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Another one of the bigger breweries here in Germany (Köstritzer) recently decided to give craft beers a go.
2 days ago, I picked up their double-pack Witbier / Pale Ale, and though I wasn't exactly blown away by either, the Pale Ale proved to be a fairly solid example of an APA.
What did make me quite happy though, was realising how close my own attempts at brewing an IPA with german hops are getting to the "real" Thing.
Although I will still be switching to S-05, starting with my next brew, I appear to have finally figured out how to ferment effectively with WLP007, and my last brew (single aroma/dry hop, Hüll Melon) turned out really well.
Here is the commercial Pale Ale (left) and my IPA (right) side-by-side. If mine had been colder, it would have a bit more of a chill-haze but not much more. Obviously the flavor is quite different between the 2 (they went for the more heavily citrusy flavor, I just wanted to try out Hüll Melon), but I am still very pleased with results I got using the Hüll Melon variety. When I get more, I am thinking of combining it with a tad bit of Polaris, and see where that goes...
2 days ago, I picked up their double-pack Witbier / Pale Ale, and though I wasn't exactly blown away by either, the Pale Ale proved to be a fairly solid example of an APA.
What did make me quite happy though, was realising how close my own attempts at brewing an IPA with german hops are getting to the "real" Thing.
Although I will still be switching to S-05, starting with my next brew, I appear to have finally figured out how to ferment effectively with WLP007, and my last brew (single aroma/dry hop, Hüll Melon) turned out really well.
Here is the commercial Pale Ale (left) and my IPA (right) side-by-side. If mine had been colder, it would have a bit more of a chill-haze but not much more. Obviously the flavor is quite different between the 2 (they went for the more heavily citrusy flavor, I just wanted to try out Hüll Melon), but I am still very pleased with results I got using the Hüll Melon variety. When I get more, I am thinking of combining it with a tad bit of Polaris, and see where that goes...