Session IPA Hop Suggestions

Gelatin will absolutely and magically clear your beer.

There is some concern that it will clear the beer too well but that is a hard comparison to make. For example, you can pull out some character along with all that haze. Hop character for example. But again, hard to compare.

Keep it real cold and add 1/2 half packet of dissolved gelatin*. It is magic. If you can cold crash to 32, I recommend you try. Leave it alone at 32 for 1 or 2 weeks with some gelatin finings then come back to it. You might be surprised.
Truthfully, even a big and fresh IPA benefits from some lagering. All beer improves with a little quiet cold time.

Cheers.

*Boil a half cup of water. It will sterilize but more importantly it will remove dissolved oxygen. A few ounces added to a half packet of flavorless Knox. Let it sit. Stir. Add that gluey mess to your keg. Purge. Purge again. Purge it a few more times. Then roll or shake the keg to distribute the gelatin. Then cold crash. Real cold. Then let it sit quiet for 1 or 2 weeks. Voila. Magic.

 

For what it's worth I made a similar beer, used almost exactly the same grist with Chinook and centennial and I hated the beer.

 

I had the idea of a wookus type beer in mind, I missed the mark so bad. Hope yours hits on all cylinders!

 

nothing wrong with dumping batch. It’s a bigger crime to drink beer that sucks just to get drunk.

 

I'd go with Columbus, personally. I like that hop a lot though... Don't care for Centennial too much unless blended with other hops... Just far too floral for me.

 

Bells Two Hearted is the only beer I like that features centennial so heavily. They pretty much set the standard for centennial to my palate with hat beer. I’ve attempted to make a beer featuring centennial before and I agree it was too floral. Definitely needs some cascade or Citra with it.