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first shot at an IPA recipe... tell me what you think!
Style: 7. India Pale Ale
Method: Extract
O.G. 1.073
T.G. 1.018
Alc % 7.1
I.B.U. 88.2
S.R.M. 8.3
Ingredients:
6.6 lbs Light Malt Extract Syrup (EXTRACT)
2 lbs Light Dry Malt Extract (EXTRACT)
0.75 lbs Corn Sugar (EXTRACT)
0.25 lbs Crystal 120L (STEEP)
0.25 lbs Wheat Malt (STEEP)
1 oz Chinook 11% BOIL 60 minutes
1 oz Chinook 11% BOIL 45 minutes
1 oz Chinook 11% BOIL 30 minutes
2 oz Kent-Goldings 4% BOIL 15 minutes
2 oz Fuggles 4.5% FINISHING 5 minutes
0.25 oz Fuggles 4.5% DRY in keg
1 tsp Irish Moss
1 pkg Wyeast 1028 London Ale
Boil Time: 60 minutes
SUDS Recipe/Batch Repor4/7/2007 11:31:46 AM
Sounds like a good English IPA recipe, I make an American IPA with Warrior, Simcoe, and Palisade in the boil and Amarrilo, Simcoe, and Glacier for dry hopping.
Looks good. Your balance will definitely be slanted towards the hops with almost 90 IBUs and only 7% alcohol. It also looks like you are mixing American and English hops, could be fun. Chinook is one my least favorite hops, but at the same time I love me some Arrogant Bastard, which uses a ton of the stuff. So you should get a pretty bitter beer with an earthy aroma from the Fuggles, hopefully you aren't looking for that citrus/floral kick out of the dry hops.
So it looks like a good recipe, but I guess I'd have to ask what you are looking to get out of this beer?
DT
I thought it might be pretty slanted.. my first run through brought me at almost one hundred IBUS so I changed arounf the boil times. I'll just tweak the amounts. I usually don't brew until I get to my 3rd or 4th draft at least so any imput is greatly appreciated.
I've never used chinook to be honest but when looking around IPA recipes I came up on what looked to be a really good one that won several awards that used them..
I put the fuggles in there for the aroma, but what would be a good hop to throw in for citrusy smells? an american one I'm assuming.
What I want out of it... I think you've nailed it. I can't decide if I wanted a more american style or english style... I like both but I suppose for abeer that's probably going to be costly I should pick one and stick to style (at least this time)
Alright guys, thanks for all the help so far. I've made up my mind and decided to go with a more american IPA, and not try and experiment with mixing the styles.
I stuck with just cascade and centennial hops for the floral/citrusy charictaristics (I LOVE the smell and hop flavor in Sierra Nevada), changed the boil times, and changed around the grain bill too.
7.4% and about 57 IBUs seem a little more balanced?
Style: 7. India Pale Ale
Method: Extract
Recipe
O.G. 1.076
T.G. 1.019
Alc % 7.4
I.B.U. 56.6
S.R.M. 11
Ingredients:
6.6 lbs Light Malt Extract Syrup (EXTRACT)
2 lbs Light Dry Malt Extract (EXTRACT)
1 lbs Corn Sugar (EXTRACT)
0.5 lbs Crystal 120L (STEEP)
0.5 lbs Cara-Pils Dextrine (STEEP)
1.25 oz Centennial 10.5% BOIL 60 minutes
0.5 oz Cascade 5.5% BOIL 50 minutes
0.5 oz Centennial 10.5% BOIL 45 minutes
0.5 oz Cascade 5.5% BOIL 40 minutes
0.5 oz Centennial 10.5% BOIL 35 minutes
0.25 oz Cascade 5.5% BOIL 20 minutes
0.25 oz Centennial 10.5% BOIL 15 minutes
0.25 oz Cascade 5.5% BOIL 15 minutes
0.25 oz Centennial 10.5% FINISHING 5 minutes
0.25 oz Cascade 5.5% FINISHING 5 minutes
0.25 oz Centennial 10.5% DRY 0 minutes
0.25 oz Cascade 5.5% DRY 0 minutes
1 tsp Irish Moss
1 tsp Gypsum
1 pkg Wyeast 1028 London Ale
Boil Time: 60 minutes
BrewTown_Bill wrote:
Ingredients:
6.6 lbs Light Malt Extract Syrup (EXTRACT)
2 lbs Light Dry Malt Extract (EXTRACT)
1 lbs Corn Sugar (EXTRACT)
0.5 lbs Crystal 120L (STEEP)
0.5 lbs Cara-Pils Dextrine (STEEP)
1.25 oz Centennial 10.5% BOIL 60 minutes
0.5 oz Cascade 5.5% BOIL 50 minutes
0.5 oz Centennial 10.5% BOIL 45 minutes
0.5 oz Cascade 5.5% BOIL 40 minutes
0.5 oz Centennial 10.5% BOIL 35 minutes
0.25 oz Cascade 5.5% BOIL 20 minutes
0.25 oz Centennial 10.5% BOIL 15 minutes
0.25 oz Cascade 5.5% BOIL 15 minutes
0.25 oz Centennial 10.5% FINISHING 5 minutes
0.25 oz Cascade 5.5% FINISHING 5 minutes
0.25 oz Centennial 10.5% DRY 0 minutes
0.25 oz Cascade 5.5% DRY 0 minutes
1 tsp Irish Moss
1 tsp Gypsum
1 pkg Wyeast 1028 London Ale
Boil Time: 60 minutes
ok.. so being new to this profession...er... hobby.. do you boil all teh ingredients together or how is it set up? i'm reading the joy of homebrewing right now so if its in there and ill eventually get to it (im in the hops section now) i apologize.
Is the pound of corn sugar for bottling or are you just throwing it in there to add alcohol? The corn sugar will only give you more alcohol and no real flavor, other than possibly making the beer a little thinner. I'd drop that and keep the hops just how you got it. Should make a mighty fine IPA!
DT
I threw it in the drive up the alcohol a little. I was shooting for a pretty strong IPA and thought more DME would make it too sweet. thoughts? By the way, thanks for all the help thus far, it's much appreciated.
BrewTown_Bill wrote:
I threw it in the drive up the alcohol a little. I was shooting for a pretty strong IPA and thought more DME would make it too sweet. thoughts? By the way, thanks for all the help thus far, it's much appreciated.
That's cool, if you just want higher alcohol, then go for it. It will definitely give you a little boost. Now if you are going for that higher alcohol...you are kind of pushing towards a IIPA, just so you know. You might bump up your IBUs another 10-15 units. I like to go for a pretty even 1:1 ratio of OG:IBUs. So if you're going to have a 1076 OG, something in the range of 70-75 IBUs. Obviously not a steadfast rule, but it's worked pretty flawless for me when I've chosen to enforce it, ha. Although getting over 100 IBUs can make for a big beer following the rule, haha.
If you bumped up your 60 minute Centennial addition to 1.5oz. I think you'd be a little more balanced. Just remember, from about 60 down to 30 minutes you are really only getting bitterness. After that you start to get more flavor and then below the 15 minute mark you're going for aroma. The lines can get blurred pretty easily though. If you want a super hoppy beer with a lot of flavor and aroma, then you do a lot of late hopping. So from say 30 minutes down to flame out, you might put hops in every 5 minutes. You have to use more hops to reach your bitterness levels, but you'll be pulling more flavor and aroma out of them. As an example, here's the hop bill from my last IPA:
Simcoe 0.50 oz, pellet, 45 minutes
Amarillo 0.50 oz, pellet, 45 minutes
Centennial 0.50 oz, pellet, 45 minutes
Simcoe 0.33 oz, pellet, 15 minutes
Amarillo 0.33 oz, pellet, 15 minutes
Centennial 0.33 oz, pellet, 15 minutes
Simcoe 0.33 oz, pellet, 10 minutes
Amarillo 0.33 oz, pellet, 10 minutes
Centennial 0.33 oz, pellet, 10 minutes
Simcoe 0.33 oz, pellet, 5 minutes
Amarillo 0.33 oz, pellet, 5 minutes
Centennial 0.33 oz, pellet, 5 minutes
Simcoe 0.33 oz, pellet, 0 minutes
Amarillo 0.33 oz, pellet, 0 minutes
Centennial 0.33 oz, pellet, 0 minutes
Centennial 1.00 oz, whole, dry hop
Simcoe 1.00 oz, whole, dry hop
That utilizes my SAC blend (Simcoe, Amarillo, Centennial). This was around a 6.5% beer with about 65 IBUs, doing a full boil and using pellets (except for the dry hops). I just kegged this over the weekend and it's a great IPA, tons of flavor and aroma, but the Gambrinus Honey Malt I used lends a really great sweetness to help balance it out.
So yea, your recipe looks good to me! Might add just a tad more bitterness, but it looks good overall. Should make for a mighty fine drinking IPA, albeit one that might give you an invisible kick in the pants, ha.
DT
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