Austin Homebrew Rogue Imperial IPA clone not an Imperial IPA? - Page 3

Stinkonamonkey · 04-10-2009, 05:48 PM

I seem to remember that AHS calculates their recipes for 75% efficiency.

**david_42** · 04-10-2009, 06:00 PM

Sounds like the kit is close to Rogue's recipe. 20º PLATO is only 1.080. Hops? The clone kits I've purchased from Austin Home Brew stand-up to the real thing in every case I've been able to make a direct comparison.

Don't forget, Rogue uses Pacman yeast and gets crazy attenuation.

The BJCP spots the IIPA at 7.5-10.5% ABV.

dzamba · 04-10-2009, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Turner_Brown

AHS doesn't put the full list of ingredients on their kits. Here is an example of how they describe the kit:

Fermentable Sugars:
Extract: 7 lbs. Liquid Malt Extract, .5 lbs. Specialty Grains.
Mini Mash: 5 lbs. Liquid Malt Extract, 2.5 lbs. Base Grains, .5 lbs. Specialty Grains.
All Grain: 9.5 lbs. Base Grains, .5 lbs. Specialty Grains.

These kits are meant for beginners. The instructions tend to be very generic and middle of the road on everything.

That being said...I had a great time learning to brew with them. And have only had good experiences with AHS.

It is usually cheaper to buy a kit than to purchase all the items separately.

**david_42** · 04-10-2009, 08:57 PM

I don't consider clone kits a beginners-only thing. Probably 1/3 of my batches are kits that caught my eye while shopping for something else. I'm certain I would have never experienced "Jasper Murdock's Whistling Pig Red", except for AHB. Impulse purchases can lead to interesting beers.

**Nikobrew** · 06-01-2009, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by dzamba

I was going to brew a batch of this IIPA this weekend but as it turns out it's not an Imperial IPA. It's even a little light in the SRM department to be considered an American IPA.

15 lbs of American 2-Row (the site says 16 but they only gave me 15)
1 oz Newport 60 min
1 oz Cascade 30 min
1 oz Sterling 15 min
1 oz Amarillo Dryhop

According to Beertools.com:
OG: 1.070
FG: 1.013
SRM: 5.14
IBU: 53.4
ABV: 7.5

Anybody else notice this?

Howd this turn out? Sorry to revive an old thread but I'm working on a good imperial ipa recipe.. I also found that in the byo clone mag they show belgian malt instead of american 2 row.. Maybe I read the wrong one. Regardless it should be damn tasty

brewjunky · 06-01-2009, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Turner_Brown

I'm surprised that they would just hand out the actual ingredients to these kits (pre-purchase). I mean, seems like if you go through all the trouble to list/compile hundreds of clone kits you wouldn't just want some guy getting your recipe and buying from it from somewhere else. I know when I was shopping for HS stores on the internet I thought that AHS was the bomb because of these kits. They are a huge asset to them.

Northern Brewer has the recipes posted on their site for their recipes. If your buying something you should know what your getting

dzamba · 06-02-2009, 09:18 PM

Well, they told me it was a typo. Thats why I only got the 15LBS instead of 16. I ended up adding a few extra Lbs and bumping up the bittering and aroma hops. It's hanging out in the secondary for a while. I'll let you know when I crack one open.