mindcrime
Well-Known Member
So.. my regular fermenters are full, and I have the itch to brew. I was poking around in my brewing closet and in the back were my old Mr. Beer kegs. On the top shelf, I also spyed some leftover pale LME. I knew I had an OZ of northern brewer hops in the freezer. And.. the wheels started turning.
I'm thinking of brewing up a really big hop bomb, along the lines of Ruination or Hop Stupid, but in a small batch.
Heres my plan.. lemme know what I should tweak! Im not looking for a perfectly balanced beer, or a beer with a lot of complexity. This one is all about being big, bad, bitter and hoptastic.
2.5 Gallons water with an expected 1/2 gal boiloff for a 2 gallon final batch.
5.4 Lbs pale LME
.5 lb brown sugar
Nottingham Dry yeast (11.5 grams) rehydrated, no starter
60 minute boil, no specialty grains (though I could be convinced to add a bit, just have to get some from the LHBS, I have most of the rest of the ingredients sitting around and was trying to avoid a trip.)
Hop schedule:
.5 oz Northern Brewer @ 60
.5 oz Northern Brewer @ 30
1 oz Centennial @ 15
.5 oz Centennial @ 5
.5 oz Centennial @ dryhop after 2 weeks in primary.
I ran it through the tastybrew calculator and came up with 99 IBUs and 8.3 ABV. Thats in the ballpark of a IIPA, but Im not entirely sure I have enough malty goodness there to counter the farily high level of bitterness. I figure I'd be essentially pitching double the amount of yeast necessary for a regular batch, but it would even out due to the high OG.
Thoughts?
I'm thinking of brewing up a really big hop bomb, along the lines of Ruination or Hop Stupid, but in a small batch.
Heres my plan.. lemme know what I should tweak! Im not looking for a perfectly balanced beer, or a beer with a lot of complexity. This one is all about being big, bad, bitter and hoptastic.
2.5 Gallons water with an expected 1/2 gal boiloff for a 2 gallon final batch.
5.4 Lbs pale LME
.5 lb brown sugar
Nottingham Dry yeast (11.5 grams) rehydrated, no starter
60 minute boil, no specialty grains (though I could be convinced to add a bit, just have to get some from the LHBS, I have most of the rest of the ingredients sitting around and was trying to avoid a trip.)
Hop schedule:
.5 oz Northern Brewer @ 60
.5 oz Northern Brewer @ 30
1 oz Centennial @ 15
.5 oz Centennial @ 5
.5 oz Centennial @ dryhop after 2 weeks in primary.
I ran it through the tastybrew calculator and came up with 99 IBUs and 8.3 ABV. Thats in the ballpark of a IIPA, but Im not entirely sure I have enough malty goodness there to counter the farily high level of bitterness. I figure I'd be essentially pitching double the amount of yeast necessary for a regular batch, but it would even out due to the high OG.
Thoughts?