Recent content by Ranger

Hey HBT people! I know that someone out there can shed some light on this for me. I have dubbed Fall my experimental beer season and have come up with some very interesting brews thus far. Most of them have been within a style but with a few tweaks. However, I have one beer that I made that I...

Okay, an update on what I am dubbing "Overkill IPA". It...is...incredible! I have a few recipie modifications that I can post if anyone expresses interest. I purchased a surescreen and it is curently on its third dry hop on 2oz of Citra leaf in the serving keg. The aroma clings to the air and...

I would have to agree with you on that one! The flood of hops was intended to give me all my bittering IBU's late in the boil (hop burst). Next time, I would probably give it a 60 min addition and cut out a few late boil additions like you mentioned. The hop burst technique for a beer this big...

I think as more and more homebrewers discover this amazing hop, we are going to keep running into that problem. It has only been in existence for 3 years after all. I got a feeling that the supply will take a while to finally meet the growing demand. What excites me is that this hop strain might...

Yes that crossed my mind. I decided that I am going to take it 10 days instead of the full 2 weeks. I just put it on dry hop today and bumped it up to 3 oz amarillo and 5 oz citra. The hydro sample was extremely pungent. I think I am going to end up with exactly what I was going for. I made...

I just did an all citra APA as well. It is dry hopping on 2 oz at day 9. How did yours turn out? I think the "catty flavor" (and i really hate that term) is exactly what I'm going for with this one. Did you find it overhwleming? Would love to see the recipe you used.

Well I just wrapped up my brew day. I ended up brewing the recipe as was originally posted. The aromas during the boil were amazing. I hit 88% efficiency so my OG was higher than I was shooting for. I hit 1.082 which makes it 8.5% estimated ABV. Definitely a solid imperial. I used a hop bag for...

I hear ya. I really wanted to play around with the hop burst technique, so that's why my first addition isnt until 25 minutes from knockout. Getting 76 IBU's out of it kind of required an agressive approach. Plus, I am a big fan of continuous hopping in general!

I was planning on using my hop bag and strangling the wort out of it after I chill. I was thinking I would add the 2 minute and flameout additons outside of the bag to really maximize the contact. I'm still planning on a gratuitous amount of trub but I think the hop bag will hold onto the...

This is a 12 gallon batch.

Yes sir! I wiped out the LHBS of their very last bit of citra yesterday. Believe me, I had a little spring in my step on the way out the door. It felt like I had jus robbed a bank. :rockin:

Hey fellas. So I recently experienced the utter joy that occurs in my glass when citra gets with amarillo. I am trying to formulate a solid hop burst double IPA recipie that borders on the asinine with late boil additons.I want to smell this thing through the keg. Any comments on this recipe...

So then it might be in my best interests to raspberrify the entire batch. I'm still curious how all those carmel flavors are going to mesh with the raspberry. Looking around at other recipies, they all start off pretty pale and with alot more wheat than I included. Well... I guess theres only...

Okay. Thanks fellas. So we are talking an amber. Any thoughts on how thats going to jive with raspberries? Also, you mentioned unbalanced... is this in reference to something specific in the grain bill or rather to the significant underhopping? Might this end up overly malty and cloyingly sweet?

Beersmith gives me an SRM of 9.2