Looks pretty good to me man... Love the hop schedule... Never used Black Malt in an IPA so don't know what kind of roastiness that amount might impart... Good luck though
Yeah I agree, bitter with something else and if you can find another oz of galaxy, dry hop with it... I'm really digging galaxy, very Citra-like to me.
Looks pretty good to me. I might drop the Columbus or move it to the end of the boil, 204 IBU's seems like a little bit of overkill to me, but that's just my opinion.
Here's the recipe I was talking about. Been outta town for a while so I think I'm gonna brew it pretty soon too.
Justin's Party IPA
Style: Imperial IPA
OG: 1.082
FG: 1.016
ABV: 8.65 %
Calories: 266 IBU's: 86.14
Efficiency: 70 % Boil Size: 7.54 Gal
Color: 12.8 SRM Batch...
I think they've got some kind if proprietary yeast strain that gives all their beers some kind of flavor I'm not sure I'm a huge fan of. The reason I think it's the yeast is because I tasted it every one of their beers that I've tried. But Resin was the one that I liked the most.
Good luck
I love this beer, especially on tap when it's super fresh. It pretty much singlehandedly turned me into a DIPA fanatic. I tried for a while to make a beer just like it, but never really succeeded so kinda forgot about it after I found a really solid DIPA recipe that I liked a lot. Then about...
Centennial, Citra, and Columbus, because I love IPA's.... But based on what you said you like to drink, I'd go with Centennial, Cascade, and East Kent Goldings
Good luck man, hope they come out great!
I bumped up my bittering addition about 15 IBU's because I was kinda thinking the same thing... But I also moved the 25 minute additions to 20 minutes thinking I would retain more flavor and aroma.... Also threw in 2 oz. each of Citra and Amarillo for the whirlpool instead of the suggested 1.75...
Brewing this today. Just mashed in at 148. Only difference was I had had to use Chocolate Wheat (400L) because the LHBS doesn't carry Midnight Wheat. Really looking forward to having this beer on tap at my house.
Oh, and glad we all made it through the apocalypse!! Cheers!!
I got the same somewhat non-definitive email a couple days ago and I'm wondering if I should start looking at other options. I ordered a lb. each of Centennial, FF 7 C's, Citra, and Amarillo on 10/24. Really hope I get them since I've been to my LHBS twice in the last couple weeks and passed on...
Well I'm gonna just go with it I guess... Mashing in here in a couple hours... I'm hoping this hop combo has some Citra-like qualities since I'm sure it'll be hard to find in a few months
I'm brewing up a 5 gallon batch in the next couple of days using mostly New Zealand hop varieties that I've not used before. The grain bill is already purchased and crushed, so it's pretty much set in stone, but the hop schedule is open for adjustment. Any thoughts or suggestions would be...
You gotta check out the Avenue Pub on St. Charles Ave, it's awesome and is open 24 hrs I think and you can take the streetcar straight there from the Quarter. The Bulldog on Magazine St. has a pretty nice selection, too.