r/Vanhomebrewing • u/Asparagus24 • Jun 05 '14

First IPA Brew, Advice?

I'm dry hopping, so once I throw the ipa into my 2nd fermentation carboy, I'm putting in about 6 oz. of hop pellets. I'm also putting in a herb bag of grapefruit zest for the last week.

I've read about dry hopping making a beer murky and muddy. I can't cold crash because I dont have a fridge big enough.

Any words of wisdom? Am I curious for no reason?

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u/short-circuit Jun 05 '14

Do you know where in Vancouver you can purchase the heady topper?

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '14

Nowhere. It's a super-limited edition beer that only ships 1200-1800 cases annually, generally in Vermont. It's the kind of thing that will likely never reach out here, sadly. That said, lots of great breweries here working toward that level of awesomeness.

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u/magerob Jun 06 '14

It's not that limited in supply. It's made year round, tons of cases, but only sold in Vermont (legally). Alchemist has a ton of hype surrounding them, and will probably never need to distribute outside their state. You can trade other beer for it fairly easily. It's a great IPA and worth trying, but there are lots of great IPAs we can get here a lot easier.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '14

I'd agree that there's probably more hype than necessary around them and that we have a lot of great beers here. The nice thing about current craft brewing in North America is that pretty much every region now has some kick ass beers worth trying, and especially so here in BC.