Double IPA Preaching in Hell Imperial IPA

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Brewpastor

Beer, not rocket chemistry
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Location
Corrales, New Mexico
Recipe Type
All Grain
Yeast
Wyeast 1187
Yeast Starter
Huge
Batch Size (Gallons)
10
Original Gravity
1.085
Final Gravity
1.011
Boiling Time (Minutes)
90
IBU
246
Color
7.7 srm
Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
4 @ 68 F
Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
2 weeks @ 68 F
Additional Fermentation
cold conditioned
Preaching in Hell

Recipe Specifics
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Batch Size (Gal): 10.00 Wort Size (Gal): 10.00
Total Grain (Lbs): 30.00
Anticipated OG: 1.08408 Plato: 20.242
Anticipated SRM: 7.7
Anticipated IBU: 246.8
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75 %
Wort Boil Time: 90 Minutes

Grain/Extract/Sugar
% Amount Name Origin Potential SRM
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83.3 25.00 lbs. Pale Malt(2-row) America 1.03600 2
8.3 2.50 lbs. Pilsener Germany 1.03800 2
5.0 1.50 lbs. Candi Sugar (clear) Generic 1.04600 1
3.3 1.00 lbs. Crystal 60L America 1.03400 60


Hops
Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
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8.00 oz. Columbus Pellet 13.80 232.3 60 min.
2.50 oz. Columbus Pellet 13.80 14.5 10 min.
2.50 oz. Columbus Pellet 13.80 0.0 0 min.
2.50 oz. Columbus Pellet 13.80 0.0 Dry Hop

Yeast
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WYeast 1187 Ringwood Ale

Mash Schedule
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Saccharification Rest Temp : 146 Time: 75
 
Was this incredible or what? I've got all the faith in the world in ya pastor but that's a BOATLOAD of Columbus! :D
 
+1...I've never tasted anything even close to that...

To say it was really hoppy is too obvious, but actually it is not as hoppy as you might imagine. The strength of the alcohol gives it balance and comes off as sweetness. It is dry with lots of hop flavor, as well as aroma. And the IBUs are really only calculated IBUs, not actual absorbed IBUs. You need to put in a relatively huge amount of hops to get the character this Imperial IPA needs.
 
I believe that part of what you are getting out of all these hops is the other elements, the oils and other compounds, in the hops. If you are just after the IBUs they say you can't detect more then 100 IBUs. The problem is that you need to have more then 100 "calculated" IBUs in order to get an actual 100 IBUs in a OG this high. Of course you only know your actual IBUs by lab testing so it is all theory for us Homies. I like the final flavor of this particular recipe and hop schedule. I have no idea what the actual IBUs is.
 
i have yet to do an all grain, but this recipe looks right up my kind of beer!

that said, is this recipe do-able extract version? also, if doing a 5 gallon batch, i'm going to be cutting everything by half. is that true for the hops as well? final question, and i hope this doesn't sound stupid, but do you need to do a 90 min boil if 1st hop addition is at 60?
 
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