Quick American IPA hop question.

Hoosierbrewer · 05-31-2008, 05:41 PM

I am ordering my brother an IPA kit from his local homebrew shop.

Here is the recipe

6.6 lbs. Amber Liquid Malt Extract
1 lb. Crystal Grain (cracked)
½ lb. Victory Grain (cracked)
¼ lb. Munich Grain (cracked)
2. oz. Northern Brewer Hops
1 oz. Fuggles Hops
1 tsp. Gypsum
Pinch of table salt
1 pkg. Wyeast Liquid Yeast - London Ale

I wanted to make this more af an american style IPA. I was going to keep the grains as is and the northern brewer hops. I wanted to change the finishing hops from fuggles to cascade and change the yeast from london ale to california ale. Any quick thoughts?

McCall St. Brewer · 05-31-2008, 07:25 PM

Sounds like it will be yummy!

DrewsBrew · 06-01-2008, 02:29 PM

that will be dark for an American IPA. I'd switch out the amber extract for light extract or even some extra light extract....dry preferrably.

I just brewed an IPA with the following hop schedule which came out fantastic.

1 oz. Magnum 60 min
1 oz. Centennial 30 min
1 oz. Cascade 15 min
2 oz. Cascade dry hop

**EdWort** · 06-01-2008, 02:44 PM

For an American IPA, use American Hops and American Yeast. The Hop schedule above looks great, but use Safale-05, WLP001 California Ale, or Wyeast 1050 American Ale not London Ale.