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.