GUEST BLOG—By
Jason Stockberger, Head Brewer, Mike Hess Brewing Company, San Diego CA.
“Seven years ago, Mike Hess was
trying to convince his mother to try an IPA over her preferred stout. In an
effort to persuade her, he suggested thinking of an IPA as carbonated
grapefruit juice, and lo and behold, she is now an IPA enthusiast.
Fast-forward to the summer of 2015 when Mike was solicited by a local
business to create a specialty craft beer and it dawned on him he could create
a grapefruit IPA using his flagship Solis recipe and adding fresh grapefruit
from the backyard of his home in La Mesa. After picking hundreds of grapefruits
from his tree with his children, Mike and his family hand-zested and squeezed
the grapefruit to add to Solis #46.
After perfecting the recipe, Grapefruit Solis was added to Mike Hess
Brewing’s menu as a flagship beer using a combination of Nugget, Cascade and
Citra hops with two-row, melanoidin and Vienna malts. Grapefruit Solis takes
the best out of a traditional San Diego IPA and combines it with a well-rounded
flavor profile brought out by the citrus in the grapefruit. This recipe is the
perfect example of fruit-infused beer.
We pack our hop-back with grapefruit zest just before fermentation and
then, prior to packaging, we add in a dose of real grapefruit juice, doubling
down for flavor-town. Light in color and dry in taste, this beer has a subtle
malt component and a clean yeast profile. It’s like getting sacked in the face
with a bag of grapefruit.”
Source: WestCoastersd.com
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