High grapefruit taste IPA

Last night I had a growler of IPA from a somewhat local brewery that had a very pronounced grapefruit taste. It was an awesome balance between high hops and malty base. I would say that it was somewhat similar to Rogue's Yellow Snow, but with more grapefruit taste.

Can anyone identify the hop for me? I am thinking either chinook or amarillo.

thanks

Mine has a prounounced grapefruit ending to it and I use Simcoe for finishing.

My guess would be amarillo, or cascades. I don't know how common amarillo is in commercial breweries, but that is definitely the first thing that came to my mind.

Thanks for the replies. I was thinking amarillo is the high grapefruit hop. Now, I just have to find a great amarillo ipa recipe. Any suggestions?

An amarillo and simcoe ipa, heavy on the simcoe is usually really grapefruity.

I personally find Centennial pretty grapefruity.

Amarillo, Simcoe, Centennial, Cascade, Colombus. All of these have a grapefruit citrus thing to them IMHO.

Summit is very citrusy, but its more of a tangerine aroma.

Cascade and Centennial are great for grapefruit flavor. Dry hopping helps a lot.

kdsarch said:

Thanks for the replies. I was thinking amarillo is the high grapefruit hop. Now, I just have to find a great amarillo ipa recipe. Any suggestions?

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This one is a really good starting point


Amarillo Pale Ale

Definitely more than one hop that leads to that flavor. I know the local brewery here in Atlanta, Sweetwater IPA is very grapefruity.

Thanks for everyone's help. Here is a potential recipe. This is made with all items that I currently have on hand. Do you think it will give me the grapefruit flavor and aroma that I am looking for? Also, I am looking for an orange hue, so that is why the Crystal 40 is in there.

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 5.50 gal
Boil Size: 6.30 gal
Estimated OG: 1.072 SG
Estimated Color: 9.9 SRM
Estimated IBU: 60.9 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
11.25 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 77.59 %
1.50 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 10.34 %
1.50 lb White Wheat Malt (2.4 SRM) Grain 10.34 %
0.25 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 1.72 %
1.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (Dry Hop 7 days) Hops -
1.00 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (60 min) Hops 23.7 IBU
1.00 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (Dry Hop 7 days) Hops -
1.00 oz Centennial [8.00 %] (60 min) Hops 22.3 IBU
1.00 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (15 min) Hops 11.8 IBU
1.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (5 min) Hops 3.1 IBU
0.28 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
1.10 tbsp PH 5.2 Stabilizer (Mash 60.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs California Ale (White Labs #WLP001) Yeast-Ale

Dry hop this with 1 oz each of amarillo and simcoe for grapefruit flavor.

I brewed a Cream Ale kit last year that was very grapefruity. The only hops that were in it were Cluster.

Amarillo is my grapefruit hop for sure.

kdsarch, you wouldn't happen to be referring to Diamond Knot's IPA would you? That is a big glass of grapefruity awesomeness.

I found out that it was by Captain Lawrence Brewing. Their Captains reserve, which i actually an Imperial IPA. Their website: Captain Lawrence Brewing Company

When I started the post, I didnt know which brewery made the beer. Now I see that they list the hops as Columbus, Cascade, and Chinook. They list the ibu's as 80, and the plato at 20.

I have tweaked my recipe as follows to account for what I have on hand. I have a lot of Maris Otter that I would like to use up. Also, I am trying to keep the alcohol at 7%, and have a reddish color, so that is why I am not trying to get 20 plato and 80 ibu's.

I am planning on brewing this up this weekend. Let me know if anyone has ideas to change recipe ingredients.


Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 5.50 gal
Boil Size: 6.30 gal
Estimated OG: 1.069 SG
Estimated Color: 10.4 SRM
Estimated IBU: 68.5 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
11.00 lb Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 78.57 %
1.25 lb TF&S Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (45.0 SRM)Grain 8.93 %
1.00 lb White Wheat Malt (2.4 SRM) Grain 7.14 %
0.75 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 5.36 %
1.00 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (Dry Hop 7 days) Hops -
1.00 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (60 min) Hops 24.3 IBU
1.00 oz Centennial [8.00 %] (60 min) Hops 22.9 IBU
1.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (Dry Hop 7 days) Hops -
0.75 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (20 min) Hops 7.2 IBU
0.75 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (15 min) Hops 5.9 IBU
0.75 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (10 min) Hops 6.6 IBU
0.50 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (5 min) Hops 1.6 IBU
0.28 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
1.10 tbsp PH 5.2 Stabilizer (Mash 60.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs California Ale (White Labs #WLP001) Yeast-Ale

I accidentally made a very dry grapefruit beer. The grapefruit flavor is so strong that is all that I taste.
The hops I used are as as follows:
Bittering, Centennial
Flavoring/Aroma, Cascade

Nice thread necromancy.

Cascade is a "grapefruit monster" for sure! :rockin:

niquejim said:

This one is a really good starting point


Amarillo Pale Ale

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Yum, amarillo hops burst sounds great, may have to bump that up the to-brew list

Yeah I love amarillo hop grapefruity-ness. It's awesome. That Amarillo IPA does look good, may have to try that one.

Amarillo is one of my favorite hops, but I wouldn't waste it on a 60 min addition. I'd go with something like Warrior or Summit to get my biiterring and keep the Amarillo for another day!

Bull

I find Falconers Flight and Warrior are huge in Grapefruit as well

Double necro-thread.

Triple....
...because I can....