IPA recipe critique

[m00ps]

Im thinking of making my first IPA this weekend. What do you guys think? I'm going for something similar to stuff from Tree House or The Alchemist. I've got a few other malts on hand to swap out....

9lb 2 row
1lb crystal 40L
0.5lb crystal 80L
0.5lb carapils
0.5lb maltodextrin

Mash for 60min at 155F

60min: 1 oz citra
30min: 1 oz citra
0min: 1 oz galena

Fermented with US-05 at room temp

 

[iijakii]

The US05 at room temp and citra should pair for a lovely fruity boquet. You could also try dry-hopping with skittles and stripper wigs.

 

[JonM]

I'd cut the c40 by half and drop the carapils and maltodextrin and just go with 10lbs of 2 row and 1 lb total of crystal malts (or maybe even less)

You might be better off doing a cheap bittering hop at 60. I don't know about your LHBS, but at mine, citra is $$$! You'll get more out of it as a late addition. For the timing, I'd move the 30 min adn to 5 or even zero

ETA: I recently did an IPA mashed at 155. Did not like. The next one I did at 150-151.

 

[eric19312]

Thats a whole lot of crystal.

You mentioned something like it is from the Alchemist...There is a thread on here "heady topper can you clone it" or something like that. Here is the current working grain bill although others have reported zero crystal in that beer:

11lb 4oz Pearl Malt (84.9%)- SRM 2.4
12 oz Caramalt (5.7%)- SRM 17
12 oz White Wheat (5.7%)- SRM 1.7
8 oz Turbinado Sugar (3.8%)- Added at flameout.
Mash at 150 degrees for 60 minutes.

Use those percentages more or less. Keep your crystal (including carapils, caramalt, caramunich anything like that you are using) to 5% and get rid of the maltodextrin. Use table sugar instead of the malto dextrin to dry it out more and let the hops shine through.

 

[iijakii]

Good advice but you guys overlooked the sarcasm and what forum it's in . Shame on OP for not making it ridiculous enough.

 

[JonM]

Goddammit.

 

[eric19312]

pfft

 

[douglasbarbin]

Im thinking of making my first IPA this weekend. What do you guys think? I'm going for something similar to stuff from Tree House or The Alchemist. I've got a few other malts on hand to swap out....

9lb 2 row
1lb crystal 40L
0.5lb crystal 80L
0.5lb carapils
0.5lb maltodextrin

Mash for 60min at 155F

60min: 1 oz citra
30min: 1 oz citra
0min: 1 oz galena

Fermented with US-05 at room temp

Swap the carapils for Crystal 150. Swap the Crystal 40 for Black Patent malt. Double the maltodextrin. Swap half of the 2-row with cane sugar.

Try to use a more expensive bittering hop than Citra. Preferably something with a low AA% and high cohumulone.

I would also recommend swapping the Galena at flameout with Summit, and adding a huge Summit dry hop.

US-05 is no good for a beer like this. You will need Turbo distiller's yeast. Or if cost is a concern, you could go with Fleischmann's bread yeast (half a pound should suffice). Just remember to keep the fermenter open and stir frequently so the wort gets lots of oxygen.

 

[hanuswalrus]

Looks perfect, Troll

 

[Sully896]

Looks like you're on the right track. Maybe add some Jolly Ranchers to it to get you over the hump.

 

[m00ps]

Well Im glad no one actually spent time and effort trying to help me with my terribly misguided recipe. I wouldve felt bad

I was just bored and had seen like 3 "IPA recipe help" threads and felt like making a recipe with everything that I consider wrong in those threads to see what people would say. Maybe I shouldve posted it in a different section...

 

[Yooper]

Well Im glad no one actually spent time and effort trying to help me with my terribly misguided recipe. I wouldve felt bad

I was just bored and had seen like 3 "IPA recipe help" threads and felt like making a recipe with everything that I consider wrong in those threads to see what people would say. Maybe I shouldve posted it in a different section...

Or maybe no one thinks it's all that amusing?

 

[iijakii]

Well Im glad no one actually spent time and effort trying to help me with my terribly misguided recipe. I wouldve felt bad

I was just bored and had seen like 3 "IPA recipe help" threads and felt like making a recipe with everything that I consider wrong in those threads to see what people would say. Maybe I shouldve posted it in a different section...

Hi my IPA just isnt that good. Theres only two oz of hops in it, but I dont think thats the problem. Can you help?

 

[applescrap]

The US05 at room temp and citra should pair for a lovely fruity boquet. You could also try dry-hopping with skittles and stripper wigs.

Does temp of dry yeast change flavor?

 

[applescrap]

Does temp of dry yeast change flavor?

Oh no is this a bad question

 

[Yooper]

Not, not a bad question at all!

Because this "recipe" is a joke but newer brewers and others who aren't into IPAs may not recognize it as such, I am closing this thread.

Please feel free to put questions about yeast strain and things like that in the forum- those questions you have are probably the same questions others have as well.

I'm just afraid that someone will take this "recipe" seriously and make a beer like this without knowing that it's supposed to be "funny".