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

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

Get the Acorn American IPA

Instead of reprinting the recipe for Get the Acorn American IPA here, Chop & Brew would like you to visit the original post from Michael Dawson’s The Beer Engine Blog. http://thebeerengineblog.com/2013/10/18/brew-day-get-the-acorn/ **Note: Wyeast 1217 West Coast IPA is currently a Private Collection strain for Sept-Dec 2013. If not available when you brew this beer, Dawson

Teutonic Chronic German IPA

Instead of reprinting the recipe for Teutonic Chronic German IPA here, Chop & Brew would like you to visit the original post from Michael Dawson’s The Beer Engine Blog. http://thebeerengineblog.com/2013/10/01/german-ipa-polaris-1217-process-self-righteousness-must-be-an-october-brew-day/ **Note: Wyeast 1217 West Coast IPA is currently a Private Collection strain for Sept-Dec 2013. If not available when you brew this beer, Dawson suggests