I picked up some Pacifica hops not long ago, due to the flavor profile, and I'm really looking forward to trying them out. I'm going to use them in a sour, but I'm going to back off the bacteria I add, in that I'm going to go with just one GoodBelly Straight Shot instead of two.
For this one, I'd made a run to my local homebrew supply place, and had been leafing through the bin of Omega Labs yeasts...I'm looking to make another tangerine wheat soon, and wanted to get some more yeast. I ran across the Tropical IPA yeast, and it sounded good, so I'm going to give it a go. I'm sure that it's going to be hard to pick out the yeast contributions with everything going on...sour, Pacifica hops, and the yeast...but we'll see what comes of this one.
Brew Day: 22 Oct 2019
Partial Mash:
8 oz Munich
2 oz flaked wheat
Boil #1 (20 min):
1 lb golden light DME
4 oz table sugar
Boil #2 (20 min): 26 Oct 2019
Hops:
14 g Pacifica, FWH
1 oz Pacifica, 10 min whirlpool
14 g Pacifica, dry hop
Yeast: Omega Labs Tropical IPA
Addendum, 28 Oct: This is one of those Omega Labs yeasts that reportedly does better at higher temperatures, so I placed the fermenter on a warming plate after pitching the yeast. I checked on it this morning, and the fermentation is best described as "enthusiastic".
Addendum, 5 Nov: Transferred to secondary today, not so much because I had to for the beer, but because I want to use the warming plate for another beer in the next day or two. As I was finishing cleaning up after transferring the beer, I realized that it's almost time to dry hop the beer, which I hope to do tomorrow sometime, and then I'll try to bottle it on Saturday.
Addendum, 16 Nov: Dry hopped.
Addendum, 24 Nov: Bottled tonight; got 8 good bottles and 1 re-purposed soda bottle. Used just shy of 2 T sugar, rather than a full ounce (~ 2 1/2 T), as the beers have been a little over-carbonated of late.
Addendum, 9 Dec: Tried one of these beers tonight. The bottle opened with a nice escape of gas, and as expected of a sour, the beer poured with good carbonation but no real head to speak of. The beer itself was mildly sour, not overpoweringly so, with subtle hints of the hops peeking through. I'm a fan of sour IPAs, and this one did not have the overpowering tartness in previous beers; this time it was much more subtle. Tasty, easy drinking sour beer.
