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Can a Once-Forgotten (and Lost) Lager Yeast Be a Good Indian Pale Lager (IPL) Strain?
by janisco | October 6, 2020 | Beer Figures | 6 Comments
Can a Once-Forgotten (and Lost) Lager Yeast Be a Good India Pale Lager (IPL) Strain? Tum 35 was a popular lager strain until the 1950's until it virtually went extinct. Resurrected in 2019, the strain shows promise as a soft, neutral, and low-sulfur producing IPL strain. I 've only brewed a handful of lagers throughout my entire...
Survivables: Unpacking Hot-Side Hop Flavor
by janisco | June 29, 2020 | Beer Studies | 17 Comments
Survivables: Unpacking Hot-Side Hop Flavor Why hops like Idaho 7 might be so good at imparting saturated hop flavor to beerO ne of the things I obsess with at Sapwood is tasting our hop-forward beers pre-dry hop. After a tank has been soft crashed down to 58°F (14°C) for a few days, we'll dump or harvest the yeast and then dry hop. Right before...
Freeze Dried Mango Citra NEIPA
by janisco | May 17, 2020 | Homebrew | 12 Comments
Bio–T Cryo® Blend hot-side with freeze-dried mango during active fermentation to push fruity flavors.H ot-side hop saturated flavor is an essential part of a great hazy IPA. Loading up an IPA with a massive charge of dry-hops alone doesn't seem to be enough. These types of hazy IPAs lacking in hot-side flavor often come across as vegetal and...
Cashmere DIPA with Conan and Hefeweizen Yeast
by janisco | April 19, 2020 | Homebrew | 9 Comments
Cashmere IPA Fermented with Conan and Hefeweizen YeastO ne of my favorite things to do at the brewery is experiment with small batches. Sometimes I'll transfer 5-gallons of fermented hoppy wort pre-dry hop to a purged keg with experimental hops. Other times I'll take a little wort pre-ferment to test out different yeast strains or blends;...
A Look at pH in Hoppy Beers
by janisco | March 29, 2020 | Beer Studies | 4 Comments
A Look at pH in Hoppy BeersHeavy dry hopping will increase the final pH of beer, but does it matter? H ow important is the final pH of beer? What factors can play a role in altering the final pH of beer? What are the pH ranges that people generally prefer in beer? Other than taste, what other impacts does high beer pH have in hoppy beers? These...
What We Know About Dry Hopping
by janisco | March 1, 2020 | Beer Studies | 1 Comment
What We Know About Dry Hopping Free sample chapter from my book titled, "The New IPA: Scientific Guide to Hop Aroma and Flavor." About the Book: In The NEW IPA, Scott Janish scours through hundreds of academic studies, collecting and translating the relevant hop science into one easily digestible book. Through experiments, lab...
2019 Barrel Drop
by janisco | February 20, 2020 | Homebrew | 2 Comments
2019 Barrel Drop Barrel aged mixed-fermented sour re-fermented with Washington Cabernet Sauvignon grapes and cherries. I 've had a 15-gallon barrel running yearly turns of mixed-fermented beer at home for over five years now. Once a year, I empty it and refill it that same day with a pre-fermented beer. Most of the beer is usually re-fermented...
A Case for Short And Cool Dry Hopping
by janisco | December 28, 2019 | Beer Studies | 19 Comments
A Case for Short And Cool Dry Hopping Using the latest hop science as a guide.W hen researching for a book I self-published in May of 2019 called The New IPA: A Scientific Guide to Hop Aroma and Flavor, I was struck how the collection of hop science was leading me to consider both shorter and cooler dry hopping than I was currently employing....
Rice Saison Lager
by janisco | December 12, 2019 | Homebrew | 5 Comments
Saison Rice Lager Saison fermented cool then re-fermented with lager yeast. W henever a brewery puts out something that appears to break the rules, I'm interested. I understand that style guildlines keep some sort of order, but they can keep people from experimenting or thinking outside the box. I've never wanted to be a brewing rule follower,...
Thiol Driver
by janisco | September 11, 2019 | Beer Studies | 22 Comments
Thiol Driver Scientifically-driven Hoppy Lager Designed to Push Fruity Hop ThiolsO ne of the reasons I love grinding through academic brewing papers is because sometimes findings from multiple studies can come together and inspire something new for me to try. This happens organically as I go down rabbit holes on unrelated topics and start...
Homebrew Recipes
| Beer Name | Style | ABV | Drinkability | Excitement | Hop Aroma | Descriptors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flying Dog Pale Ale IPA | Clean Hoppy | 7.80% | 3.00 | 2.75 | 1.50 | |
| Competition IPA | Clean Hoppy | 6.30% | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.50 | |
| Quinoa Coffee Stout | Stout | 5.30% | 3.00 | 2.50 | 0.00 | |
| Competition APA | Clean Hoppy | 5.10% | 2.50 | 2.50 | 2.50 | |
| Brett/Sach Hoppy | Clean Hoppy | 5.40% | 3.00 | 3.50 | 3.00 | pineapple, citrus, tropical, funk, lemon dessert, wet washcloth, tang |
| 100% Brett IPA #2 | Clean Hoppy | 5.40% | 3.50 | 4.00 | 3.00 | pineapple, tang, ripe strawberry, grassy, fruity |
| 100% Brett IPA #1 | Clean Hoppy | 7.00% | 3.75 | 4.50 | 4.00 | pineapple, tang, pine, light berry, peach |
| Award Winning West Coast IPA #2 | Clean Hoppy | 6.20% | 4.50 | 4.50 | 4.75 | pine, berry, tropical, dark ripe berries, blackberry, peach |
| Citra Galaxy Session | Clean Hoppy | 4.60% | 3.50 | 4.00 | 4.50 | tropical, berry, pink laffy taffy, circus peanuts, fresh lawn clippings |
| Incubator No 2 | Clean Hoppy | 5.40% | 2.75 | 2.00 | 3.00 | cherry laffy taffy, caramel candies |
| It's Quino Pale Ale | Clean Hoppy | 5.20% | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | musky, pine, yellow sprees |
| Goes-a | Gose | 6.70% | 1.75 | 1.50 | 0.00 | bready, yeasty, coriander |
| Janet's Brown Ale | Clean Hoppy | 6.80% | 2.50 | 2.50 | 2.00 | |
| Peeper #1 | Clean Hoppy | 6.40% | 3.25 | 3.25 | 3.50 | citrus, oranges, lemon |
| Peeper #2 | Clean Hoppy | 6.40% | 3.00 | 3.00 | 2.75 | orange peel, citrus, herbal, floral |
| Peeper #3 | Clean Hoppy | 6.20% | 3.75 | 3.50 | 3.25 | |
| Simcoe Amarillo Centennial Pale Ale | Clean Hoppy | 5.80% | 4.00 | 3.75 | 3.75 | |
| Amarillo Smash | Clean Hoppy | 5.20% | 3.00 | 2.75 | 3.00 | lemon, pineapple, tangerine, bready malty, sweet bready |
| Wookie Jack #1 | Clean Hoppy | 8.10% | 2.75 | 2.75 | 2.75 | orange lifesaver, spicy candied orange |
| Wookie Jack #2 | Clean Hoppy | N/A | 3.00 | 3.00 | 2.75 | mocha orange, faint tropical, coffee, spicy |
| Wookie Jack #2 Third Runnings | Clean Hoppy | 3.70% | 1.50 | 1.00 | 1.50 | dank |
| Simcoe Mosaic IPA | Clean Hoppy | 6.20% | 4.00 | 4.00 | 3.75 | orange, pine, dank, dark grape |
| Galaxy Nelson Pale Ale | Clean Hoppy | 5.90% | 3.75 | 3.50 | 4.00 | dank, white grape juice, tropical berry, dank, sweaty, grapefruit |
| Vienna Mini IPA Third Runnings | Clean Hoppy | 3.02% | 2.75 | 3.00 | 0.00 | grapefruit pulp, sour |
| Vienna Mini IPA | Clean Hoppy | 4.50% | 3.25 | 3.75 | 3.00 | citrus, orange, lemon, bready biscuit |
| Pilsner | Lager | 5.00% | 2.50 | 2.25 | 1.00 | cracker, pepper, floral, hay |
| Oatmeal Stout | Stout | 5.20% | 2.50 | 2.75 | 0.00 | Baker's Chocolate, watery cold coffee |
| West Coast IPA | Clean Hoppy | 6.30% | 4.50 | 4.50 | 4.75 | peaches, lemon, pine, tropical, |
| Simcoe, Mosaic, Nelson Sauvin IPA | Clean Hoppy | 5.80% | 4.25 | 4.50 | 4.75 | white wine, berry, grapes, pine, tropical |
| West Coast IPA 2 Third Runnings | Clean Hoppy | 3.80% | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | lemon, pine, citrus, spice, sticky, resin |
| Tired Hands Saison | Saison | N/A | 3.75 | 3.75 | 0.00 | lemon, mustard seed, earthy, funky, musty, green apple |
| Spelt Oats Rye Saison | Hoppy Saison | 6.00% | 4.00 | 4.50 | 4.50 | plum, red apple, sour grape, fruity funk |
| Hoppy No Boil Berliner Weisse | Hoppy Berliner | 5.50% | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | grapefruit pulp, sour |
| Simcoe Nelson Mosaic Saison | Hoppy Saison | 5.20% | 4.00 | 4.25 | 4.00 | lifesavers, citrus,earthy, stone ground mustard, pine, plum |
| Equinox Nelson Mosaic Double IPA | Clean Hoppy | 7.40% | 3.00 | 3.25 | 3.75 | apples, pears, melon, dank grape. |
| Columbus Spelt Beer | Clean Hoppy | 4.10% | 4.00 | 4.00 | 3.75 | Sweaty, piney, citrus, tropical fruits |
| Kamut Rice 100% Brett | Mixed Hoppy | 4.40% | 4.00 | 3.75 | 4.25 | circus peanut, banana popsicle, slight belgian esters, pineapple |
| Nelson Centennial IPA | Clean Hoppy | 5.50% | 3.00 | 3.00 | 2.75 | dank, sweaty oranges, kiwi, weak, |
| Winter Saison | Hoppy Saison | N/A | 4.50 | 4.50 | 4.00 | fruity, tropical, slight fruity funk, tart, grape popsicle, complex, blueberry |
| Winter Saison 3rd Runnings | Berliner | 2.30% | 2.50 | 2.25 | 0.00 | dill, sauerkraut, musky, green beans |
| Yeast Mash Saison? | Hoppy Saison | 6.40% | 3.50 | 3.75 | 3.75 | funky fruity, lemon, lime, kiwi,rubber |
| Australian Summer Simcoe | Clean Hoppy | 6.30% | 3.00 | 3.50 | 3.50 | lemon, lime, pineapple, clementine |
| El Dorado Pale Ale | Clean Hoppy | 5.60% | 3.75 | 3.75 | 4.00 | pear juice, red apple, mellow fruits |
| 2015 IPA | Clean Hoppy | 7.00% | 4.00 | 4.25 | 4.50 | pine, strawberry, circus peanut, light sweet fruits |
| Experimental Pine Fruit APA | Clean Hoppy | 5.20% | 3.75 | 3.75 | 3.50 | pine, sap, fruity, cherry popsicle, resin, green spree |
| Dry Hopped Gose | Mixed Hoppy | N/A | 4.00 | 4.25 | 4.00 | grapefruit, brine, salted tart green apples, sweaty |
| El Dorado Columbus Pale Ale | Clean Hoppy | 5.90% | 3.50 | 3.75 | 3.75 | orange lifesaver, citrus, sweaty, hp spice,pineapple, green spree |
| Eureka Galaxy APA for AHA Round 2 | Clean Hoppy | 6.20% | 3.75 | 3.75 | 3.50 | peach (peachios), fruity, grassy, cherry |
| Not Brett IPA | Clean Hoppy | 6.00% | 2.75 | 2.75 | 3.00 | generic saison yeast character, low pineapple character, cantaloupe, cloudy, lackluster hop flavor |
| Spelt Rye Pale Ale | Clean Hoppy | 4.50% | 4.00 | 3.75 | 3.75 | candied orange, light pineapple, tangerine |
| Toasted Oat Hull Melon | Clean Hoppy | 3.80% | 2.00 | 2.25 | 3.50 | earthy, cantaloupe |
| 1318 Citra Simcoe Mosaic | Clean Hoppy | 5.60% | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | orange sherbet, dank, tropical |
| Vermont Citra Simcoe Mosaic | Clean Hoppy | 5.60% | 4.50 | 4.25 | 4.50 | bright, life savers, orange, tropical, dank |
| Citra Amarillo Golden Naked Session IPA | Clean Hoppy | 4.30% | 4.50 | 4.50 | 4.00 | citrus, orange, tangerine, red/orange popsicle mix |
| Hot Head Ale with El Dorado Mosaic and Azacca | Clean Hoppy | 6.30% | 3.00 | 3.00 | 2.75 | pear, pineapple, caramel green apple candy |
| Galaxy Funktown Session IPA with Malted Spelt | Clean Hoppy | 4.60% | 4.00 | 4.25 | 4.00 | peach (stone fruits), orange, candied sweetness/fruitiness |
| Australian Vic Secret on Rye | Clean Hoppy | 4.90% | 4.25 | 4.25 | 4.25 | pineapple (core), candied fruits, strawberry, hop spice |
| Vanilla Cocoa Porter | Porter | 6.30% | 3.50 | 3.00 | 0.00 | cocoa, vanilla, smooth, roast |
| 150 Day Dry Hopped Tart Saison | Saison | 5.00% | 3.50 | 3.50 | 3.50 | green sour fruits, lime, green apple, funk, mossy, tart |
| Dr. Rudi Pale Ale | Clean Hoppy | 5.00% | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | herbs, lemon poppy seed, banana |
| RVA Manchester Ale | Clean Hoppy | 5.10% | 5.00 | 4.75 | 4.50 | fruit roll-up, trix, fruity, sweet, vanilla wafer |
| London Ale III 2016 AHA IPA | Clean Hoppy | 6.10% | 4.25 | 4.00 | 4.00 | tropical, grainy, pink taffy, sherbert |
| Mélange Sour Blend, Jarrylo Dry Hops, With a Bottle of Chardonnay | Mixed | 6%+ | 2.75 | 3.00 | 1.50 | apple, pear, apple pie, mild funk, hot |
| Millet NEIPA w/ 007 | Clean Hoppy | 5.60% | 3.50 | 3.25 | 3.75 | orange fruits, clementines, mandarin, dirty dishwater |
| Esters & Alcohols NEIPA Experiment | Clean Hoppy | 4.00 | 3.75 | 3.75 | orange sherbet, oranges, creamy, vanilla | |
| Hybrid Lager NEIPA Oat Session IPA | Clean Hoppy | 4.60% | 4.25 | 4.00 | 3.75 | dank, sweaty, grape (green), hop spice, candy sweetness, soft |
| DMS Experiment NEIPA | Clean Hoppy | 1.75 | 1.00 | 2.00 | overripe rotten fruits, briney, vegetative, sauerkraut, asparagus | |
| IBU Experiment NEIPA | Clean Hoppy | 4.70% | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | sweet, jammy, apricot, strawberries, raspberries, jelly donut, flavored syrup |
| 40% Raw Oats Session IPA | Clean Hoppy | 4.50% | 4.00 | 3.75 | 3.75 | strawberries, smooth, orange lifesaver |
| Zero Hot-Side Hopped NEIPA | Clean Hoppy | 2.25 | 2.50 | 2.25 | oxidized hop character, sweet, harsh | |
| Funk Mango 100% Wheat Saison | Saison | 5% | 3.75 | 3.50 | 0.00 | mango, funk, metallic, bretty |
| Mosaic Lupulin Powder NEIPA | Clean Hoppy | 5.38% | 4.00 | 4.50 | 4.50 | pine, sap, legal weed, resin, peppercorn, tropical |
| 50% Carapils NEIPA | Clean Hoppy | 6.43% | 3.25 | 3.50 | 3.25 | caramel, hop spice, vanilla, rich |
| 17% Oat Flour NEIPA Experiment | Clean Hoppy | 6.20% | 3.25 | 3.50 | 3.75 | green, dank, sweaty, onion, cherry |
| NOW OR NEVER Double NEIPA Koala San Brew Collaboration | 9.90% | blackberry, greet fruits, citrus, wood | ||||
| Headspace NEIPA | Clean Hoppy | 6.00% | 3.75 | 3.75 | 4.25 | tropical, berries, pink laffy taffy |
| Vanilla Russian Imperial Stout | RIS | 9.58% | 4.00 | 4.00 | 1.50 | chocolate milk, peanut brittle, vanilla |
| Peaches and Quinoa Sour | Mixed | 5.78% | 3.75 | 3.75 | 3.00 | copper, metallic, penny, sweet tart |
| Thiol Driver | Lager | 3.50% | 4.25 | 4.00 | 3.75 | Goosberry, pine, peach rings, jelly donut |
| Bangun Coffee Porter | Porter | 5.60% | 4.25 | 4.25 | 0.00 | Coffee!! |
| Cherry Raspberry Barrel Aged Sour | Mixed | 5.12% | 4.00 | 4.75 | 0.00 | Jammy, cherry, raspberry, fruity-funk |
| Concentrated: Vineyard Style NE DIPA | Clean Hoppy | 9% | 3.75 | 4.00 | 4.00 | Phenolic, white wine, green grapes, pear |
| Rice Saison Lager | Saison-Lager | 4.16% | 4.00 | 3.75 | 2.00 | mustard-funk, crisp lager notes, full |
| Cashmere IPA | Clean Hoppy | 6.43% | 3.75 | 4.25 | 4.00 | banana runts, lemon poppy seed, coconut |
| Freeze Dried Mango Citra NEIPA | Clean Hoppy | 5.90% | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | Mango, tropical, circus peanut |
| Beer Name | Style | ABV | Drinkability | Excitement | Hop Aroma | Descriptors |
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