ReeseAllen

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I brewed a new IPA today...just sort of winged it and came up with the grain bill on the spot at the LHBS based on what I could remember of some of the successful IPA recipes I've brewed over the last six months. For the hop additions, I have had a lot of small bags of hops floating around in my fridge for months with 1 oz or less left in them, so I decided to use them all up and see what comes out of it.

14 lb 2-row
1 lb Munich
1 lb Crystal 80

2 oz Columbus (? %) @ 60 min
1 oz Mt. Hood (6.7%) @ 30 min
1 oz Simcoe (12.9%) @ 15 min
0.25 oz Warrior (16.7%) @ 5 min
0.75 oz Hallertau (7.3%) @ 5 min

60 min mash @ 152 F and 1.25 qt/gal, double batch sparge Bobby_M-style

Additions: 1 tsp Irish moss @ 15 min

2 packets of Nottingham, hydrated, no starter

OG: 1.066 -- Really bad efficiency . Less than 50%, and I usually get about 70%. No idea why.

All I have left in my fridge is a bit of Mt. Hood and a ton of Columbus. I don't like the aroma/flavor of Columbus hops -- Bridgeport's new Hop Czar IPA is a great example of a Columbus-like aroma/flavor that I just don't care for -- but I got about two pounds for free, so I decided to use them for bittering.

I'm looking for suggestions as to what I should dry hop with. I'm thinking maybe Amarillo, Cascade, or Centennial. I would like to use something not already on the hop schedule so I can have six kinds of hops in my recipe -- then I can call it the Six-Hop IPA.

Oldsock

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Amarillo is a great dry-hop (I just did an IPA with Amarillo/Simcoe/Columbus that turned out great.) I'd be pretty heavy handed with the dry hop since you didn't use much in the way of hops near the end of the boil.

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Clonefarmer

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Amarillo by itself or an Amarillo/Cascade blend works great.

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TomRep

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I'd do the Amarillo/Centennial myself. I just did an IPA yesterday and winged it like you. Called mine the six seas IPA. Going to be dry hopping that with Cascade and Citra.
Tom

david_42

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You could some of each and call it Eight-fold Way IPA. Best IPA I've made used seven leftover hops, 1/4-3/4 oz each.

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ReeseAllen

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The fermentation is quite vigorous.

http://www.youtube.com/user/reeseallen?feature=mhw4#p/a/u/0/XIFlS72G6Mc

SourHopHead

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Simcoe, Cascade, Centennial, Amarillo and add it in 2 stages.

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