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Help with IPA

Discussion in 'Extract Brewing' started by Spartacus, Mar 8, 2013.

 

  1. #1
    Spartacus

    Member

    Posted Mar 8, 2013
    Just picked ingredients for single hop ipa. Using mostly citra for that tropical flavor. Need suggestions on hop schedule.
    Here's the ingredients

    3/4 lb Munich 1/2 lb Crystal 1/4 Carapils 1/4 lb Wheat..... I have 6 oz of Citra and 1 oz of Chinook. Using Wyeast 1056. Also dry hopping. Any suggestions for hop schedule would be appreciated.
     
  2. #2
    bd2xu

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Mar 8, 2013
    Don't use the chinook if you want a single hop but maybe I would use the chinook early to bitter then flavor with citra. I'd use a program or web site to play around with the hop sched. I use beer smith. Are you more interested in bitterness or flavor/aroma or both?
     
  3. #3
    Spartacus

    Member

    Posted Mar 8, 2013
    I wanted a little bitterness up front with a strong tropical aroma/ flavor in the finish. That's why I got 1 oz of Chinook for the start.
     
  4. #4
    tippetsnapper

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Mar 8, 2013
    I would start with shooting for a 1:1 ratio for BU:GU or bittering units to gravity units (ie 75 IBU for a 1.075 OG beer). I would make sure to add hops in increments from 30 minutes to flameout, and include at least 2 oz for dry hopping if you're going to do that. I am happy my IPAs and I usually add at 30 or 20, 15, 10, 5 and at flameout. I agree with using hte chinook as your 60 minute addition.
     
  5. #5
    logan3825

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Mar 9, 2013
    1oz Citra 15m
    1oz Citra 10m
    1oz Citra 5m
    1oz Citra flameout
    Let steep for 45m then cool
    2oz Citra dryhop 5 days
     
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