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Appearance

Golden/orange/light honey color, light haze. Stiff white head that dissipates slowly.

Aroma

Stone fruit, melon, pineapple, berry, light spice, sweet malt, oaty, crisp.

Mouthfeel

Medium mouthfeel, light body, but a little creamy, nice crispy carbonation.

Taste

Starts with light sweet malt and oat flavors, then washes with tropical, fruity, and lightly dank hop flavor. There’s a tiny hint of spice and it finishes with light clean bitterness that doesn’t linger.

Notes

I’m really digging this beer, and I <3 enigma hops. It drinks really clean, like a pale ale, and it has great aroma and mouthfeel. This beer could work with other hops as well. The oats add a nice mouthfeel and flavor and It’s supremely drinkable. It cleared quite a bit in the keg, but the flavors were stable for the life of the keg.

Check the recipe here.

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I love enigma hops. Enigma hops are an Australian variety that are descendants of the Swiss Tettnang hop. Their descriptors are “pinot gris, raspberries, red currant, and light tropical fruit.” In the hop spectrum, they’re heavy on the fruit and they’re close to galaxy and vic secret, but lean more toward spice (see pic).

I had my first taste when I got my hands on a fresh can of Other Half‘s Enigma IPA. I loved how the hops were a little spicy, but also really fruity, tropical, and slightly dank. I was then on the search to get some of these hops. At that time, they weren’t easy to get, but I kept searching. I then got my hands on Other Half’s DDH All Enigma Everything and that really showcased the hops juiciness and fruitiness and I was even further hooked! Once I was finally able to get some Enigma hops I brewed an all Enigma IPA and it was bomb. Later I brewed Enigmanilla, with all enigma hops. Now on to the Enigma Oat Coat.

This beer has a simple base of Pale Ale malt and Fawcett Oat malt. I love brewing with oats, and now that I can regularly get oat malt, I’ve been using it quite a bit. I feel it gives the beer a distinct “oat” flavor and does wonders for head retention and body. Hopped exclusively with enigma hops, this has all the fruity, lightly spicy goodness. Check the recipe!

Enigma Oat Coat

Batch Size	Boil Time	IBU	SRM	Est. OG	Est. FG	ABV
3 gal	60 min	40 IBUs	5.94 SRM	1.060	1.015	5.87 %

Fermentables

Name	Amount	%
American Pale malt	5 lbs	66.7
Fawcett Oat malt	2.5 lbs	33.3

Hops

Name	Amount	Time	Use	Form	Alpha %
Enigma	2.5 g	60 min	Boil	pellet	17.8
Enigma	.5 oz	5 min	Boil	pellet	17.8
Enigma	.5 oz	0 min	Flamemout	pellet	17.8
Enigma	.5 oz	20 min	Whirlpool 150°F	pellet	17.8
Enigma	.5 oz	14 days	Dry hop	pellet	17.8
Enigma	1 oz	7 days	Dry hop	pellet	17.8
Enigma	.5 oz	N/A	Keg hop	pellet	17.8

Yeast

Name	Lab	Attenuation	Temperature
1318 London III slurry (3rd gen)	Wyeast	71-75%	64°F-74°F

Mash

Step	Temperature	Time
Mash	150°F	60 min

Water

Calcium	Magnesium	Sodium	Chloride	Sulfate
104	2	14	111	70

Fermentation

Step	Time	Temperature
Primary	18 days	Ambient (~68)

Notes

Brewed: 12/4/18 | OG:1.052 | FG: 1.005 | ABV: 6.2%

Water: Minneapolis tap water| campden, 1 g gypsum, 2 g calc chloride to mash

70% efficiency | whirfloc/yeast nutrient @15

Got horrible efficiency due to crush, FG was abnormally low for this yeast, time for a new generation.

Tasting notes to follow.

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