Steam IPA ?

[Goose]

This is not something I read too much about though would seem a logical extension to the common "Steam Beer" or "Steam Ale".

Has anybody given it a try ? Wondering about head retention as my experience with steam beers is that head retention resembles a lager (ie seems less than an ale) otherwise I would never tell that the beer had been brewed with a lager instead of an ale yeast.

I was thinking of giving it a go atop the cake after my current S-189 lager batch has completed.

 

[sponge]

What next - white, black and belgian IPAs? h34r:

 

[Dan Pratt]

fermenting the IPA on lager yeast will only be considered ' steam ' if the temp is in the ale temps eg 15-23.

Id suggest you ferment the IPA on ther lager yeast, but at Lager temps.....making its an IPL ( India Pale Lager )

Its becoming a new thing ofcourse on the US and it brings a different finish beer v's the ale fermented IPA.

I think murphy dans have the Hoppy Lager from Sierra available which is an example of the style IPL.

 

[indica86]

Hoppy Lagers are lovely, that Sierra Nevada one is quite nice.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

What next - white, black and belgian IPAs? h34r:

Dont worry. Give it another 30secs and the BJCP will have created a style guideline for it