How to Brew Hazy IPA at Home 🏆 Best Hazy IPA Recipe | EP28 | Hops & Gnarly Home Brewery

Wondering how to brew hazy IPA at home? In this video you'll see how I created a beer design or hazy IPA recipe and turned that into homebrew.
I’ve been on a mission to break down each component of a Hazy IPA, NEIPA, whatever you want to call it by testing best practices and brewing batch after batch. So far I’ve brewed 8 different beers testing everything from water profiles to dry hopping schedules and obsessing over every little detail. Now that I’ve made my way through each of the ingredients in a Hazy IPA I think it’s time we find out if all this effort was worth it.
Now, let’s make some beer.
Recipe: bit.ly/3lWsaOa
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[@HopsANDgnarly]

Download the recipe and experiment for yourself! www.hopsandgnarly.com/merch/Digital-Only-Hazy-IPA-Recipe-Book-p360430803

[@carbonbased7291]

Thanks for the recipe! You got a z-index bug with the sidebar there. :)

[@HopsANDgnarly]

@@carbonbased7291 ruh roh! What browser were you using?

[@carbonbased7291]

@@HopsANDgnarly Firefox

[@africantwin173]

Hmm recipe seems to cost money. Why not just post the complete recipe in text.

[@Joetp]

@@africantwin173 I agree. The spirit of homebrew is open-source and experimentation, not hiding recipes behind paywalls.

[@rustedrootbeer]

Shout-out for getting the tasting notes in the same brew vid.

[@Kveiksmithdaryl]

Loved this series, can’t wait to see what’s next

[@lorenzozucconi8894]

Great series!

[@Louz_Drumz]

This has been my favorite home brew series on yt. Loved it bro!

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Hell yea! Thanks man! 🙏🏼🍻

[@MinnesotaFats]

Same. This dude will blow up quick

[@muffymalonebrewery]

Thanks for sharing your journey. Its been great to watch! 🍻🍻

[@HopsANDgnarly]

My pleasure! Stoked you enjoyed it!

[@familybjornestrand4548]

Awesome final video! Its been enjoyable following the journey. You nailed it.

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks a ton!

[@77transamguy]

I love your content and I’m glad you keep it coming, I’m on a brewing hiatus at the moment but when I get back at it I’m going to try making your hazy. Thanks for doing what you do!!

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Awesome! Cheers 🍻

[@Jango1989]

This was so cool. Really enjoyed seeing you dial in every aspect and really love seeing the tasting in the same video as the brewing! Can't wait for the next style :)

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Thanks 🙏🏼 I’m stoked!

[@LuisRodriguez-kf4ir]

I must admit you are becoming quite the master of hazy IPAs. Love everything from your vids. Video, editing, music, and narration are always on point.

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Thanks dude! That's super nice! 🍻

[@ElementaryBrewingCo]

Great video as usual! Beer looked delicious and good call on pitching both yeasts!

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Thanks man!

[@dlsOHyes]

Great vid man. Love the intro with the opening of the garage door. You’ve inspired me to clean up my garage now. 🧹

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Thanks dude! Hell yea!!

[@JusBrewing]

Awesome video! Had to finally sub after watching a couple, keep it up!

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Thanks for the sub 🙏🏼🍻

[@jeremyfilipenko9754]

Great series! Would like to see more beer style development progression vids!

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Thanks dude!

[@chriskohler4746]

Good lord these beers look wonderful! Would love to try everyone to see the differences as well! You are inspiring me to start doing this myself!

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Thanks! You won't regret it!

[@nathanclause9464]

Love the hop dropper/blowoff setup on the anvil. I’m looking to do something similar with mine. All parts from Amazon? Any issues with hops getting stuck on a smaller butterfly? Love the channel!

[@phillipposillico4526]

@HopsANDgnarly Love the content! Attempting to brew this beer on Sunday. Looking back 2 years, would you recommend the same fermentation/ hopping schedule? I’m thinking about doing first dry hop around the 24 hour fermentation mark and then again on day 3 (this is mostly to work around my travel schedule), but I’m hoping this schedule gives time for the yeast to do it’s job and prevent hop creep. From there I’ll keep an eye on the gravity using my Tilt and soft crash / keg once I reach desired FG. I pretty much modeled my whole brew/ferm setup after yours so curious to see your thoughts on this plan! Is there anything I’m not considering?

[@CascadesHomebrew]

I enjoyed the series. I have learned a lot from focusing on a style and recipe. Also, a focus on avoiding oxidation issues with NEIPA beers has definitely made me a better brewer. You have a pretty nice setup with much higher end equipment than I have...so I chuckle a little each time I see you hand crank your mill. ;)

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Thanks I'm stoked you enjoyed! I like to think the hand crank is enough exercise to justify another beer lol

[@alexhydrummer]

Love watching your testing process! What do you do for work? Your setup is amazing and your knowledge is extensive. I'd love to see the passion you have from a master brewer at a brewery!

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Thanks man! I work in the software industry as a Learning Experience Designer. Man, that'd be the dream!

[@alexhydrummer]

@@HopsANDgnarly cool man! Sounds like an interesting career. I work in Digital Marketing but oh boy being a brewmaster one day would be the ultimate dream!

[@PortlyGentleman]

Damn good looking beer I’m thirsty 🍻

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Thanks Bradley! 🤘🏼🍻

[@helzervlogs9317]

Awesome series man. I’m a huge fan of Imperial yeast for NEIPA’s as well. Would love the recipe for this delicious looking beer if you’re willing to share.

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Thanks man! No problem, just made a nice little hand out 🍻 www.hopsandgnarly.com/merch/Digital-Only-Hazy-IPA-Recipe-Book-p360430803

[@nmoon75]

This was/is a fantastic series man! I really enjoyed watching and learning along with you! Look forward to the next style experimentation!

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Thanks man stoked you like it! 🍻

[@worldofbanner661]

The thought that went into this brew and the video work are truly amazing. Both you guys really inspire me to push my brewing journey even further! Will I be able to find this recipe on your site at some point?

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Thanks, that's super nice! Yep, just made a nice little hand out 🍻 www.hopsandgnarly.com/merch/Digital-Only-Hazy-IPA-Recipe-Book-p360430803

[@worldofbanner661]

@@HopsANDgnarly will have to check it out! Thanks

You are going to be big mate! Well done. I am already looking for the enzyme for hop biotransformation.😁

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Thank you! 🍻

[@Blackoakx2222]

Hey dude, wishing you the best. It’s been a while since you posted!

[@HopsANDgnarly]

There’s a new one from yesterday! 🍻

[@TheApartmentBrewer]

0:48 bet you had a fun day with those lol. I've really been enjoying these videos a lot lately, this beer sounds incredibly good! Great idea with the co-pitch too! This series has been fantastic and it is awesome to see you reach a final product thats the result of all the hard work, trial and error. Congrats!! Whats the next style on the list?

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Hahaha thanks man! It’s been a blast! I sent out a poll a couple weeks ago and it looks like Saison is the next deep dive which couldn’t be more perfect for the warmer weather ahead. Stoked! I’ve been eyeing one of your recipes for next season too! I’ll hit you up on Instagram soon 🍻

[@TheApartmentBrewer]

@@HopsANDgnarly absolutely! Would love to do a collab at some point too. Looking forward to a saison series! I just kegged a brett saison and gonna let it sit for like 3 months

[@HopsANDgnarly]

@@TheApartmentBrewer 🤤 sounds delish

[@ark6brewingco743]

What a journey man!! Loved this series so much... Couple questions for you. What's with the temp probe in your blow off liquid, think it accurately represents your beer temp? Also dry hopping after cold crash is awesome, do you find hop flavor and aroma stick around more in the finished product?

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Hey thanks man! Yea I need to work on some thermowells but the sanitizer helps simulate the wort temp when I increase or decrease the temp. I should do a side by side to test the cold hop but I feel like it's softer and more fresh smelling

[@alejandroguzman5954]

Nice video

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Thank you! 🍻

[@thebird36]

i have a neipa in the near future! love your series as always my man. I 'll let you know what it is! I'm so into drier NEIPA rather than sweetness

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Hell yea! Thanks man!

[@ballparktaco2628]

Hey guys. Great stuff. I’m starting with RO water. Tried to hit you chloride to sulphate in Brewfather. What exact target profile are you looking for ?

[@HopsANDgnarly]

I had calcium 134, magnesium 20, sodium 18, sulfate 150, chloride 200, bicarbonate 26 🤘🏼🍻

[@hubb412]

Home winemaker and newb homebrewer here - when we pitch multiple yeasts in wine to get character from both, we typically pitch them in 2 different fermentation vessels. The thought process (based on reading, not any personal scientific observation) is that one yeast strain will take over and dominate the other, suppressing its characteristics. Might be worth asking your partner at Imperial - I'd be curious what they have to say.

[@HopsANDgnarly]

That's a good point! I think it depends on the type of yeast being used. Imperial actually sells blends of yeasts very similar to what I pitched in this video. Imperial Dry Hop A24 for example is a blend of Barbarian and another strain they call Citrus. Blending on the cold side vs in the fermenter would be an interesting experiment!

[@zippobrand]

Pretty dope setup for brewing! I was just wondering since I'm looking to switch to electric brewing.. what is your mash efficiency when recirculating and not sparging it? Thanks and I really enjoy your channel I've basically bingewatched all your brewing session ahah

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Hey thanks!! I’m usually in the 60s on the Anvil and I build my recipes assuming 65% usually unless it’s a big beer the I assume less. When your whole grain bill is less than 10 lbs I find efficiency doesn’t matter very much

[@SeanPhillips]

Looks awesome. Is your final recipe available somewhere?

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Thanks man! Yep, just made a nice little hand out 🍻 www.hopsandgnarly.com/merch/Digital-Only-Hazy-IPA-Recipe-Book-p360430803

[@SeanPhillips]

Woohoo!

[@itszachdude909]

Where did you get that triclamp lid for the anvil?

[@HopsANDgnarly]

I had some ferrules welded on by a local welder but honestly they didn’t do the best job. I also found a weldless tri clamp bulkhead on Amazon at one point but they’ve been out of stock for a while now. Working on finding a supply and I’ll let everyone know when I find some so stay tuned

[@joshuasantelises7407]

Hey Dan! Hope you are well! Downloaded your recipe and attempted it on my Anvil 5 gal system...not sure what happened but I was a whole 10 points off my gravity. Mashed at 152 for 75 min...And the grain absorption must have been crazy because post mash I was slightly below 6 gallons (starting volume was 7.5)....should I have done a protein rest since the grain bill had some oats? Not sure if flaked oats absorb a ton. Never used oats before 🤷🏼‍♀️ still stoked to taste the beer! Never done a hazy IPA before. OG ended up at 1061 so it should turn out good at 6% ABV

[@HopsANDgnarly]

I wasn’t doing a protein rest but I suppose you could. Do you normally hit 68% efficiency? Did you do the mash out? 10 points is a lot to be missing. Could be a combo of things

[@joshuasantelises7407]

@@HopsANDgnarly yea did the mash out...I guess on average I hit around 64%...full discretion I was sloppy on brew day and spilled a little during recirculating and trying to squeeze the grain to salvage all the oz I could to make up for the massive absorption rate (grain basket dramatically slipped around that fancy rim and dunked back into the wort). Still can’t believe the grains absorbed as much water as they did. Even with the spills I had I don’t know where the half gallon just disappeared. And I squeezed the crap out of the grains to get stuff back. Gonna try the recipe again in the near future and see how a protein rest may help with the oats

[@Zomby__]

Would be groovy to see your process for dialing in a Saison recipe

[@HopsANDgnarly]

I'm stoked to take this on!

[@Fyrwulf]

I would be curious to know what your FG was. I've had dozens of beers from Tree House, Tired Hands, etc and I can't say that I've had an NEIPA that I would describe as dry.

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Same for sure but I’ve definitely had refreshing hazies. These things finish around 1.018-1.020 so my point was I like to balance that with the water profile just a bit more than the conventional recommendation of a 2:1 chloride to sulfate ratio. Thanks for watching 🍻

[@jakebertrand8414]

I've come back to this series multiple times. You add your second round of dry hops at cold crash temp? What's the benefit of that?

[@HopsANDgnarly]

I don’t think it’ll make or break your beer but basically cold and short dry hopping gives you more of the fruity good stuff like linalool and less vegetal grassy stuff

[@jakebertrand8414]

@@HopsANDgnarly interesting. Thanks a lot my dude

[@azerbouf]

Another awesome beer that you'll probably never brew at home.

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Lol I’m not sure I understand. Tons of people brew these at home

[@azerbouf]

@@HopsANDgnarly I meant; nobody has that kinda equipment :)

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Ah gotcha! It’s all about the process man. This would be the exact same with an Anvil Foundry and a carboy. I think that’d be a pretty rad experiment actually

[@azerbouf]

@@HopsANDgnarly

[@nork24]

How much do you have invested in Equipment

[@nicemoraes9681]

Hello, in the recipe, it says "dry hop on day 3 and day 8." Does this mean 24g on day 3 and 24g on day 8, or is it divided?

[@fire6dragon7]

I'm betting it's 24 g on day 3 and another 24g on day 8. Hazy IPA has a ton of hops in the dry hop stage, so that is probably the way you want to go.

[@jakebertrand8414]

I'm trying to build this recipe in brewfather cause it sounds awesome! You mentioned 150ppm sulphate and 200ppm chloride. BF calculates 6.4g calcium chloride, 4.4g epsom salt, and 4.4g gypsum. Does that sound right? Love this series and I can't wait to brew this. Cheers bro

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Yep that sounds right. Mine was slightly different because I was using spring water

[@jakebertrand8414]

@@HopsANDgnarly thanks. I was having trouble figuring out the BF water profile adjustments but I think I got it. I like to start with RO water

[@Louz_Drumz]

you mentioned 22g idaho7, 39g citra eldorado rakau whirlpool with 41g each at both dry hops. but your recipe on your site shows 12g idaho7, 21g citra eldorado rakau whirlpool with 24g each at dry hops. do you remember which amounts are correct? thanks

[@HopsANDgnarly]

I scaled the recipe for a 5 gallon batch so definitely go with the amount shown on the recipe not the vid. I think in the vid I was making something strange like 8 gallons

[@divingernie6947]

Hi Great Video, do you want to share the recipe please ? Greatings from Germany

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Hey there! Yep, just made a nice little hand out 🍻 www.hopsandgnarly.com/merch/Digital-Only-Hazy-IPA-Recipe-Book-p360430803

[@iamteddy87]

Can you share recipe link? :D

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Yep, just made a nice little hand out 🍻 www.hopsandgnarly.com/merch/Digital-Only-Hazy-IPA-Recipe-Book-p360430803

[@iamteddy87]

@@HopsANDgnarly Perfect ty sir!! Love your channel BTW! Keep up the good work! I'd be interested in a similar experiment with Lagers since I love a good Pilsner.

[@benjijohns3615]

Can you do this biab style

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Yep 👍🏼

[@pattyrickington]

Why no sparge?

[@AndrzejMega]

hey. can't enter/chanfge the email address on the checkout. so can't really download the recpie :/

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Thanks for the heads up! That must be why downloads have slowed down so much! I’ll work on it

[@JonFlyTV]

Hope to see you one day syndicated on The Food Network

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Man that'd be fun!

[@brandonm6084]

What is the reason for only 30 min boil?

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Mostly because there isn’t a bittering hop addition and we don’t need that darker melanoidin malt flavor

[@Frank-the-Tank-13]

What was the PH does the ph really matter? I have been told 5.2

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Yea it’s important during the mash I usually shoot for 5.3 and carbonation probably pushes it lower

[@apistosig4173]

plate chiller - sanitisation? hmm, please explain

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Lol doing what I can with what I have

[@MadZer0]

All that fancy equipment and you run rear sealing faucets? Gotta get an upgrade my dude lol

[@HopsANDgnarly]

This is TRUTH!

[@roywhiteo5]

I got burnt out on ipas. now all i want is a red or an amber

[@HopsANDgnarly]

I like mixing in something dry like a saison or pils

[@naka1backbrewery854]

Hook it up with the recipe bruh!

[@HopsANDgnarly]

Just made a nice little hand out 🤙🏼🍻 www.hopsandgnarly.com/merch/Digital-Only-Hazy-IPA-Recipe-Book-p360430803

[@MinnesotaFats]

Cognitive dissonance: A powerful tool!