robthefrog
Well-Known Member
I've tried to make a decent IPA twice now, and I always end up getting a beer that tastes like soap. Not bitter at all, just soapy tasting.
Here's my last recipe I tried: It was supposed to be a Cali Red IPA:
I believe this was for a 10 gallon batch.
"Grain:
8oz American Two-row Pale
.75lbs Crystal 40L
Extract:
9.8lbs light LME
Hops:
1.3oz Amarillo(AA9.8) (60 Minute)
2.0oz Chinook(AA11.8) (60 Minute)
1oz Cascade (15 Minute)
1oz Cascade (DH 7 Days)
Misc:
1x Whirlflock Tablet (15 Minutes) "
When I think IPA, I think of the deep back of throat bitter you get from a Stone IPA or a Maharaja, or even the bitterness of a DFH 90 minute(even though they balance there's with quite a bit more sweetness imo).
Whenever I add lots of hops I just end up with soap taste. Up front wet dog, soapy plastic instead of mouth coating bitterness. I've had great success with dark ales and stouts in the past. It's just IPAs I'm a little puzzled on.
I'm going all-grain, doing my first batch tomorrow but it's a Moose Drool clone, so obviously not an IPA. But do you think going all grain may help?
I brew my batches in a 15 gallon mega brew pot. I use hop socks.
Any hints?
Here's my last recipe I tried: It was supposed to be a Cali Red IPA:
I believe this was for a 10 gallon batch.
"Grain:
8oz American Two-row Pale
.75lbs Crystal 40L
Extract:
9.8lbs light LME
Hops:
1.3oz Amarillo(AA9.8) (60 Minute)
2.0oz Chinook(AA11.8) (60 Minute)
1oz Cascade (15 Minute)
1oz Cascade (DH 7 Days)
Misc:
1x Whirlflock Tablet (15 Minutes) "
When I think IPA, I think of the deep back of throat bitter you get from a Stone IPA or a Maharaja, or even the bitterness of a DFH 90 minute(even though they balance there's with quite a bit more sweetness imo).
Whenever I add lots of hops I just end up with soap taste. Up front wet dog, soapy plastic instead of mouth coating bitterness. I've had great success with dark ales and stouts in the past. It's just IPAs I'm a little puzzled on.
I'm going all-grain, doing my first batch tomorrow but it's a Moose Drool clone, so obviously not an IPA. But do you think going all grain may help?
I brew my batches in a 15 gallon mega brew pot. I use hop socks.
Any hints?