BJCP Style: Specialty IPA: White IPA
White IPA combines the characteristics of a Belgian Wit and American IPA. The style was born out of a collaboration between Deschutes and Boulevard. Five years later, it was added to the BJCP list.
Full recipe is on BrewersFriend but here's the TL;DR:
- 2020-7-11: brewday
- Malts: CO Proximity Pils, Weyermann Wheat and Munich
- Hops: [Magnum] (Centennial) {Citra}
- Yeast: SafAle T-58
- OG: 14.8°P; FG: 2.5°P; ABV: 6.6%
- 2020-7-13: dry hopped with 140g Citra
- 2020-7-15: cold crash
- 2020-7-17: kegged (no keezer yet)
- 2020-7-22: tapped; to keezer
Proximity Pilsner malt from CO and Weyermann wheat
Grains
Into the fermenter
2020-7-13 (+2): Dry hopped with 140g (~6g/L) of Citra
2020-7-17 (+6): cold crashed (7/15) to drop out the dry hops, now into the keg. It'll hang out in "secondary" for a few days to clean up and finish fermenting if it needs to.
2020-7-22 (+11): Keg moved to keezer. Looking like about 50% carbonated and dropped a couple of points from 1.012 to 1.010. Rather than burst carbonate I'll keep this on low and slow. Should be about right in a week or so.
2020-7-23 (+12): Sample. Tasting peppery and citrusy. Refreshing and easy drinking. Still needs a week or so to get to full carbonation, but already pretty tasty.
2020-8-9 (+29): 10oz pour. I think this is hitting its stride. Lots of citrus zest and lemon with some spicy notes. Very refreshing and goes down easy. Extra time in the keg didn't hurt.
2020-8-16 (+36): Tasting right on and clarity is where it should be; not totally clear but not yeasty thiccc either. Really tasting the wheat malt now that the yeast has moved out of the way. It's a pleasant balance of malt and lemon/citra character.
