use a FWH addition. Then WP and dry hop like any NEIPA.
Columbus makes a really nice late boil addition to get some dank bitter to go with some stereotypical fruit forward wp and dry hop hop choices.
Great info. I will probably start by, like you said, building an NEIPA and sending in some more hops in the boil. What about using C hops in the boil and citra, mosaic post boil? Will they all play nicely together? I think they probably will.
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