Tribute IPA

This was my first time working with Falconers Flight hops, and the first sampling of Tribute IPA tastes great. This is a really tasty recipe for anyone else looking to try this new hop combination.

Tribute IPA

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
9.00 lb Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 78.3 %
1.00 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L (20.0 SRM) Grain 8.7 %
0.50 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 4.3 %
0.50 lb Honey Malt (25.0 SRM) Grain 4.3 %
0.50 lb Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 4.3 %
1.00 oz Falconer's Flight [10.50%] (60 min) Hops 36.4 IBU
0.50 oz Falconer's Flight [10.50%] (15 min) Hops 9.0 IBU
0.50 oz Falconer's Flight [10.50%] (10 min) Hops 6.6 IBU
0.50 oz Falconer's Flight [10.50%] (5 min) Hops 3.6 IBU
0.50 oz Falconer's Flight [10.50%] (Dry Hop 7 dayHops -
1 Pkgs Safale American Ale (DCL Yeast #S-05)


Mash Schedule: 154.0 F 60 min

I just saw this hop at my LHBS and the owner said it would be great for an IPA. what can you tell us about this hop? i want to make an IPA using it.

I loved using this hop and will certainly use it again. Another poster had said they found it to be too harsh to use it for bittering. I can totally see where that criticism comes from but by the end of the keg it mellowed quite a bit. I liked this beer, and although it could probably use a little tweaking, it came out very tasty. I might try some other hops in the bittering addition just to see what I can come up with, but my aim here was really to get a feel for it overall. No complaints. It has a nice tropical citrus flavor. I like it a lot.

I am new to the homebrew scene but love to drink beer like most of us. IPA's are one of my favorite and when I was at morebeer's bi-weekly brew demo recently they had an IPA dry hopped with this hop, it was one of the best I have tasted. It was so good I plan to use it for my first IPA.

Bottoms up :0