NEIPA Recipe

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  1. HelloMyNameIsHuman

    HelloMyNameIsHuman Aspirant (257) Mar 6, 2017 New Hampshire

    I’m in the process of putting together my next brew recipe, it will be 4 gallon all grain BIAB. Wondering if anyone has any ideas to help this recipe or if it looks good as is .. cheers

    9lb 2 Row

    1lb American Wheat

    1lb Flaked oats


    FlameOut

    0.75oz Mosaic

    0.50oz Citra


    HopStand @160 30 min

    1.25oz Mosaic

    0.8oz Citra

    0.4oz Simcoe


    Dry Hop #1

    1.0oz Mosaic

    0.50oz Citra

    0.25oz Simcoe


    Dry Hop #2

    1.0oz Citra

    0.50oz Mosaic

    0.25oz Simcoe
     
  2. ECCS

    ECCS Pundit (755) Oct 28, 2015 Illinois

    Recipe looks good... but in my experience with that style... yeast, water chemistry, and avoiding oxygen is almost more important than the malt/hop details
     
  3. HelloMyNameIsHuman

    HelloMyNameIsHuman Aspirant (257) Mar 6, 2017 New Hampshire

    I’ll be using the 1318 London Ale yeast
     
  4. tmm786

    tmm786 Devotee (377) Jan 13, 2019 Tennessee
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    Agreed. Water profile is the only thing that will give that softness that’s critical. I would add, though, that you may want to double your dry hop quantities as a starting point as well.
     
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  5. Montanabeerz

    Montanabeerz Savant (1,073) Oct 31, 2016 Montana
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    The New IPA by Scott Janish is a good read for brewing NEIPAs.

    I like using Carapils at about 5% in the grain bill. Oats/Wheat you're looking for 20-30% or so. Rice hulls help if you have mash out issues. I'd use about 10 ibu of hops at first wort (both for process and flavor), move the flameout hops to the whirlpool addition, I'd whirlpool at 180 degrees for 30 min rather than 160, and in general increase the hops in the whirlpool and both dry hop additions........but that being said I'm sure this would work very well and you can adjust the recipe based on how it comes out for you.

    True story above about yeast, water chemistry (3:2 chloride to sulfate is good starting point, with about 200 ppm chloride as a target), and no O2 post primary. London III 1318 is my NEIPA go to, but others work OK as well.
     
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  6. thebriansmaude

    thebriansmaude Crusader (472) Dec 16, 2016 Canada (AB)
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    +1 to more hops in general. I know it is common to only add hops post boil, but I think there is a lot of layering of flavor that comes from kettle additions, so don't skimp there - I would increase the the hop steep amounts by a few oz as well. Up the dry hops too.

    I would also consider using a 'lifter' hop in there as well. You have the usual suspects for NEIPA, but you can emphasize some of those characters by using some more unusual varieties in lesser amounts - think Columbus, Chinook, Bravo, Crystal etc. They don't sound like typical NEPA varieties but they can add some complexity to the hops you have which are all in the same ballpark flavor wise, use in much smaller amounts however.

    Also, as @ECCS mentioned, avoiding O2 exposure on cold side is absolutely critical to this style. If you aren't keg hopping, make sure you only add hop additions while there is still signs of active fermentation, and keep in mind this can be over in like 3 to 4 days if you pitch enough yeast.
    If you are bottling, consider adding a campden tablet to your bottling bucket to scavenge introduced O2, and just rack very carefully. If you are kegging, I'd purge your keg by filling with sanitizer to the brim and pushing it out with CO2 before racking into the liquid out.
     
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  7. HelloMyNameIsHuman

    HelloMyNameIsHuman Aspirant (257) Mar 6, 2017 New Hampshire

    Ok so after some research I’ve upped my hop bill to.....
    This is a 4 gallon recipe

    10 min
    0.2oz Apollo
    0.8oz Mosaic
    0.5oz Simcoe


    HopStand @180 30 min
    1.50oz Mosaic
    1.5oz Citra
    1.0oz Simcoe


    Dry Hop #1
    2.0oz Mosaic
    1.0oz Citra
    0.50oz Simcoe
    0.80oz Apollo


    Dry Hop #2
    2.0oz Citra
    1.0oz Mosaic
    0.50oz Simcoe
     
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