Crosby's Kitchen & CocktailBrewDog vs Cloudwater New England IPA v2

We were so psyched to welcome Paul and the team from Cloudwater back to Ellon that when thoughts turned to the second batch of our collaboration, we decided to push the boat out. For this iteration we have ramped up the malt bill to give an ABV of 8.5% so that the body of the beer really comes through, and to give that pre-requisite balance we have added a third hop to the dry-hop schedule. Alongside Citra and Mosaic we deployed Mandarina Bavaria to give a pithy tangerine element to the aroma. The Vermont yeast and oats leave the beer with that trademark smooth mouthfeel as required by the style, and although the ABV has increased we have retained the bitterness at around 30 IBU to leave that baseline exactly where it should be. There are hints of spice in there too, and the Mosaic provides a slightly tropical edge (we used Mosaic in the whirlpool to carry this through to the final beer). But, above all, this beer is about the stone fruit flavours.