346: 12 West Finds Success in Simplicity with West Coast Pils and IPA

Mesa and Gilbert, Arizona’s 12 West may be one of the coolest “home breweries” in the United States. The location, in the 6000 square foot luxury garage behind one of the founders’ homes, with roll up doors that open to a patio with a swimming pool, and skate ramps with a moto track in the distance, is unusual to say the least. But the beer that head brewer/co-owner Justin “Gully” Gullickson and assistant brewer Andrew Cooper are making to feed the two brewery taproom locations is as compelling as it is consistent.

In this episode, they discuss their best-in-beer-winning West Coast pils, Radial Spines, as well as their high-scoring IPAs, and along the way they touch on:

• blending West Coast IPA and pils grists for West Coast pils
• setting up successful lager fermentations with a single infusion mash
• whirlpooling with cryo hops
• dry hopping cold for extended periods with cryo hops
• staggering hop blend percentages between the hot and cold side, based on individual hop characteristics
• grounding new school hop flavors with old school classics
• brewing IPA with gummy sharks

And more.

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