30.11.20
-Was expecting pre boil gr of 1046 at 80% but got 1041, so boiled for 90 min adding first hops at 30 minutes in. Also, think I used right amount of malt, but mash seemed thin and beer in kettle very light, almost as if I had forgotten the vienna, which I don't think I did. Odd.
- Boiling for 90 min not necessary as got 1054 and 24.5 litres. Not sure what i was worrying about as everything finished fine. Accedently set vol too high so got 60 IBU rahter than 55.
- Cold crashed on Friday for 2 days at 1-3c and just put sanitised foil over hole.
- Sunday 12.12.20. day 14 kegged. FG 1010, so 5.8%. Tastes very promising. The biggest hop aroma and flavour of any beer, bitter but not massively so, no off flavors noted. More clear in tube than expected but hazy in glass. Kegged and bottle conditioned 6 with .5 ts sugar in bucket with heat belt.
TASTING: FUCK OFF GOOD. This is the first really great NEIPA I've made. 5 days in the keg and nearly fully carbed. Not opaque but very hazy, Huge hop aroma and flavour, very fruity and clean with no off flavors at all. 320gr is brilliant and don't go lower than this on a NEIPA or a westcoast. Ther eis no secreat - you need a shit load of hops to make a craft beer. The 60 IBU is also fine really, so I'm not sure I want to go below 50. Used flaked malted oats and crushed wheat from Brew UK, hops from Get er brewed, Vienna also from Get er brewed. Mouth feel not that soft and not opaque, but will be interesting to compare this to 78 which used a lot more oats and also flaked wheat.
TASTING 2: fUCK OFF GOOD AND BEST neipa EVER. See development note for more, but this is clean, very hoppy but not too much, and the 5.8% and 23% Vienna give this pleanty of body. All of your beers need lots of hops.
TASTING 3: wHAT THE FUCK. This if the bottle conditioned, 1 week in heat and 3 weeks total and it's shit. Cleared but it juts doesnt tast nice. An argument for bottle ondiioning just not working for NEIPA. Wierd. down the drain.