I always appreciate the recipe feedback I get on this forum.
Still chasing the perfect IPA, by which I mean the one that best matches my tastes. I like a good jolt of bitterness, but not at palate-destroying levels. I'm looking for stone fruit/tropical fruit flavors. I want to taste the malt as well as the hops, and would like a touch of malt sweetness. I'd prefer a clear beer. Oh, and I need to ferment at ~58 F, because my chest freezers are full, and that's the temperature in my garage.
I'm brewing today using ingredients on hand, though I do have a lot of ingredients on hand. I'd like to use Nectaron, because Nectaron is awesome and I have a bunch, but I've got other hops than BRU-1 that could go with it: Strata, Sabro, Talus, Harlequin, Lotus, and probably a few more hiding somewhere in the freezer.
For a 2.5-gallon batch, I'm thinking:
2.25 lbs pale ale
1.25 lbs. Vienna
1 lbs. white wheat
1 lbs. flaked barley
0.25 lbs. Caravienne (10 L)
3 g Magnum (15.1%) @ 60
14 g Nectaron (11%) @ 10
7 g BRU-1 LUPOMAX (18%) @ 10
14 g Nectaron (11%) hop stand @ 160 F
7 g BRU-1 LUPOMAX (18%) @ hop stand @ 160 F
28 g Nectaron (11%) @ dry hop -2 days
14 g BRU-1 LUPOMAX (18%) @ dry hop -2 days
(Calculated 40 IBU)
W34/70 (I also have K97 and Koln)
Cl 200/SO4 75
Still chasing the perfect IPA, by which I mean the one that best matches my tastes. I like a good jolt of bitterness, but not at palate-destroying levels. I'm looking for stone fruit/tropical fruit flavors. I want to taste the malt as well as the hops, and would like a touch of malt sweetness. I'd prefer a clear beer. Oh, and I need to ferment at ~58 F, because my chest freezers are full, and that's the temperature in my garage.
I'm brewing today using ingredients on hand, though I do have a lot of ingredients on hand. I'd like to use Nectaron, because Nectaron is awesome and I have a bunch, but I've got other hops than BRU-1 that could go with it: Strata, Sabro, Talus, Harlequin, Lotus, and probably a few more hiding somewhere in the freezer.
For a 2.5-gallon batch, I'm thinking:
2.25 lbs pale ale
1.25 lbs. Vienna
1 lbs. white wheat
1 lbs. flaked barley
0.25 lbs. Caravienne (10 L)
3 g Magnum (15.1%) @ 60
14 g Nectaron (11%) @ 10
7 g BRU-1 LUPOMAX (18%) @ 10
14 g Nectaron (11%) hop stand @ 160 F
7 g BRU-1 LUPOMAX (18%) @ hop stand @ 160 F
28 g Nectaron (11%) @ dry hop -2 days
14 g BRU-1 LUPOMAX (18%) @ dry hop -2 days
(Calculated 40 IBU)
W34/70 (I also have K97 and Koln)
Cl 200/SO4 75