506: Off Script and Milieu Take Parallel But Contrasting Paths to Popular Hazy IPAs

Denver's Off Script has built a rabid fanbase of hazy IPA drinkers who line up for can releases and special draft events like it's 2015 again, and founder Ryan Taylor has done it by focusing tightly on plush and saturated hazy IPAs. But he brews the beer themselves at Aurora, Colorado's Milieu Fermentation, where cofounder Rob Bessett also makes some high-scoring hazy IPAs of his own. Together in this episode, the pair discuss the ways the IPAs they brew are similar, as well as different, despite following a common path toward a similar end goal.

In this episode, Bessett and Taylor discuss:

using a high percentage of (primarily) malted oats to amplify body

low color malts that have worked well in hazy IPA

varying water chemistry between the brands for altered expressions

keeping hop matter out of the kettle before the whirlpool

aggressively whirlpooling for better haze stability

focusing on T-90 hops rather than cryo

using flowable hop products at knockout

blending yeast strains and intentionally stressing yeast for better ester production

top noting aroma with hop oil

blending bold and characterful hops