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ingoogni
nl
314 Posts


....said Matt. So, tell us about it.

Here's mine; I'm not an avid IPA brewer but a Bretted version at some point sounded good, so I tried. The first one was just Pale malt, Chinook, Columbus Amarillo, WLP644. Didn't work, all kind of interesting things going on but no coherence, meh. Dropped the Columbus, used Mild malt, mostly Chinook and a little bit of late Amarillo. Better, not good. I actually lost interest in the project and did what I often do with already bottled beers, open half the batch again and add a few drops of Orval yeasts, re-cap and down in the cellar.

Quite a bit later tried both again. No hops aroma left, just a deep piny bitterness, earthy and the typical old 644 taste. Nice. Now the Orval version, same, but more of the same and "darker" from the monasteries dungeon. Very good and quite unexpected.

This got me thinking on the old IPA, the historic ones. Couldn't resist any more and got me an oak (60 l) barrel for just Bretted beers. 1060 50/50 pale & mild malt, Burton water profile, 10g/l EKG @FWH, split fermentation WLP026 & WY1203-PC Burton IPA Blend. The fresh beer tasted amazing, lots of hops and not just bitterness. Off in the barrel plus half a tube of WLP645 B.clausenii and a full year patience.

5 days before bottling added 10g/l EKG to the barrel. Bottled it all, carbonated within a week. Taste is amazing, very fruity very floral and lots of pineapple from the brett, firm dry bitterness with quite some tannins from the oak. Drink it slightly warmer ~15-16°C and it has perfect balance.

The brett barrel has to be emptied again soon, has a Porter with the same hop and brett scheme as the IPA. Next one may be an 100% Chinook IPA with B.clausenii and then in a year with Citra & Lemondrop dry hopping, but still looking for some inspiration.





Posted 34 days ago.

testingapril
Charter Member
Atlanta, GA
595 Posts


Have you checked out the Bear Flavored blog? IIRC he makes a lot of Brett IPAs and he talks about the hop combos that work for him, so it might be interesting to check that out.





Posted 34 days ago.

Matt
Charter Member
Normal, IL
341 Posts


I did say that!

I've had four Brett IPAs from a club meeting, two of which were great and two were average. They all had a crisp finish, but were fruity. Lemon, pineapple, maybe mango. The best part was how much flavor there was in the beer, but the finish was crisp and left you wanting more.

I haven't done more research since trying them, I've been caught up in other styles, but I'd love to make a 100% Brett IPA soon, or even just a Sach Trois IPA.




Posted 34 days ago.

testingapril
Charter Member
Atlanta, GA
595 Posts


Skip the Sacch Trois...It's almost lager like in the right conditions.

TYB Amalgamation FTW.

If Bootleg Biology ever releases their Pithos 1, Jeff served a killer IPA made with that at club night NHC 14. I think it was based off the brett IPA recipe in BYO.




Posted 34 days ago.

ingoogni
nl
314 Posts


|Bear Flavored

It's one of the Blogs I follow loosely, in "What is Brett IPA Supposed to Taste like?" he's spot on about 100% Brett beers, not only IPA's.




Posted 34 days ago.

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