From their tiny outpost within the ski city of Park Metropolis, Offset Bier has turned Utah’s challenges—equivalent to a ban on serving draft beer increased than 5 % ABV—into alternatives. Final 12 months was a breakout one for the budding brewery—we named their session IPA Dopo one in every of our Finest 20 Beers in 2024, whereas one other session IPA, Divi, gained gold medal at Nice American Beer Pageant.
Necessity is actually the mom of invention, and the constraints positioned upon founder Conor Brown drive inventive drawback fixing, as he pulls from varied corners of the brewing playbook—European lager and hefeweizen, British ale, and extra—for processes and artistic angles that drive flavorful, aroma-led hazy LIPAs, or “Lie-PAs.”
On this episode, Brown covers:
- mash steps to advertise foam-positive proteins and physique in hazy IPAs created from 100% barley malt
- dialing in water chemistry with calcium targets, sodium, and sulfate greater than chloride
- utilizing chit malt in lieu of oats or wheat, and deciding on low-FAN pilsner malt
- embracing small quantities of crystal malts
- managing DMS discount at altitude
- the good thing about boiling hops with longer additions
- creating texture via hop selections equivalent to American Nobles
- creating exacting pH targets at every stage of the brewing course of
And extra.
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