Double IPA Join Me For An IPA!

11 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 81.5 %
1 lbs Biscuit Malt (23.0 SRM) Grain 2 7.4 %
8.0 oz Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 3 3.7 %
8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 4 3.7 %
8.0 oz Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) Grain 5 3.7 %

Mash at 154 for 60 minutes

1.00 oz Columbus - Boil 45.0 min
1.00 oz Cascade - Boil 10.0 min
1.00 oz Citra - Boil 10.0 min
1.00 oz Simcoe - Boil 10.0 min
0.50 oz Cascade - Flameout
0.50 oz Citra - Flameout
0.50 oz Simcoe - Flameout

Dry Hop for 5 days in primary or keg:
1.60 oz Simcoe
0.70 oz Citra
0.60 oz Cascade

London Ale Yeast (Wyeast Labs #1028)

This recipe was done using BIAB. No sparge and no mash out with the mash at 154.

I fermented it in my basement which is in the low 60 F range.

This beer comes in around 80IBUs. It has a very powerful grapefruit taste. It almost tastes like straight grapefruit juice. I've had many IPAs that have a grapefruit taste but none have been as strong as this.

For the yeast I always make a 1 1/4 liter starter and fill a pint jar about 2/3 full and the rest goes in the wort. You could make as large of a starter that you like.

I let this sit in the primary about 2 weeks and then dry hopped for 5 days.

If you're looking for a summertime IPA that has crazy grapefruit flavor, this is for you!

My recipe book already has more beers than i can make in 2 years' time, with a predominant number of them being IPAs.

That said, I am putting this one in there.



(I really need to get another cooler, then I can have two fermenters going at once - build up the pipeline & knock out some recipes!)

If what you're looking for is grapefruit and massive citrus this is top notch. Get this one going asap!

The clarity is still a bit hazy and I've had it in the keg almost a week. I put it at 30psi for 36 hours and then on 12 for a couple of days and it still wasn't carbonated that well for some reason. I put it on 30 for another 12 and it's pretty much good to go now. I'm not quite sure why this happened.

Sounds pretty awesome.

Sounds and looks tasty!

It's good. Now almost 3 weeks since it's been kegged it's not quite as strong and some of the malt is starting to come through. Not much though

7% biscuit is quite a lot for me. Do you find it has an overpowering sourdough flavour?

Gold_Robber said:

7% biscuit is quite a lot for me. Do you find it has an overpowering sourdough flavour?

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I didn't think so. There's so many hops that it just seems to blend together nice.