We originally partnered with our good friends at Lallemand to bring you a special promotion - it proved so popular that we sold out so we've decided to keep it going without the free yeast (sorry!).
This recipe is designed to be in keeping with the 2021 BJCP Style guide 21A: American IPA.
Chameleon is a recipe created for The League of Brewers by Jamie McQuillan of Cell Division Brewery. It is built upon the foundations of a classic American (West Coast) IPA, “ a decidedly hoppy and bitter, moderately strong, pale American ale”, but with a couple of twists to showcase both a new hybrid yeast and a new hop variety.
The recipe is built upon a bill of American Ale malt with just a touch of specialty malt to gently support and allow the hops to shine. The beer is fermented with Lallemand’s newly released hybrid yeast, Pomona™ . Among other attributes, Pomona™ possesses an enhanced capacity for the biotransformation of hop terpenes to produce a unique and juicy flavour profile with notes of peach, citrus, and tropical fruits. The arrival of Pomona™ was perfectly timed allowing us to also showcase the newly arrived KrushTM (HBC 586 ) hops from Yakima Chief hops. This new US hop delivers a unique array of citrus, tropical, stone fruit and berry notes which pair beautifully with the much loved Mosaic hops.
Expect a classic West Coast style IPA, clean crisp and firmly bitter with a punchbowl full of delicious new world hop flavours and aromas.
This recipe assumes correct mineral additions for pH calculations, which are not included in the kit. Please purchase these separately.
Our kits are fresh! We assemble the ingredients after you place your order. The grain bill will be milled, unless you tell us in your order comments that you prefer it not to be.
2 Reviews "The League "Chameleon" - American IPA Recipe Kit"
Chameleon Delicious
Dennis8 February 2025
Super fruity delicious, with a nice bitterness at the beginning. All over really good and I will brew it again.
Summer fruit mouthful with a mouth slapping bitterness.
Mike26 January 2025
It is always satisfying when a friend not from the craft beer fraternity enjoys one of your own brews. So extra excited to see the success of the Chameleon with my hop adverse friend.
A dry hopping at high krausen was a first and added, amongst the tropical fruit aromas, the hint of the stone fruit to come. The first swallow produced a lovely sweet mouth full of nectarine/peach which I didn't want to leave. The bitter smack at the end of the second swallow faded as I took another indulgent sniff of the aroma.
At 6.6% abv it's slightly high for my normal taste but ensures I drink it in moderation and have been enjoying it for nearly a month.
My friend's quote, "Wow, I don't normally enjoy this much hop," seemed to sum up the success of Pomona with the exciting new hop, Krush. I can't wait to use Pomona yeast with some of New Zealand's hop stars.
