Fans of Limbo IPA Out There?

[enthuzed]

With ski season coming to a close I won't be up in VT as much this summer and want to enjoy some Limbo at home. Here is my first attempt at this recipe. Let me know if you like, love it, hate it.

(NOTE: The 1 min additions are added at flameout and whirlpooled for 15 min. I always put them in as 1 so I can get a close IBU count)

Recipe
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Batch Size (fermenter): 5.50 gal
Estimated OG: 1.073 SG
Estimated Color: 7.2 SRM
Estimated IBU: 78.7 IBUs

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
14 lbs 8.0 oz American 2-Row (RAHR) (2.1 SRM) 96.7 %
4.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) 1.7 %
4.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) 1.7 %
0.80 oz Warrior [16.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min 40.6 IBUs
0.50 oz Chinook [14.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min 8.0 IBUs
1.00 oz Galaxy [15.00 %] - Boil 7.0 min 12.8 IBUs
1.00 oz Galaxy [15.00 %] - Boil 4.0 min 7.7 IBUs
1.00 oz Mosaic [11.60 %] - Boil 4.0 min 6.0 IBUs
1.00 oz Galaxy [15.00 %] - Boil 1.0 min 2.1 IBUs
1.00 oz Mosaic [11.60 %] - Boil 1.0 min 1.6 IBUs
1.0 pkg American Ale (Wyeast Labs #1056)
1.00 oz Galaxy [15.00 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days
1.00 oz Mosaic [11.60 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days

 

[bozizle]

Love the stuff but wasn't sure what the hops were in the brew. Where did you source your hop profile from? Personally it looks great.

 

[AsgardNorth]

Recently Long Trail changed their website (For the better) and includes some ingredients.

They say the following:

Brand Name: Limbo IPA
Style: American IPA
Bitterness Units: 80
ABV: 7.6%
Date of Introduction: Fall of 2013
Malts: 2-row Pale, Wheat and Caramel Malt
Hops: Bravo, Chinook, Galaxy, Mosaic

So I would say your recipe is close... but curious how much wheat is in it.

(Maybe I'll camp outside the brewery and kidnap the brewer. I can almost see the brewery from my house lol).

 

[enthuzed]

I just went straight off their website and taste. All I know is that this stuff STINKS (In a good way), Just blasts you with Aussie hops. Didn't have any wheat malt on hand so I left it out. I am also curious how much they really put in.

Let me know how the kidnapping goes And we can all benefit!

 

[AsgardNorth]

I know two people that work there, though neither in the brew room. I'll see if they can find out any roundabout percentages.

 

[skibb]

I don't see much of a point in adding only .5oz chinook at that time - doubt you would taste it in the midst of all those other high-oil hops you're loading up in the end there.

I would personally move chinook to the dry hop - as I recall this beer has a very tropical nose to it and Chinook in the dry hop produces tons of pineapple notes (for me and a lot of others, at least).

 

[JoeSpartaNJ]

I brewed this a week after first trying Limbo as I fell in love with it. It came close, if I brew it again, I will change the bittering hop to Warrior or Magnum and up the IBU's. Otherwise, this is a very tasty recipe.

7 lbs 8.0 oz Pale Malt (2 Row)
7 lbs 8.0 oz Pale Malt, Maris Otter
8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L


0.5 oz Columbus 60 Min
1 oz Mosaic 10 Min
1 oz Galaxy 5 min
1 oz Mosaic 5 min
2 oz Galaxy 2 min
2 oz Mosaic 2 Min

Dry hop with 1 oz Mosaic and 1 oz Galaxy for 5 Days

US-05 Yeast

Mash @ 150 for 90 minutes.

Final Numbers:

OG: 1.069
FG: 1.012
ABV: 7.4%
IBU's: 56 ish

 

[enthuzed]

I brewed this a week after first trying Limbo as I fell in love with it. It came close, if I brew it again, I will change the bittering hop to Warrior or Magnum and up the IBU's. Otherwise, this is a very tasty recipe.

Good to know that it was close! Even if it's not exactly Limbo, it's still going to be pretty darn tasty. I will also move the chinook to the dry hop.