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OK - damn warm our here. Need to do a Belgian IPA as this a style have have yet to tackle. Need a good recipe.

Anyone?

Thanks!

I guess the most important input I need to to what yeast? I want a clean yeast with a low to medium Belgian/German ester quality.

Thanks!

My go to Belgian yeast is wlp550. Fruity but not overpowering if you you control your temps. Keep it around 66 for the first 2 days then ramp up.

Yeah, most of the Belgian IPAs I've had taste like ass.
The phenolics, when heavy, tend to fight the hops.

Deschutes' White IPA is a Witbier with near IPA level hopping, and its rare in that I really like the balance.
Personally, I think this is the best approach.

Take a solid witbier recipe that's all wheat and pilsner malt, then take the hop bill from an APA and boost it up to be closer to IPA levels. From there, tweak until you get the bitterness balanced right. I'd start my first attempt at around 50-55 ibus and use a late hop burst type flavor hop regimen as my starting point if I was going to make this style myself.


( I just checked their web site and sure enough, its 55 IBUs, and 5.6%, so I'd start with an OG of 1.056 and tweak it from there).

http://www.deschutesbrewery.com/brew/ch ... -white-ipa

HTH-

Bit of a tease, but a local club member has been doing a collab brew with a local brewery that seems to be gathering quite the following. I haven't had a chance to try it, and haven't seen a posted recipe... http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/341/60814/

I like Stone's Cali-Belique Which is just their IPA recipe but with Belgian yeast strain...I think its the best example of the style...as a lot of them just plain are not good...

If you want the recipe let me know...but stone has released their recipes so just make the IPA and switch the yeast to WLP570..or WLP575 either work pretty well

Stinkfist wrote:I like Stone's Cali-Belique Which is just their IPA recipe but with Belgian yeast strain...I think its the best example of the style...as a lot of them just plain are not good...

If you want the recipe let me know...but stone has released their recipes so just make the IPA and switch the yeast to WLP570..or WLP575 either work pretty well

Great concept. Thanks all!

I felt the same way as B-Dawg about this, then I tried Hoppy Daze from Coronado Brewing. Fantastic! The best Belgian IPA I've had. I have never seen a recipe for this so I don't know what hops and yeast they are using. I think they really found a great complimentary balance between them. If anyone knows about this, please share.

scotchpine wrote:Hoppy Daze from Coronado Brewing. Fantastic! The best Belgian IPA I've had. I have never seen a recipe for this so I don't know what hops and yeast they are using. I think they really found a great complimentary balance between them. If anyone knows about this, please share.

From their website... Somewhat vague...

Grain: 2-Row, C-15, Carahell
Hops: Warrior, Centennial, Chinook
Yeast: Belgian

74 IBUs, 7.5% ABV

Although, I see some other places reporting the ABV closer to 9%... wonder if there are different versions.