Have an Idea for a fruit IPA anyone try it?

[travisthebrewaddict]

I want to make a mid body, high gravity IPA with strawberries at about 60 IBU. Has anyone done any brew like this and how did it turn out? Does IPA and fruit mix well. Thanks for your help.

 

[McKBrew]

Hey Travis.

Mixing most fruit and IPA doesn't sound the least bit appealing to me, but feel free to give it a shot. Not sure how the sweetness would interact with the bitterness at all. You might try an IPA version of this though. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f66/cascades-orange-pale-ale-84558/

Good luck.

 

[travisthebrewaddict]

Orange does sound interesting, think I might shoot for that. Thanks!

 

[IrregularPulse]

I think citrus would be the only fruit style I could add lightly to an IPA. But I would probably only do that with orange peel or cacades. No actual fruit.

 

[Parker36]

+1 on the citrus fruits.

Brew up 5 gallons, split five ways and experiment - lemon, orange, grapefruit, etc

 

[travisthebrewaddict]

How about this

Fermentables

4 lbs Amber Malt Extract liquid
8 lbs Light Malt Extract liquid
0.5 lb 20L Crystal
0.5 lb 40L Crystal

Hops
4 oz orange peel
1 oz Simcoe 45 min
1 oz Chinook 20 min
1 oz Cascade 0 min
1 oz Cascade DH

Yeast WLP001 @ 60 degrees F (want it nice and clean)

Boil 4 gal
Batch 6 gal

 

[Christian]

Just ferment your IPA at a high temp around 74-75 and you will get a nice banana flavor without adding any fruit.

This happened to me a couple of times unintentionally when i first started brewing and it was summertime. My friends liked it so much i now brew a batch at high temps on purpose from time to time. I call it my BPA (banana pale ale).

 

[david_42]

Your recipe looks OK, although adding the peel at 15 minutes will preserve more of the orange oils.