Flowery IPA

[TomR]

I've been drinking some session ipa which have a really nice flowery fruity kind of flavour. Just wondering how to achieve a flavour like this?
Thanks Tom

 

[An Ankoù]

I've been drinking some session ipa which have a really nice flowery fruity kind of flavour. Just wondering how to achieve a flavour like this?
Thanks Tom

Hey Tom, sounds nice, but help us out here. Was it a commercial beer? If so which one? Or was it a home-brew; any recipe details?
"Fruity" runs the whole gamut between lime and lychee, on the one hand, to prune juice on the other, on my scale.

 

[TomR]

Hi. It was commercial don't know the brewery and was called session ipa.
I was just wondering if there were any tips on getting that kind of summer flowery kind of flavour.
Sorry not very specific...

 

[Sadfield]

For floral aromas, you are probably looking at Centennial Hops, paired with something like Loral, Amarillo, Cascade or Ahtanum.

Another option, would be to use Elderflowers, although it's a bit early for them.

 

[An Ankoù]

For floral aromas, you are probably looking a Centennial Hops, paired with something like Loral, Amarillo, Cascade or Ahtanum.

Another option, would be to use Elderflowers, although it's a bit early for them.

That's a good idea. I would recommend dried elderflowers as wild ones can be quite variable, even catty.

 

[Cwrw666]

Just to be boring - I find I get a lovely fresh floral aroma just from Goldings hops. Fades fairly quickly though, not that beer in my house ever gets to a great age...

 

[Mavroz]

As someone has already mentioned, i brewed a Golden Ale last Autumn with Dried Elderflowers in it and that was very floral and full of flavour.

 

[TomR]

Can I ask when do you put the flowers in?

 

[Sadfield]

Last 5 minutes of the boil, is the way I do it at around 1.5g per litre.

 

[Mavroz]

Yes towards the end of the boil, mine was probably last 10 to 15 minutes and I used 20 grams of dried elders.

 

[kelper]

20 grams of dried elders.

I hope you mean flowers and not defunct relatives?

 

[Sadfield]

I hope you mean flowers and not defunct relatives?

They can get quite catty.

 

[Mavroz]

Haha, yes definitely the flowers.... Hopefully.

 

[Justin Dean]

Flowers IPA... lovely stuff
http://beersmithrecipes.com/viewrecipe/503988/flowers-ipa-

 

[jceg316]

I've found Boadicea and Calypso to be quite floral.

 

[Hoppyland]

Don't forget that "fruity" can also come from the yeast. An aromatic hop together with a high-ester yeast could easily be described as "flowery, fruity" in the final beer.