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As part of the recent Craft Beer & Brewing Brewer’s Retreat, hosted by Russian River in late May 2023, Jamie moderated panel discussions before a live audience of attendees and featured brewers. This episode is a recording of one such panel on West Coast–style IPA, featuring Matt Brynildson of Firestone Walker, Ben Edmunds of Breakside, and Sean Lawson of Lawson’s Finest.
Over the course of the discussion, the brewers cover:
- using advanced hop products for more hop punch
- tucking in small amounts of character-building malts
- dry hopping with dosing vessels
- mid-fermentation dry hopping with Cryo hops for less hop creep and more flavor stability
- using the enzyme ALDC to manage hop creep
- top-noting the dry-hop additions with Southern Hemisphere hops
- managing pH when dry hopping
- controlling free amino nitrogen (FAN) content through dry hopping for longevity
And more.
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