Summer Ale suggestions
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Lemon/lime are tough flavors to get right. i would highly recommend not adding any additional until you get it carbed. They get very acidic very quickly and can end up more bitter then lemony.
i bet mandarin is really interesting. is it sweet still?
I have been battling with fruit beers lately. very finicky.
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Not sweet. Interesting aroma though but I think it's the hazy IPA yeast. It's only my second full pint and I'm not using a floating dip tube so it's still pulling some yeast. I'll keep testing
Interesting. I could def see that being a Yeast aroma or a hop aroma.
hops can also kick off some of the same flavors
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Don't think it's hops because I only used a small bittering charge. Definitely The Hazy yeast. It's fruity. I've never used that yeast without a bunch of hops. It's good. I ordered some more wheat malt. I have a NEIPA coming up maybe pitch a wheat to the cake. Always looking for beers to brew in a series. This may work.
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The only yeast I’ve gotten really good mandarin orange aroma was Belle Saison and MJ French Saison strains. Both were very nice with the latter having a bit more pronounced aroma and a bit of flavor as well.
What hazy yeast are you rocking to get that aroma?
What hazy yeast are you rocking to get that aroma?
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Well I'm using cellar Science Hazy IPA. Usually for my summer wheat I pitch Chico.
I've pulled through the crud about 4 pints. Very clear and very good. Can't finger the aroma. The yeast says fruity esters so it a combination of that the lemon and mandarin. That's what I like about. If I was handed a glass I probably couldn't recognize the fruit
