![]() ![]() Let’s start with building up the grain bill to get the base of a lightly colored, full-bodied beer. If you want to go down the same path, I recommend starting with basic pale malt and Citra®. ![]() When I started experimenting with creating my ultimate NEIPA recipe, I started with a SMaSH beer (Single Malt and Single Hop). The Crucial Ingredients of a New England IPA Recipe To avoid creating a super bitter beer with a metric ton of IBUs, you must add the hops at certain times, including post-boil and post-fermentation. The byproduct of adding all these hops will produce a strong aroma that lends to the beer’s flavor without increasing the IBUs. And by “lots,” I typically add 12 ounces to a full pound per 5-gallon batch. To get the citrus flavor, we need lots of hops. Malt plays a role in the sweetness, color, and mouthfeel. Malt doesn’t taste like oranges or tangerines. The malty flavor needs to take a back seat. But I can’t just add orange juice and sparkling white wine to a beer and call it an IPA. I think NEIPAs taste like mimosas – orange juice with Champagne. I’ll dive a lot more into brewing water chemistry later. ![]() On top of that, you can make the water feel “thick” by adding calcium chloride, which is commonly used as an electrolyte in sports drinks. It isn’t pulp it’s all sugar! Getting the final gravity to land between 1.015 and 1.020 results in a sweeter beer. And when I drink orange juice, it’s thick. When I eat these foods, they leave a slickness on my palate. I think of Cream of Wheat or oatmeal cookies. I interpret these descriptors as viscous with sugar and protein. I’ve heard terms like “pillowy” and “soft.” But I don’t know how to make something pillowy without adding cotton. When it comes to “feel,” I’m talking about body or mouthfeel. I believe the haze comes from a reaction between the protein and hops. The haze factor should not be caused by suspended yeast or lazy brewing practices. I’ve found you can achieve this even if you use clarifying agents. I like the beer to have a cloudy appearance. The ingredients, the boil, and the packaging determine the color of the beer. The color of these beers ranges from pastel yellow to orange juice. I needed to know what I wanted the final beer to look, smell, and taste like. But all these have similar qualities I wanted to achieve. There are many variations of the Hazy IPA style. I also love any version made by Hill Farmstead (Vermont), Trillium (Massachusetts), Tired Hands (Pennsylvania), and Monkish (California).
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