Firestone Walker's First-Ever Hazy IPA: Mind Haze

Many of these hazy beers have 20 % oats. Sometimes more.

 

Great, the beer market really needs another hazy IPA.....

 

I had a local oat pale ale a year or so ago and it was fantastic.

I will try this if it’s a good price point.

So far I’m dry this year and looking to stay there till February or later

Enjoy

 

Agreed, I'd much rather find 6ers of Pivo that are 3 months old vs. the typical 12 months+ (if I find it at all).

Hell at this point, I'd be happy to grab 5 month old Pivo.

 

Like Sierra Nevada, FW is a brewery that I inherently trust. It’s one of the few where bottling/canning dates can be extended several months and you can still be confident you’re getting good beer. I look forward to trying it.

 

Like Sierra Nevada, FW is a brewery whose beers gather dust at my local bottle shop. Their lastest diss of the east coast w/this hazy IPA is not likely to make me consider buying any of their beers...

 

Please explain how they've 'dissed' the East Coast with this recipe, which I assume you haven't tried?

 

Pivo is one of my favorite beers. Where did it go? Ever since their lager came out I can’t find it.

 

Perhaps it was with calling it an East Coast style rather than a New England style IPA. Or it could be he gave credit to the Germans for brewing beer to the style(just not as hoppy) 50 or more years ago. Maybe he doesn't like the term Hazy.

“We’re not relying on residual yeasts or starches for turbidity,” maybe this.

or claiming to reinvent the style. This is all I can speculate could be offensive per say.

 

Same on my end, bummed.

 

Please explain the diss.

FW is attempting to make a beer that delivers flavors found in NEIPA. They want to make a beer that is stable, affordable and won’t fall of a cliff after 3 or 4 weeks. I don’t see anything insulting about that.

I think the fact that they are committed to that means they are actually paying homage to the style and trying to make something that will be reliable for consumers rather than a beer that needs to be bought and consumed immediately. It’s not an insult. It’s a service to the US beer market.

 

Was somewhat drunk when I wrote that stupid post. Agree w your comment.

 

One more 'vote' for what the heck happened with the distribution of packaged Pivo? I have not seen this beer in some time and in the past when I did see it the beer was invariably old. Did they make the decision that if they can't provide this product non-old they just won't distribute it at all?

Cheers!

@jakecattleco

 

I hope it is in my distribution area-

 

Pick is unavailable my distributor in Illinois as well. It had been coming in consistently fresh for the last year or so. That stopped in the last month or so

 

Well, this is a 'past tense' situation but you were lucky then. Needless to say but you are unlucky now.

Cheers!

 

Yea. Went to place an order yesterday and was told no go on Pivo

Maybe they are taking a break to let the markets clear out and then re enter with fresh product. Who knows...

 

Pardon my ignorance here, but how are you not relying on residual starches for turbidity if you're cultivating haziness by using wheat and oats in the grain bill?

 

Wheat and oats are higher in proteins on a per unit of weight basis than barley malt. Brewers of 'NEIPA' beers are utilizing these grains to 'up' the protein content of the wort/beer. These proteins will then aggregate with polyphenols:

"Beer colloidal haze is generally the result of beer protein molecules joining together with polyphenols to form molecular aggregates of a size large enough to cause visual turbidity."

Cheers!

P.S. When I homebrew my 'NEIPA' beers I utilize a minimum of 2 lbs. of higher protein grains (e.g., wheat malt, flaked oats,...) for a 5 gallon batch of beer.

 

Gotta give this a proper thread bump

Went shopping yesterday. Found some canned 12/27/18

Nose/aroma is legit

It's a touch light in ABV but for it's price point, this is a hyped brew killer

Above solid offering FW. Keep it up.

So far, it beats out the Odell milkshake IPA, sn hazy little, and Sam Adams NE Ipa as far as somewhat readily available hazy products.

This could easily be sold by a local brewery for $17/growler fill- 4 16 oz cans without a second thought.

Well done.

It's subtle/slightly hazy/ bright without feeling too sweet. So the ABV may be perfect.

Love me a bargain hazy IPA.

Price was $9/six with a $4 mail in rebate if I bought two sixers. No regrets on the 12er