Galaxy and Centennial IPA

This beer is yet another hoppy IPA, its seems that's all I'm doing these days since I have so many hops in the freezer it makes sense.

This time I am hoping the combination of Galaxy with Centennial with give a nice fruitiness from the Galaxy and some spice from the Centennial.

The brew day was pretty normal I did work out a good way to get a fast transfer to my fermentor from the Grainfather.  Once I chilled my wort down the 80 degrees I turned off the pump, threw in the hops and gave it a big stir to get a 'whirlpool' effect going on.  Left it for 20mins then came back to chill it down further.  Once I got it to the temp I wanted I turned off the pump again, got another 'whirlpool' going and left it for 5 mins.  I then started pumping into the fermentor and it seemed the time letting it settle meant that the hops didn't clog up around the pump filter and the flow was super fast while still being clear.

I changed up the yeast this time moving to the Wyeast 1272 hoping that it would add to the fruity character instead of just relying on the hops.  I have found my beers with 1056 to be a bit one dimensional especially when paired with a basic malt bill.

Recipe:

American IPA

OG 1.061

EBC 10.2

IBU 61

ABV 6.3%

FG 1.012

Fermentables:

4.6kg Gladfield Ale Malt (68%)
1.5kg Maris Otter (22%)

450g Torrified Wheat (7%)

200g Rice Hulls (3%)

Yeast:
Wyeast American Ale II

Mash:

Mashed at 65 degrees C for 60mins

Raised to 75 degrees for 10mins

Boil:
Boiled for 60mins

Hops:
Chinook 30g (13.2AA) 36.4IBU @ 60mins
Centennial 30g (9.8AA) 5.4IBU @ 5mins
Galaxy 30g (15.8AA) 12IBU @ Hopstand for 20mins @ 80 degrees

Centennial 30g (9.8AA) 7.4IBU @ Hopstand for 20mins @ 80 degrees

Galaxy 70g (15.8AA) Dry Hop

Centennial 30g (9.8AA) Dry Hop

Fermentation:
Fermented at 20degrees C for 10 days

This beer turned out very hazy and never cleared up.  You can't really tell in the photo (it was the only one I could find) but it was super murky, not sure why.

It was big, bitter and boozy which was what I was after however I don't think the Chinook hops were the right choice to bitter with.

It was a bit of a love and hate affair with this one as I really had to be in the mood to enjoy it since it was so large on both the bitterness and the booze.

To be honest the hazyness wasn't really something that made me want to drink it either.

Overall this one missed the mark and wasn't really what I was going for.  Next time ditch the Chinook and replace with Columbus while also dialing back the 60 minute addition.  I think the Centennial and Galaxy is a combo worth exploring more.