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My first Lemmy post!
I’m very keen to see this community grow. I’m traditionally a reader not a poster but that is not what we need now!
I’m brewing a west coast ipa this weekend. Dank, resiny goodness, and about 6.5%.
I make good ipa, but it’s always hazy - due to the high rate of dry hopping (not other reasons - I can brew crystal beers of other styles).
For this one I’m going to try an extended cold crash at 2 deg C, followed by biofine at the upper end of the recommended dosage. 2 dry hop additions of 7g/l each, on day 1 and day 6. Hop pellets are added through a hop dropper, loose. Whirfloc in the boil too, but don’t think it’ll help with hop haze.
Any other ideas? We’ve tried a few different fining agents with limited success.
Looked good pre yeast addition 🍻
Well, lad. That’s some fine looking equipment ye got there.
Thanks. After 10+ years with a cobbled together setup we did a big upgrade and have a much nicer kit now.
I’ve always been a strong believer in cold + time to get crystal clear beers. That being said, some grain bills have a harder time than others dropping clear. Care to post your recipe so we can have a look at it?
Yeah I think that’s our best bet. Recipe here - https://share.brewfather.app/EOJKRcXCj4dZrH
Yeah I don’t forsee any clarity issues with that grain bill. I assume the Voyager Craft Malt VOODOO Schooner is a crystal malt? Nice simple grain bill as a West Coast IPA should be. You could probably simplify the hop schedules to get your desired IBUs from a nice big 60 minute addition and shift more of the aroma hops towards flameout (but that’s just my opinion as an inherently lazy brewer).
Awesome, will see how we go! I struggle to classify voodoo, but essentially a crystal substitute here - a bit of body/complexity/colour
Try different yeast strains. This is easiest way to clarify beer. I usually don’t mind hazy beers but when I tried to make it more clear it was matter of changing yeasts.
Good call - I’m using up different strains in this one, m44 and us05 so fingers crossed. Us05 is my go to
To update - very happy with the result, 2ml/L of Biofine did wonders. Crystal clear after 12g/l dry hop.
That looks great. Is the flavour where you want it to be or where you expected it?
Yep I’m really happy with it. My efficiency was a bit low so it came in at 5.5%, that’s all I’ll tweak next time
Short of filtering, you’re doing all you can. Should be great. It’s my favorite to brew
Yeah I’m also filtering, but it doesn’t touch hop haze