Cryo Pop Hazy Pale Ale (Bracket Brewing Clone)

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For this brew I’m trying out cryo hops for the first time in this Bracket Brewing “Insert Name” hazy pale ale. This recipe was adapted from a homebrewer who queried bracket brewing on their hazy pale ale recipe. The grain bill for this beer is mostly pale malt, with a huge 30% of rolled oats and about 5% honey malt to give colour and a slightly sweeter/malty finish. The hops for this beer are Motueka, Idaho#7 and Cryo Pop, previously known as trial blend TRI2304CR. [Read More]
Cryo-pop  TRI2304CR  hazy  pale  ale  hoppy  motueka  idaho  all-grain  verdant  ipa 

Tips to avoid oxidation in homebrewed beer

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Tips to avoid oxidation in homebrew Brewing beer at home can be extremely rewarding. There’s no greater satisfaction than reaching a level of proficiency when you can comfortably say “I would pay to drink this in a pub”. However, with certain styles of beer and on a homebrew scale and budget, reaching that level (consistently) can be difficult. Oxidation is without a doubt one of the biggest banes of my existence (and a lot of other homebrewers out there). [Read More]
Oxidation  homebrew  ale  Hoppy  hops  closed-transfer  pressure  preservative  SMB  sodium-metabisulfite  ascorbic-acid 

Hazy Crusher (DDH Session NEIPA)

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I think this is my 3rd time making this beer, and I’m making it again because I think it’s great hazy ale. In the past, I’ve had issues around oxidation for these hoppy and oaty beers, but now I’m at a comfortable place with controlling oxidation through use of preservatives and techniques like closed transfers. When I ordered this beer, I could only get a hold of golden oat malt, which I decided to use. [Read More]
Hoppy  Hazy  Session  NEIPA  IPA  All-Grain  Juicy  Citra  Centennial  Idaho  DDH  Ale 

DDH Oat Cream Tropical Hazy IPA

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After my last pacific/wheat ale, and success using sodium metabisulfite and ascorbic acid, I’ve decided to take another crack at a Hazy IPA. This beer will feature Nectaron, which I’m trying for the first time, as well as BRU-1 and El Dorado, which I’ve had good results with in the past. As with my other Hazies, I’m aiming for a 2:1 chloride to sulfate ratio, heavy whirlpool and dry hop additions, and I’m looking to reduce oxidation as much as possible. [Read More]
Oat-cream  Tropical  Hazy  IPA  Ale  All-grain  Nectaron  BRU-1  El Dorado  NEIPA  Hoppy 

Stone & Wood Clone #3

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In an effort to refine the Stone & Wood clone from this post, I’ve updated the recipe based on the results and inspiration from other sources (see link in notes). For the new batch, I’m adding some flaked wheat to add some more haze, and i’m lowering the percentage of ale malt. I’m also switching to american ale malt, in order to get a lighter colour. Finally, I’m increasing the dry hop to 100g and maintaining IBUs at around 22. [Read More]
Stone&Wood  Clone  StoneWood  Pacific  Ale  Galaxy  All Grain  Hoppy  Hazy 

Safe Bet NEIPA

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Decided to have another crack at a hoppy hazy with this recipe from some dude on Facebook. For this brew, I’m trying out suspending the hops in a bag using magnets.. as a final effort to avoid oxidation. Closed transfers don’t seem to be working well enough, and I figured it may be due to opening the fermenter for dry hop additions, so we’ll see how this goes. I kinda screwed it up though because the hop bag is too big for the fermenter headspace. [Read More]
Hazy  IPA  NEIPA  ALE  all-grain  hoppy 

Hoppy Days Hazy Crusher (Session Neipa)

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This is a recipe I took from Hoppy Days Brewing Supplies (Brisbane), which is a session NEIPA. This beer features low bitterness, heavily fruity/critrus hops and a full body with plenty of high-protein malts. This brew makes use of Verdant IPA yeast, which will aid in creating this hazy, hoppy fruit bomb. Although i’ve brewed this beer before, the first time was a dump due to heavy oxidation. This time around, I’m utilising the Fermzilla 27L to do a pressurised, closed transfer ferment, to avoid any oxidation. [Read More]
Hoppy  Days  Hazy  Crusher  Session  NEIPA  IPA  All Grain  Juicy  Citra  Centennial  Idaho 

Ballistic Hawaiian Haze Clone (DDH Pale Ale)

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For my next clone, I’m going to attempt to replicate Ballistic Brewing’s “Hawaiian Haze” DDH Pale Ale. The tasting notes for this beer have been descriped as juicy, pineapple, hoppy and citric. It’s light in colour with a solid haze. The hops used were Citra, Rakau, Pacifica and Mosaic. The malts are pale malt, rolled/flaked oats and rolled/flaked wheat. It has medium bitterness with 30 IBUs and an ABV of 4. [Read More]
Ballistic  DDH  Pale Ale  Ale  Hoppy  Hazy  Clone 

Balter XPA Clone

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This beer was designed to clone Balter’s XPA and be close as possible to the original. The head brewers released the hops they used, but not the grains or yeast. The clone grist consisted primarily of American Pale malt with some wheat and carapils for body/head retention and some cara malt for malty flavour. The water profile was higher in calcium and suflate to accentuate the hops, of which were primarily citrus/fruity. [Read More]
Balter  XPA  Clone  Recipe  Ale  All grain  Hoppy