Mexican Cerveza Style IPA?

[South-bank]

I know the title is a bit of an oxymoron but wondering if anyone has an all grain recipe for a zesty, crisp, light IPA reminiscent of a mexican cerveza?

 

[Clint]

Light ipa you need some pale malt maybe some Munich,Vienna or a bit of crystal..the Mexican one I think has maize. Zesty,crisp...you're in lager territory again maybe. I'd brew a New Zealand pale.

 

[Dorst]

A mexican lager is quite light and crisp because they use a lot of adjunct like flaked maize and use lager yeast. Flaked Maize adds almost nothing but simple sugars which mean that the taste stays neutral and the yeast is able to ferment further down (so dry and crisp).

They have in fact recently started brewing crisper IPA style beers; which they named Cold IPA. They sound quite a lot like what you are looking for: A new style of IPA. Wayfinder and Ecliptic introduce Cold IPA

There are not a whole lot of commercial examples available where I'm from.. but they sound pretty straightforward:
Malts: 80 percent pilsner / 20 percent flaked maize
ABV 6 to 7 percent
Yeast: any lager yeast
Hops: Aim for a hop bill that's about the same as a west coast IPA.

It should be the antithesis of a NEIPA so bitter, crisp, clear, clean.

 

[gyurmaember]

I've done one according this guide, it turned out well
https://beerandbrewing.com/amp/make-your-best-mexican-lager/Not particularly a winter beer.
I've used one of the seasonal mexican lager yeasts, I can't call back who made it. But I'll definitely keep an eye when it'll back in stock, and continue tweaking my recipe.

 

[clib]

I made a partial mash beer along these lines once with a Wilco Mexican Cerveza kit. It was only 1.044 so definitely a session beer, but it turned out much better than I expected, I enjoyed it a lot. I used mainly Citra hops and WLP644 yeast. So not a lager yeast.

Recipes for an AG cerveza go something like:

60% pilsner
20% Vienna
20% flaked maize

Then borrow an IPA hop schedule that uses hops that suit your taste. Decide what abv and IBUs you want.

My limited experience of lager yeast with American hops suggests that the hops get muted. So you may be best to use a clean ale yeast like US05. Maybe others can suggest a lager yeast that doesn't squash the hops.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

My Modelo clone recipe is
22 litres
3700g Lager malt
800g Flaked maize
200g Wheat malt
15g Cascade @60m
18g Willamette @10m
MJ M54 yeast
OG 1046

 

[Slid]

I made a partial mash beer along these lines once with a Wilco Mexican Cerveza kit. It was only 1.044 so definitely a session beer, but it turned out much better than I expected, I enjoyed it a lot. I used mainly Citra hops and WLP644 yeast. So not a lager yeast.

Recipes for an AG cerveza go something like:

60% pilsner
20% Vienna
20% flaked maize

Then borrow an IPA hop schedule that uses hops that suit your taste. Decide what abv and IBUs you want.

My limited experience of lager yeast with American hops suggests that the hops get muted. So you may be best to use a clean ale yeast like US05. Maybe others can suggest a lager yeast that doesn't squash the hops.

Yes indeed! I was going to post something like that but watched Quins vs Saints instead and then got a bit drunk in the meantime.