RodfatherX
Well-Known Member
So its 4:35 am right now as I was laying in bed tossing and turning and I had an idea. I would like to make an IPA for me a sleep tonic. Most of the IPAs I've had, have put me to sleep pretty quickly.
So I was thinking of making an IPA probably pretty high in ABV probably around 6.5% and using chamomile tea in it. I was thinking of doing Summit and Columbus or if I cannot find Columbus use a Cascade. Would that go well with the chamomile?
I was also thinking of using BMs Centennial blonde as a base for my grain bill and tweaking it a bit.
Maybe something like this?
Amount Item Type % or IBU
9 lbs 4.0 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 75.51 %
1 lbs 8.0 oz Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) Grain 12.24 %
1 lbs Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 8.16 %
8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L (20.0 SRM) Grain 4.08 %
0.50 oz Summit [18.00 %] (60 min) Hops 29.5 IBU
0.25 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] (30 min) Hops 8.8 IBU
0.50 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] (20 min) Hops 13.9 IBU
0.25 oz Summit [18.00 %] (10 min) Hops 5.3 IBU
0.25 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] (5 min) Hops 2.3 IBU
0.25 oz Summit [18.00 %] (2 min) Hops 1.2 IBU
1.00 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs American Ale (Wyeast Labs #1056) Yeast-Ale
When would be the best time to add the tea bags?
So I was thinking of making an IPA probably pretty high in ABV probably around 6.5% and using chamomile tea in it. I was thinking of doing Summit and Columbus or if I cannot find Columbus use a Cascade. Would that go well with the chamomile?
I was also thinking of using BMs Centennial blonde as a base for my grain bill and tweaking it a bit.
Maybe something like this?
Amount Item Type % or IBU
9 lbs 4.0 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 75.51 %
1 lbs 8.0 oz Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) Grain 12.24 %
1 lbs Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 8.16 %
8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L (20.0 SRM) Grain 4.08 %
0.50 oz Summit [18.00 %] (60 min) Hops 29.5 IBU
0.25 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] (30 min) Hops 8.8 IBU
0.50 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] (20 min) Hops 13.9 IBU
0.25 oz Summit [18.00 %] (10 min) Hops 5.3 IBU
0.25 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] (5 min) Hops 2.3 IBU
0.25 oz Summit [18.00 %] (2 min) Hops 1.2 IBU
1.00 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs American Ale (Wyeast Labs #1056) Yeast-Ale
When would be the best time to add the tea bags?