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Chop & Brew – Episode 16: Wyeast 1217 West Coast IPA

November 21, 2013chopandbrewEPISODESAmerican hops, brewing IPA, chip walton, chop & brew, chop and brew, don osborn, EXP 5256, homebrew, homebrewing, hoppy beer, how to brew hoppy beers, how to brew IPA, How to Make IPA Beer at Home, michael dawson, polaris hops, West Coast IPA, wyeast 12176 Comments

In this Chop & Brew Roundtable episode Chip, DonO and Dawson taste and discuss several IPAs fermented with Wyeast 1217 West Coast IPA (Private Collection strain for Sept-Dec 2013). The conversation focuses on the characteristics and usage of Wyeast 1217, but also includes discussion of the new high-alpha German hop Polaris and American hop EXP