309: Firestone Walker, Lawsons, and Breakside Discuss Brewing Modern West Coast-Style IPAs at the Brewer's Retreat

As part of the recent Craft Beer & Brewing Brewer’s Retreat, hosted by Russian River in late May 2023, Jamie moderated panel discussions before a live audience of attendees and featured brewers. This episode is a recording of one such panel on West coast-style IPA, featuring Matt Brynildson of Firestone Walker, Ben Edmunds of Breakside, and Sean Lawson of Lawson’s Finest.

Over the course of the discussion, the brewers cover:

• using advanced hop products for more hop punch
• tucking in small amounts of character-building malts
• dry hopping with dosing vessels
• mid-fermentation dry hopping with cryo hops for less hop creep and more flavor stability
• using ALDC to manage hop creep
• top noting in the dry hop with Southern hemisphere hops
• managing pH in dry hopping
• controlling FAN through dry hopping for longevity

And more.

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