LemonDrop IPA (Kveik NEIPA, 100% Lemon Drop) (BL)

Got another vial of Kveik from Cliff. Doing a similar recipe to BI, but with Lemon Drop hops.

Brewed 5.0 gallons on 2019-04-28

Preboil gravity: 1.062

Original gravity: 1.071

Final gravity: 1.014

ABV: 7.5%

Apparent Attenuation: 80.3%

Inspired by Kveik NEIPA (100% Strata) (BI)

Process notes

2019-05-03

Kegged. Kind of an artificial, medicinal cleaning solution lemon aroma. Not necessarily bad, though. Maybe a bit of a Belgian pale ale character, maybe some phenols?

Boil for 60 minutes

At 60 minutes

1 pound of Corn Sugar (Dextrose) (Brewmaster) (Sugar was added to the boil kettle while sparging.)

At 30 minutes

2 ounces of 5% Alpha Acid Lemondrop pellets

At 15 minutes

2 ounces of 5% Alpha Acid Lemondrop pellets

At 15 minutes

1 teaspoon of Fermaid K

At 0 minutes

4 ounces of 5% Alpha Acid Lemondrop pellets

Mash

[85.71%] 12 pounds of California Select (Pure California) 2-Row (GreatWesternMalting)

[14.29%] 2 pounds of Flaked Oats (Briess)

Single infusion mash. Mashed with 5 gallons (1.43 quarts per pound) of reverse osmosis water for 60 minutes. 14lb of grain was used in the mash.

Strike water temp: (0.2/1.43) * (152 - 67) + 152 = 163.9

4.00g calcium chloride, 1.00g gypsum, and 1.20g epsom salt added to water

After 0 mins

mash is 152°

After 30 mins

mash is 152°; pH is 5.20

After 60 mins

mash is 151°; pH is 5.23

Sparge

Sparged for 46 minutes with 4.5 gallons of 170° reverse osmosis water.

4.00g calcium chloride, 1.00g gypsum, 1.00g epsom salt, and 0.50mL lactic acid added to water

After 0 mins

pH is 5.22; specific gravity is 1.082

After 17 mins

pH is 5.23; specific gravity is 1.078

After 35 mins

pH is 5.20; Didn't take gravity reading.

After 46 mins

pH is 5.20; specific gravity is 1.016

Yeast

2019-04-28

Pitch starter (started on 2019-04-27 with 300mL water, StirPlate, 30 grams DME, 0.25 tsp FermaidK) made from 1 pack of Kveik (from Cliff) at 87°. (Yeast came in a vial. This is a very small starter, but that's apparently the way to do it with Kveik.)

Dry additions

2019-04-30

4 ounces of 5% Alpha Acid Lemondrop pellets.

Tasting notes (5.50/10; 2 ratings)

2019-05-11

[6/10] Decent amount of white small/medium bubbles persist. Hazy, but not murky, great bright yellow/orange color. Lots of fresh lemon/orange zest in the aroma. Maybe a slight Belgian triple phenolic aroma. Orange, tangerine, lemon in the flavor. Medium/low body. Extremely easy to drink

2019-07-28

[5/10] Last pour. Getting some higher alcohols as it warms. Sharp, citrus zest bitterness. This kind of has a Belgian quality; phenolic, maybe chlorophenols? This is pretty drinkable still, but definitely at its best ~1 month in.