American IPA Style (Northwest)
Balanced salts
Blackberry Lives Matter - IPA with fresh hops
Water. Start with as soft a water as possible. Cl 230, SO4 10, Na 50, Ca <100. pH. Mash 5.2-5.3 at 20 degrees C. Pre-boil 5-5.1 post boil 4.9-5.05 sparge 5.5-6 post ferment 4.3 post dry hop 4.5-4.8 Do not hunt for biotransformation, wait for the ferment to finish, make sure it passes a forced diacetyl test, soft crash to 15 and then dry hop. You will avoid hop creep this way.
15 min boil, try to ferment cool actual OG: 1.054, 3.5 gallon mash, 3.5 gallon steep, short boil Bad hop burn after kegging with only 3 days of Sabro.