[Bike&Brew]

Hello friends,

I've recently brewed 2 all brett IPA's and had drastically different, but great results and now I'm looking to see how I can further experiment with hop profiles.

100% brett IPA #1
5.5 lbs Belgian 2-row
4.5 lbs. Golden Promise
.44 lbs. Cara-vienna
.44 lbs. Wheat Malt
.75oz Centennial @ 60
.1oz Amarillo @ 10
.1oz Amarillo @ 0
.5oz Centennial @ 0
1oz each @ dry hop
Brett Trois (under pitched, lots of esters)

100% brett IPA #2
.8.2 lbs 2-row
.2.5 lbs. Wheat Malt
.44oz Cara-pilz
.44oz Acidulated Malt
.1.5oz Amarillo @ 60
.2.5oz Amarillo @ 15
.2.5oz Amarillo @ 5
.20oz Amarillo @ dry hop

For 100% brett #3, I'm looking to take the hop profile in a different direction. The 1st batch was a more mellow, Belgian profile and the 2nd was full of pineapple like tastes and very bright with some tartness. I'm looking for advice into how I can enhance this version to get a more complex grain/hop bill.

thanks!

[kramerog]

I'm not clear on what you did different between the two batches.  Also I believe the White Labs admitted that Brett Trois is a brewers yeast while Brett Trois vrai is actually Brett.  From your description, it wouldn't surprise me if you used yeast in IPA#1 and Brett in IPA#2.

[reverseapachemaster]

The WL trois is not brett but it isn't regular ol' s. cerevisiae either.

I'm not sure there is a need to make the grist any more complex especially if you are just doing it to make the recipe more complex. You could do a lot with the hop profile. Many IPAs on the market use a combination of several hops (or a lesser number of complex hops like mosaic).

It would make more sense to describe what you want IPA #3 to be than let us throw recipes at you blindly and hope you like one of them.

[Bike&Brew]

Sorry, let me clarify more what I'm after. I really enjoyed the bright, pineapple flavors of one batch, and the well rounded Amarillo/cent. combo of the other. Any recommendations on hop combinations that you've used in all brett batches that have worked great. thanks!

[reverseapachemaster]

Sounds like you would be happy taking recipe #2 and substituting the hop schedule from recipe #1. No need to overcomplicate or get away from what you like.

[kramerog]

You could do what you did before for #2 and use some different hops.  Maybe you could try some tropical type hops to go with the pineapple.

https://www.hopunion.com/aroma-wheel/?aroma=Tropical-Fruit