big difference in an east coast IPA and a New England IPA
East Coast IPA = malty and more balanced than west coast IPAs, with usually an earthy/piney component
New England IPA = turbid mash, lots of adjuncts, unfiltered abominations of a beer, but yes I will have to have one because that is the trend
I have had a bunch of them, all the stuff from Alchemist, Hill Farmstead, Treehouse, etc.
Grain bill is 20-40% oats or wheat or both, not just one or the other
yeast they use poor flocculators, hence the reason it looks like a giant glass of orange juice pulp, and they also do not cold crash them to keep the yeast in suspension along with the hop particulates and polyphenols
boil - same amount of boil for DMS burnoff and protein/lipid coagulation, but almost all hop additions are done at the 10 minute or less mark
Hops - Lots of fruity stuff. Galaxy, Mosaic, Citra, Equinox, Falconers Flight, basically the stuff you cant get on the large scale which is why people flock to these beers because they made powerplays for the hops years ago and now they dominate their portfolio that no one else can get
East Coast IPA = malty and more balanced than west coast IPAs, with usually an earthy/piney component
New England IPA = turbid mash, lots of adjuncts, unfiltered abominations of a beer, but yes I will have to have one because that is the trend
I have had a bunch of them, all the stuff from Alchemist, Hill Farmstead, Treehouse, etc.
Grain bill is 20-40% oats or wheat or both, not just one or the other
yeast they use poor flocculators, hence the reason it looks like a giant glass of orange juice pulp, and they also do not cold crash them to keep the yeast in suspension along with the hop particulates and polyphenols
boil - same amount of boil for DMS burnoff and protein/lipid coagulation, but almost all hop additions are done at the 10 minute or less mark
Hops - Lots of fruity stuff. Galaxy, Mosaic, Citra, Equinox, Falconers Flight, basically the stuff you cant get on the large scale which is why people flock to these beers because they made powerplays for the hops years ago and now they dominate their portfolio that no one else can get