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Recipe: Kros Strain Fairy Nectar

This Citra- and Mosaic-powered hazy IPA is the popular flagship from Kros Strain in La Vista, Nebraska. See the notes below for how to adjust for the DDH version.

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Recipe: Kros Strain Fairy Nectar

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The double-dry-hopped version of this beer (see the Brewer’s Notes below) also won silver at the Great American Beer Festival in 2018 and became one of our Best 20 Beers in 2023 at Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine®.

For more from Kros Strain, check out the recipe for their Batch 625 saison—which also landed in our Best 20 Beers in 2021—as well as Podcast Episode 183: For Bobby Kros of Kros Strain, Innovation and Tradition Go Hand in Hand.

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Batch size: 5 gallons (19 liters)
Brewhouse efficiency: 72%
OG: 1.064 (15.7°P)
FG: 1.017 (4.3°P)
IBUs: 25
ABV: 6.2%

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