AG#12 - HoppyIPA

Any critique is appreciated on this... I'm trying some more expensive yeast for a change and hopefully a less "yeasty" yeast, and also I'll be trying my new Igloo coolbox mashtun!


HoppyIPA
English IPA

Recipe Specs
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Batch Size (L): 23.0
Total Grain (kg): 5.300
Total Hops (g): 120.00
Original Gravity (OG): 1.054 (°P): 13.3
Final Gravity (FG): 1.014 (°P): 3.6
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 5.31 %
Colour (SRM): 8.9 (EBC): 17.5
Bitterness (IBU): 55.1 (Average)
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 75
Boil Time (Minutes): 60

Grain Bill
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4.000 kg Golden Promise Malt (75.47%)
1.000 kg Munich I (18.87%)
0.300 kg Crystal 60 (5.66%)

Hop Bill
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10.0 g Cascade Pellet (7.8% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil) (0.4 g/L)
10.0 g Magnum Leaf (12.5% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil) (0.4 g/L)
10.0 g Northern Brewer Pellet (9.6% Alpha) @ 45 Minutes (Boil) (0.4 g/L)
10.0 g Cascade Pellet (7.8% Alpha) @ 30 Minutes (Boil) (0.4 g/L)
10.0 g Northern Brewer Pellet (9.6% Alpha) @ 30 Minutes (Boil) (0.4 g/L)
10.0 g Cascade Pellet (7.8% Alpha) @ 15 Minutes (Boil) (0.4 g/L)
10.0 g Northern Brewer Pellet (9.6% Alpha) @ 15 Minutes (Boil) (0.4 g/L)
50.0 g Cascade Pellet (7.8% Alpha) @ 0 Minutes (Boil) (2.2 g/L)

Misc Bill
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5.0 g Irish Moss @ 15 Minutes (Boil)

Single step Infusion at 66°C for 60 Minutes.
Fermented at 20°C with Wyeast 1056 - American Ale


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Looks pretty good. Just a few thoughts:-

- Is Cascade best used at 60 and 30 minutes? I would move that them closer to the end of the boil and push the Northern Brewer earlier in the boil to make up the IBUs.
- 1056 is the chico strain which is the same as Fermentis US-05 dry yeast (if you want to save money)
- Dry hop! If you enjoy hop aroma then you probably want at least a small addition of dry hops...

Good luck and have fun

Thanks for the feedback - How about this? I may also throw some other hops in too - I'll see what I have.

Didn't know it was the same yeast - already bought it! I've found the US-05 a bit nutty in taste and after a few weeks of conditioning the yeast overpowers the malts and hops.



HoppyIPA
English IPA

Recipe Specs
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Batch Size (L): 23.0
Total Grain (kg): 5.300
Total Hops (g): 145.00
Original Gravity (OG): 1.054 (°P): 13.3
Final Gravity (FG): 1.014 (°P): 3.6
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 5.31 %
Colour (SRM): 8.9 (EBC): 17.5
Bitterness (IBU): 57.1 (Average)
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 75
Boil Time (Minutes): 60

Grain Bill
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4.000 kg Golden Promise Malt (75.47%)
1.000 kg Munich I (18.87%)
0.300 kg Crystal 60 (5.66%)

Hop Bill
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15.0 g Magnum Leaf (12.5% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil) (0.7 g/L)
10.0 g Northern Brewer Pellet (9.6% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil) (0.4 g/L)
10.0 g Northern Brewer Pellet (9.6% Alpha) @ 45 Minutes (Boil) (0.4 g/L)
10.0 g Northern Brewer Pellet (9.6% Alpha) @ 30 Minutes (Boil) (0.4 g/L)
20.0 g Cascade Pellet (7.8% Alpha) @ 15 Minutes (Boil) (0.9 g/L)
50.0 g Cascade Pellet (7.8% Alpha) @ 0 Minutes (Aroma) (2.2 g/L)
30.0 g Cascade Pellet (7.8% Alpha) @ 0 Days (Dry Hop) (1.3 g/L)

Misc Bill
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5.0 g Irish Moss @ 15 Minutes (Boil)

Single step Infusion at 66°C for 60 Minutes.
Fermented at 20°C with Wyeast 1056 - American Ale


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I ferment at 18 degrees with us 05 and found it works well. You need to be a bit carefull when pouring when its first in bottles so the yeast doesn't end up in the glass.

Yeah I'm very confused by your description of US-05. I've always found it to be very clean and I'm pretty sure hop-forward breweries such as the Kernel use it too!

New recipe looks good. Quite a strong malty backbone to it

It's likely to be my setup or process I guess.

I don't have temp control so summer brews may be suffering from the heat?