Hopocalypse Now IIPA

Since there are such great hop prices at hops direct right now we're stocking up, and it also means that it's time for a DIPA. I read Jamil's article on hop bursting, which from what I gather is just adding a large amount of hops after the 20 minute mark in lieu of early addition hops to achieve a clean bittering with a massive amount of hop flavor and aroma. Anyway I ended up adding 3 oz of Simcoe as an early addition to get the amount of IBU's I wanted. Let me know what you think I'm really open to changing parts of the recipe if anyone thinks it needs it.


Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 6 gal
Estimated OG: 1.087 SG
Estimated Color: 10 SRM
Estimated IBU: 170
Brewhouse Efficiency: 65.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
18.00 lbs Pale Malt (Marris Otter) (3.0 SRM) Grain 85.7 %
1 lb Carmel/Crystal Malt – 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 4.8 %
1 lb Carapils (2.0 SRM) Grain 4.8 %
1 lb Corn Sugar (Dextrose) Grain 4.8 %
3.00 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] (60 min) Hops 95.5 IBU
1.00 oz Chinook [12.00 %] (15 min) Hops 14.6 IBU
1.00 oz Centennial [10.50 %] (15 min) Hops 12.8 IBU
1.00 oz Amarillo [7.00 %] (10 min) Hops 6.2 IBU
1.00 oz Cascade [6.60 %] (10 min) Hops 5.9 IBU
2.00 oz Chinook [12.00 %] (5 min) Hops 11.7 IBU
2.00 oz Centennial [10.50 %] (5 min) Hops 10.3 IBU
2.00 oz Amarillo [7.00 %] (5 min) Hops 6.8 IBU
2.00 oz Cascade [6.60 %] (5 min) Hops 6.4 IBU
1.00 oz Chinook [12.00 %] (0 min) Hops 0 IBU
1.00 oz Centennial [10.50 %] (0 min) Hops 0 IBU
1.00 oz Amarillo [7.00 %] (0 min) Hops 0 IBU
1.00 oz Cascade [6.60 %] (0 min) Hops 0 IBU
11 g US-05 (Safale)

Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Medium Body, No Mash Out
Total Grain Weight: 21.00 lb
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Single Infusion, Full Body, No Mash Out
Step Time Name Description Step Temp
60 min Mash In Add 25.00 qt of water mash at 153F

Maybe want to dry hop with some of those 0 min hop additions. Looks like a good recipe.

I'm planning on using a hop bag for most of the additions. Would there be any downside to just throwing them directly into the kettle at 0 min and leaving them in there until after fermentation is done?

That is still the most badass name for an IPA yet.

I love the smell of Cascade in the morning.

Love the name! That's a lot of hops for a 5 gal batch!!

Homercidal said:

That is still the most badass name for an IPA yet.

I love the smell of Cascade in the morning.

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Agreed, on the dry hopping comment earlier too.

. . . I love the smell of Hopalm in the morning.

Alright I did my reading, and apparently you lose a lot of aroma from the hops if there is co2 present while hopping. So, I'll just move the flame out additions to a dry hop addition and call it good. My roommate came up with the name after multiple home brews, and insisted that it have over a pound of hops. I did him one better with the 19 oz...maybe I'll throw an extra ounce in there just to round it to a nice even 20...I seriously doubt there will be a huge difference between this and a beer hopped with say 16 oz a 5 gal batch, but what the hell it'll just be fun throwing in a over a pound of the green....and crap I just realized I'll have to change the label to IIPA...or just fake the $#!+ out of people and leave it.