Maybe I should call this one "Semper FIPA", as like the Marines, it has contributions from all over, and ultimately comes together to make a pretty darned good IPA.
Contributions
Both of the following wort contributions are pretty close to the same, with the Ginger Belgian having the ginger addition during the boil:
Ginger Belgian
Tangerine Wheat
I also used:
Fruit-forward IPA with Galaxy and Julius hops
Fruity sour IPA (small contribution)
Brew Day: 13 Sept 2019
Boil (20 min)
Hops:
14 g U1/108 Experimental (FWH)
14 g Huell Melon + 14 g Azacca (10 min whirlpool)
Yeast: US-05
Addendum, 15 Sept: I'm thinking that something is amiss with the concoction, as it hasn't started bubbling yet, as if the yeast hasn't kicked off. I followed all of my usual processes and procedures, from cooling, to aerating, and pitching the yeast. All I can think of is that maybe I got some old yeast. Later in the week, I'll have to figure out if I want to try pitching more yeast or just ditching the beer all together.
Addendum, 19 Sept: I had to travel for work this week, and left on 15 Sept. The yeast hadn't kicked off before I left, but it clearly had done something by the time I checked this morning. There was no activity this morning, but there were clear indications of something happening while I was gone. I may rack the beer into secondary here very shortly, just to get it off of the left-over hops material in the fermenter.
Addendum, 20 Sept: Transferred the beer to secondary today, in large part to get it off of the hop debris it's been sitting on. The beer was yellow-straw in color, and very hazy. I was pretty interested to see that while there had clearly been some fermentation action, there was not a great deal of material in the blow-off bottle. It will be interesting to see how this one turns out.
Addendum, 21 Oct: Bottled tonight; got 9 good bottles, and about 1/2 of a re-purposed soda bottle.
Friday, September 13, 2019
Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Fruity Sour IPA
Back in the early '80s, there was a "Bloom County" cartoon that included a poem that struck me, and I read it during English class as a high school senior. The poem goes like this:
"I wouldn't mind if I did find a blue whale in my soup
Nor would I mind a porcupine inside a chicken coop
Yes, life is fine when things combine
Like ham in beef chow mien
But, Lord, this time I think I mind
They put acid in my rain"
Yeah, I know...it kind of started out whimsical and then went dark there at the end, but it reminds me of combining things that one might not ordinarily mix. Also, something I learned in the Marine Corps, while on the rifle range, is "bold dope changes"...basically, if you're going to make a change, make it a big one! So, I thought I'd do a sour IPA, with a different yeast, and add the mandarin juice I had left over from the tangerine wheat.
Brew Day: 10 Sept 2019
Partial Mash:
8 oz Munich
2 oz flaked wheat
Boil (20 min) #1:
1 lb DME
4 oz table sugar
During this process, DO NOT HOP THE WORT! Once the wort is cooled, place (2) GoodBelly Straight Shots into a sanitized fermenter, and rack the cooled wort on top of them. Place any left over wort into a sanitized container and refrigerate. Place the fermenter on a warming plate.
Boil (20 min) #2 (13 Sept):
Boil wort for 20 min to kill the bugs, and add hops at this point. Once the boil is done, pitch the yeast and place the fermenter back on the warming plate.
Hops:
14 g U1/108 Experimental (FWH)
14 g Huell Melon + 14 g Azacca (10 min whirlpool)
Yeast: Omega HotHead
Once I'd cooled the wort and pitched the yeast, I placed the fermenter back on the warming plate.
Addendum, 23 Sept: Dry hopped today, using 14 g Huell Melon; racked beer onto hops and 12 oz of tangerine juice.
Addendum, 26 Sept: Bottled; 6 bottles, 3 re-purposed soda bottles.
"I wouldn't mind if I did find a blue whale in my soup
Nor would I mind a porcupine inside a chicken coop
Yes, life is fine when things combine
Like ham in beef chow mien
But, Lord, this time I think I mind
They put acid in my rain"
Yeah, I know...it kind of started out whimsical and then went dark there at the end, but it reminds me of combining things that one might not ordinarily mix. Also, something I learned in the Marine Corps, while on the rifle range, is "bold dope changes"...basically, if you're going to make a change, make it a big one! So, I thought I'd do a sour IPA, with a different yeast, and add the mandarin juice I had left over from the tangerine wheat.
Brew Day: 10 Sept 2019
Partial Mash:
8 oz Munich
2 oz flaked wheat
Boil (20 min) #1:
1 lb DME
4 oz table sugar
During this process, DO NOT HOP THE WORT! Once the wort is cooled, place (2) GoodBelly Straight Shots into a sanitized fermenter, and rack the cooled wort on top of them. Place any left over wort into a sanitized container and refrigerate. Place the fermenter on a warming plate.
Boil (20 min) #2 (13 Sept):
Boil wort for 20 min to kill the bugs, and add hops at this point. Once the boil is done, pitch the yeast and place the fermenter back on the warming plate.
Hops:
14 g U1/108 Experimental (FWH)
14 g Huell Melon + 14 g Azacca (10 min whirlpool)
Yeast: Omega HotHead
Once I'd cooled the wort and pitched the yeast, I placed the fermenter back on the warming plate.
Addendum, 23 Sept: Dry hopped today, using 14 g Huell Melon; racked beer onto hops and 12 oz of tangerine juice.
Addendum, 26 Sept: Bottled; 6 bottles, 3 re-purposed soda bottles.
Tuesday, September 3, 2019
Fruit-forward IPA
I'm a fan of fruit-forward IPAs, and recently ran across the Omega Horindahl Kveik yeast. Given the description, I thought I'd give it a shot, so I set the yeast out ahead of time to warm up to room temperature, shaking it repeatedly. I also set the warming plate up ahead of time so that it would be up to temperature for when I placed the fermenter on it.
Brew Day: 3 Sept 2019
Partial Mash:
8 oz 2-row
2 oz flaked wheat
Boil (20 min):
1 lb Golden Light DME
4 oz table sugar
Hops:
14 g Galaxy (FWH)
1 oz Julius (10 min whirlpool)
14 g Galaxy (dry hop)
Yeast: Omega Hornidal Kveik
Following the boil, I cooled the wort, pitched the yeast and placed the fermenter on a warming plate, wrapped in a towel.
Addendum, 4 Sept: Checked on the beer this morning, it appears that fermentation really took off overnight!
Addendum, 15 Sept: Placed in secondary; I'm traveling, and won't be able to do anything with the beer until later in the week. As such, I racked it to secondary, and I'll dry hop it when I return.
Addendum, 23 Sept: Dry hopped today.
Addendum, 26 Sept: Bottled; 8 bottles, 1 re-purposed soda bottle.
Addendum, 14 Oct: Opened the soda bottle tonight. Beer is a golden straw color, pours with a full head of medium bubbles that slowly dissipates. Citrus in the nose. Medium body, the beer has a big, sweet fruit-forward flavor with more than a bit of citrus. Big flavor, with little, if any, bitterness.
Brew Day: 3 Sept 2019
Partial Mash:
8 oz 2-row
2 oz flaked wheat
Boil (20 min):
1 lb Golden Light DME
4 oz table sugar
Hops:
14 g Galaxy (FWH)
1 oz Julius (10 min whirlpool)
14 g Galaxy (dry hop)
Yeast: Omega Hornidal Kveik
Following the boil, I cooled the wort, pitched the yeast and placed the fermenter on a warming plate, wrapped in a towel.
Addendum, 4 Sept: Checked on the beer this morning, it appears that fermentation really took off overnight!
Addendum, 15 Sept: Placed in secondary; I'm traveling, and won't be able to do anything with the beer until later in the week. As such, I racked it to secondary, and I'll dry hop it when I return.
Addendum, 23 Sept: Dry hopped today.
Addendum, 26 Sept: Bottled; 8 bottles, 1 re-purposed soda bottle.
Addendum, 14 Oct: Opened the soda bottle tonight. Beer is a golden straw color, pours with a full head of medium bubbles that slowly dissipates. Citrus in the nose. Medium body, the beer has a big, sweet fruit-forward flavor with more than a bit of citrus. Big flavor, with little, if any, bitterness.
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