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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.

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[–] baconeater@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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?

[–] FullKeg@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] baconeater@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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).

[–] FullKeg@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

Awesome, will see how we go! I struggle to classify voodoo, but essentially a crystal substitute here - a bit of body/complexity/colour