Simple addition to IPA recipe for variety

[PittATL]

Hello all,

I just purchased the AHS Anniversary IPA kit. I'm sure it'll be great but I tend to not like brewing stuff at home that I can easily get at any decent store. Meaning, just a normal, simple IPA is fine....but I'd rather add a little something to it.

What might you guys recommend? I'm still pretty new to homebrewing so I'd like something fairly simple that I could add late in the boil, at flameout, and/or during fermentation.

I'm open to anything that would turn out well. Fruit? Spice? Herb?

Any ideas would be much appreciated!

Thanks

 

[suhornet84]

You could always dry hop with a different hop or pitch a different yeast to give it you own twist, if you have any lying around. Fruit would be interesting, kind of like Dogfish Head's Aprihop.

 

[PittATL]

I was thinking about Aprihop actually, but was just gonna throw a bunch of fresh apricots in the fermeter in secondary.

Not sure if that's the best route.


A co-worker mentioned rose or hibiscus petals.

Anyone familiar with that?


Still looking for more recs, any and all would be appreciated.
Thanks!