Dry hopped only once, but rather aggressively with Idaho 7, Loral, Cascade, and a fat dab of Columbus Cryo. Hit HARD on the hot side with Columbus and Michigan Centennial, fermented low and slow and spunded for dat natural carb. Mashed with Riverbend 2-Row and Munich, and Proximity Malt Wheat and Dextrin Malt. We know you’ll be hustlin’ all week for AVL Beer Week, so come unwind with us and dive headfirst into a West Coast IPA extravaganza crafted in collaboration with not one, not two, but a whopping 19 other badass local breweries. So in the effort of staying weird, we wanted to help y’all celebrate AVL Beer Week by highlighting some of our buds in town and a killer local charity while we’re at it. Thanks to the camaraderie we’ve seen in this small lil’ Beer Town USA, we’ve been able to forge many a wild and weird memory here, and we consider ourselves very lucky to be able to continue doing so for a long time to come. Wishing Star is now available in 6-packs of 12oz cans and also as part of our IPA Variety Pack.“The Hustle is Weird” is our effort in making an excuse to gather as many local breweries in one spot as we could (and yes, we bribed them with Hole Doughnuts and free pizza). This crisp, complex, and crushable beer hits just right at any time of day and pairs exceptionally well with all your springtime activities. Jiles: Cold, in a can, on the river, straight to the dome… from the mountains to your mouth. How will you be enjoying Wishing Star this year? The combination of Strata, Centennial, and Mosaic bring dank, resinous, lots of citrus and floral notes, layered beautifully together into a marriage of sweet berry kush and tropical/citrus/floral aromas. Shane: They complement each other so well. We were looking for that strawberry good good and I really love those berry hop notes. Jiles: We got to hand select Strata this year, specifically for this beer. So, this beer is clearly all about the hops! Which varieties did you choose for this recipe? Jiles: Wishing Star is the first beer where all the selecting we’ve done with the hops has really paid off and really showcases the beautiful aromas. Shane: I think Wishing Star brings Highland into a fresh new innovative IPA category. What was the inspiration to design this recipe?Īs brewers that specialize in research and development, a bit like mad scientists, Shane and Jiles are always pushing the envelope to offer something different and exciting in the taproom. An IPL, on the other hand, will have a heavier grist bill, often incorporating a crystal malt, lending bready and cracker-like aromas to balance out the hop bitterness. You want as neutral a grist bill, as neutral a fermentation as possible so that the hop aromas just explode. Shane: A cold IPA is firmer in bitterness, heavier hopped, with little or no malt character to interfere with the hops. You mentioned lager yeast fermented at ale yeast temperature…how is a cold IPA different from an India Pale Lager (IPL)? Clean base, clean fermentation, nothing is muddled in the placement of the hops. Jiles: To me, cold means clean – that’s the simplest way I’ve found to describe it to people. The whole purpose for a lean and clean fermentation is for the west coast bitterness to shine through with no hinderance. You have a clean and lean fermentation, using a lager yeast strain fermented at an ale yeast temperature, and you end up with something beautiful and incredibly dry. It’s a new spin on the west coast IPA where the focus is entirely on the hops. It’s more about building a very flavor-neutral base with your malts and yeast, allowing the hop aromas to really shine through. Now, I love an ice cold beer as much as the next person, but I also love to know the story behind the process and it turns out that “Cold IPA” doesn’t just refer to the temperature of the beer… So, I got together with Shane Cummings and Josh Jiles, the R&D brewers at Highland Brewing, to discuss their newest recipe, Wishing Star Cold IPA, and give us some insight into the hottest (or dare I say coolest) new beer craze out in the market.Īs it turns out, the use of the word “cold” is not about the temperature of the beer, or even about the temperature of the fermentation. But fear not, because a new and exciting trend is emerging on the brew scene – the Cold IPA. Love IPAs but looking for something different? If you’re a hop-head like me, you’ve worked through the west coasts, had all the haziest hazy ipas, and bade farewell to the brut. Highland’s Sensory & Beer Education Specialist
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