300: Direct Fire! West Coast IPA Now, Revisited
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To celebrate this milestone\\u2014the 300th episode of the Craft Beer & Brewing Podcast\\u2014we reassembled three leading voices in West coast IPA to discuss questions spurred on by the original panel discussion, and this time they answered your audio questions, Direct Fire!-style. Kelsey McNair of North Park in San Diego, Evan Price of Green Cheek in Orange and Costa Mesa, and Vinnie Cilurzo of Russian River in Santa Rosa and Windsor dive back into of one their and your favorite subjects\\u2014brewing West Coast IPA\\u2014and answer your questions along the way.
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- further research into the way that thin and thick mashes impact attenuation \\n
- balancing beers in a way that pleases both competition judges and customers \\n
- techniques to speed up and control hop creep \\n
- more benefits of \\u201cshaving the cone\\u201d early in fermentation \\n
- timing dry hopping to eliminate acetaldehyde \\n
- hop variety-specific changes to dry hopping regimens \\n
- hop pellet density \\n
- reducing dissolved oxygen through the cold side process \\n
- Evan\\u2019s hot take on Centennial \\n
- achieving consistency in hop selection \\n
- layering T-90 pellets with advanced hop products \\n
- cool pooling whirlpool times and temperatures \\n
- using hop extracts for buttering \\n
And more.
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