IPA Adjustment - Page 2

brewdude25 · 05-13-2009, 11:50 PM

Well then i dont know why they have it on a few of the extract recipes at a local brew supply shop.?

HOOTER · 05-13-2009, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by brewdude25

The centennial is only 8% so it may not be THAT bitter.

Your going to end up with virtually the same IBU's either way, but with the hop schedule I suggested you'll end up with a much more well rounded and complex hop profile.

As for the Victory, if you steep it you'll get light color and a toasted/biscuity flavor and aroma from it, but no fermentables. I personally think it's a nice addition to your recipe but that's just me.

brewdude25 · 05-13-2009, 11:52 PM

Good, I dont need to fermentables. Just steeping grains.

impulserush · 05-16-2009, 03:46 AM

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Originally Posted by HOOTER

I'd spread out the hop additions to add a bit of depth and complexity to the hop profile. Maybe something like this:

1 oz. Centennial @ 60 min.
1 oz. Centennial @ 30 min.
1 oz. Centennial @ 20 min.
1 oz. Centennial @ 5 min.
1 oz. Centennial @ Flameout
1 oz. Cascade dry-hop

Your existing hop schedule would result in a beer with very little hop flavor but a ton of bitterness and aroma. This hop schedule would make for a smooth bitterness and improved hop flavor and aroma with the same amount of hops. Just an opinion from a hophead.

+1 for hooter, I did a hop head ipa with a similar hop schedule and turned out great. I am looking forwad to brewing it again

brewdude25 · 05-16-2009, 04:25 AM

I went ahead an adjusted the recipe like Hooter suggested, but i did it a little different.
1 oz centennial @ 60 min
1 oz centennial @ 50 min
1 oz cascade @ 10 min
1 oz centennial @ 5 min
1 oz Centennial @ flame out
Then i will dry hop with 1 oz centennial.
We'll see how it turns out! The O.G. was 1.055 which is a little disappointing for 9 lbs of extract. Not sure why that happend.

impulserush · 05-19-2009, 08:34 PM

did you mix it well?

**cuinrearview** · 05-19-2009, 10:29 PM

Your OG was not that low. Either the temperature was way to hot when you took a reading or it wasn't completely mixed. RDWHAHB. As long as you control your ferm. temp. you're gonna love it!