Designed as a small IPA for La Forge, This beers strength really depends on our efficiency. As shown at 55% efficiency matching what was achieved on the Marzen brew day, this should be on the light side of average with a 4.9% ABV. However at 70% this climbs to 6.3% ABV. Achieving a similar brew at 70% can be attained by adjusting the pale all from 25-19.5kg with little change to other parameters. The malt was selected for enzymatic efficiency, with the addition of wheat malt for mouthfeel and flavour, and honey malt for colour and malt sweetness.
Mash hopping is utilized to take advantage of old centennial hops in the fridge, as so the final amount will depend on quantity available as this is intended to clean out otherwise useless hops. a 10 min addition of 100gs Calypso, El Dorado and 50g of Centennial will provide alpha acid structure while staying mild and more aromatic/flavour driven. dry hops of 200gs el dorado and calypso will then be added pre fermentation to maximize biotransformative properties. I believe this hop combination will lead to a citrus(grapefruit), stone fruit, tropical flavour. Both dry hops exhibit a sweet/aromatic quality that will synergize together well. Crystal/Comet/Centennial could be used for a Quebecois version (Jarrett noir)
The yeast used is Verdant IPA. This strains β-lyase enzyme expression is key in biotransformation of thiol precursors.
ability to split into small ferments to give different dry hop schedules to would be interesting.