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Matt
Charter Member
Normal, IL
341 Posts


Hey guys!

In case you haven't seen the post, /u/DrNafario posted a bunch of tips for brewing better IPAs. By no means do I think it is definitive, but it is awesome and well-thought out content. I'm putting the link here so that it exists somewhere a little more permanent! 







Posted 34 days ago.

homebrewdad
Charter Member
Birmingham, AL
2480 Posts


Hi Matt!

It's great content, no doubt.  In fact, he and I are talking; he's submitting it as an article here.  




Posted 34 days ago.

Matt
Charter Member
Normal, IL
341 Posts


Fantastic, as long as it has a more permanent home. This is a great model for what I'd eventually like to do with RIS and Barleywine, I like the idea of people really nailing down how they go about certain styles. 



Posted 34 days ago.

homebrewdad
Charter Member
Birmingham, AL
2480 Posts


I agree.  In fact, Matt, I was thinking of you on this - I'd love to have you do up a big beer guide like this.



Posted 34 days ago.

Matt
Charter Member
Normal, IL
341 Posts


That's the plan. I have a six part series planned already, and you read the draft article. That HBT article is about 2300 words now. I just finished the blog article for one section, and it is 2500 words. So once all the posts are finished, I'm going to throw them together via a primer and have that resource available. More than happy to cross-post one or two of the articles to homebrewdad, or even do an extended version of the HBT to be condensed but still a bit more technical.



Posted 34 days ago.

homebrewdad
Charter Member
Birmingham, AL
2480 Posts


Whatever you feel comfortable doing.  No matter what, please be sure to link your articles from the forum every time you create one, and feel free to link them any time they are pertinent to a conversation.



Posted 34 days ago.

rayfound
Charter Member
Riverside, CA
313 Posts


I was very turned off by the tone of it, honestly. It seems overly prescriptive.



Posted 34 days ago.

Matt
Charter Member
Normal, IL
341 Posts


After your comment Ray, I decided to re-read it a bit. Most of the information I'm good with, but that may be because I don't have a ton of experience with IPAs, nor do I intended to. 

So, after my reading, I see how it can be prescriptive rather than tips, especially the bits about staggered dry hop additions and using <5% crystal malt, I'd have to disagree with both of those in most cases. Not that I don't think a staggered hop addition would work, but I don't see it as necessarily improving the beer. 

And absolutely Olan, no problem. Did you have something different in mind? I'd be happy to post them here instead, or the full articles here or full primer here, absolutely alright with that. As you know, I'm more about good info for the community anyways. 




Posted 34 days ago.

rdc4687
Charlotte, NC
9 Posts


I just wanted to share what worked for me.  It is not the end all, be all of making beers or IPA's, just my experience.  But thank you for the input.  I look forward to reading something like this from one of you.  After all, this is the way we all perfect our craft!



Posted 34 days ago.

rayfound
Charter Member
Riverside, CA
313 Posts


I didn't mean anything was wrong , per se, with what you presented, more with how it was conveyed... Opinions presented as facts or heuristics. The fact that I agreed with most of it, lessened the blow, but I'm also in the midst of a crisis of certainty of sorts:





Posted 34 days ago.

homebrewdad
Charter Member
Birmingham, AL
2480 Posts


Ray, that was superb.  Tell me again why you don't have your own blog?



Posted 34 days ago.

skunkfunk
OKC, OK
38 Posts


Ray, I for one thought this was a great article for the brewers like me who just want a good method for making an IPA. I don't have the energy to experiment a bunch with a recipe, I want it good now. Whether or not everything he "prescribes" is correct, it will most likely make my beer better, so count me a fan.

Best practices in ALL fields change over time, not just in brewing. Always question what you're doing and why, but realize that you can't ever be perfect. Do the best you can and move along down the road. Nothing wrong with helping others use current best practices just because you don't know firsthand what the "perfect" method will be. I wouldn't go make fun of anybody saying "you have to secondary" 10 years ago - John Palmer is by no means a fool and he recommended it in How to Brew. That book helped FAR more than it hurt.




Posted 34 days ago.
Edited 34 days ago by skunkfunk

homebrewdad
Charter Member
Birmingham, AL
2480 Posts


Also, just as an aside - the IPA article is now live on the front page of our site here.  :)



Posted 34 days ago.

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