20 mins into my 115th Hopdream IIPA!

[HOOTER]

Wow that's a major trub deposit in the fermentor. I see that on deck is a Sierra Nevada Torpedo clone. I'm interested in making the same thing as my next effort. Can you post your recipe and/or tell me where you got it?

Roudy

115th Dream Hopbursted IPA Extract Kit

 

[HOOTER]

Thinking on dry hopping in the secondary for 2 weeks with an additional 2 oz of Amarillo leaf hops.

I'd go with one of the hops in the hopburst blend. Warrior, Columbus or Centennial would work, or a combination of a couple of these. Even if you don't dry hop at all it will be a hop bomb that you should be able to smell from across the room.

 

[JOHN51277]

It smells killer right now, but the last IPA I bottled had some good hop aroma and it died off in the bottle a lot.

 

[HOOTER]

It smells killer right now, but the last IPA I bottled had some good hop aroma and it died off in the bottle a lot.

Sure, but did your last IPA have 12 oz. of hops in the last 15 minutes of the boil? :cross:

 

[JOHN51277]

Sure, but did your last IPA have 12 oz. of hops in the last 15 minutes of the boil? :cross:

Not quite! More like one oz!

 

[crammer]

I brewed this kit yesterday - wow, I had a mess when I sparged from the kettle the carboy. John, what was your starting gravity?

 

[JOHN51277]

Starting was 1.119 temp adjusted. It is sitting at 1.033 now. It has been 3 days since i took the last reading. I will check gravity and rack over and dryhop if it is ready.

 

[crammer]

Interesting....my OG was 1.082 (corrected) for which was slightly off of NB's OG of 1.085. Anyhow, I can't wait to drink this! The closet that I have the carboy in smells wonderful!

 

[HOOTER]

Interesting....my OG was 1.082 (corrected) for which was slightly off of NB's OG of 1.085. Anyhow, I can't wait to drink this! The closet that I have the carboy in smells wonderful!

Wierd. I calculated this at about 1.102 for a 5 gallon batch. Your gravity is way off my friend.

 

[oldschool]

If you had to dry hop this already KILLER beer, which would you use? Amarillo, or Centennial?

It it were me i would use neither. Go with a 50/50 centennial/chinook. I dig the piney aroma from the chinook and the citrus from the centennial. happy brewing!

 

[agroff383]

Thats a ****load of hops.I bet it taste great,with hot wings and waffle frys

Stop it you are making me drool LOL

Keep us posted how it turns out, I was looking at that kit and really wanted to try it. I would want to pitch a big ass starter in that thing lol....thats a strong ass beer.

 

[JOHN51277]

I ended up dropping 2 ounces of Centennial leaf hops into the secondary when I racked. I swirled it around just a tad bit and the air coming out of the air-stop smells like heaven at night!!

 

[SevenFields]

John I recommend using a strainer bag on the end of your siphon, when you transfer to your bottling bucket. When I transfered my HopHead IPA (with 2oz dry hop)my siphon kept gettting plugged up and I didnt get all the beer out of secondary. Im going to make it again but use a straining bag next time.

 

[TheRealBonger]

This looks amazing. I might have to order some bulk hops soon to make this one. Let us know how it turns out.

 

[oldschool]

just ordered 5lbs from Hops Direct, Cherries Direct - available today from Puterbaugh Farms they have a great sale going on now.

 

[Irrenarzt]

I brewed this beer over the summer and it came out horribly. It was my first bad batch/drain pour. I think it was too warm in the garage where I had it fermenting. I had a thermocouple in the fermenter and it was reading around 80 F for a fair amount of the primary and secondary. I was really looking forward to this one, oh well...

 

[JOHN51277]

Going to Bottle this one on Sunday. 2 weeks of dry hopping with 2 oz of Centennial. I cant wait for it to be ready to drink! My Torpedo Clone is going strong right now! That is going to be a treat if it is anywhere near as good as the real deal. Then it is time to make my Little Kings Cream Ale! Bring back childhood memories!

 

[crammer]

I'm racking mine to the secondary in about an hour, it smells delicious.

I had a smiliar brew the other day at Southend Brewery & Smokehouse in Charleston SC and it awesome. Hopefully, this will turn out just as good.

 

[JOHN51277]

Bottled this on Thursday after I got off work. I can't wait to open one and try it in about 10 days! It smelled awesome when I was bottling it. It did however seem to not have as much hop aroma as I thought it would have!!

 

[HOOTER]

It smelled awesome when I was bottling it. It did however seem to not have as much hop aroma as I thought it would have!!

Worry not, the carbonation will carry that intoxicating hop aroma right up into your little nostrils. :cross:

 

[crammer]

Bottled this on Thursday after I got off work. I can't wait to open one and try it in about 10 days! It smelled awesome when I was bottling it. It did however seem to not have as much hop aroma as I thought it would have!!

I'm going to bottle this over the weekend, how did you 115th turn out?

 

[JOHN51277]

It has been in bottles with carb tabs for about 3.5 weeks now. I tried one at 2 weeks and it was still flat. I rolled it a little and will let it sit for about another week and see what happens. Does the higher ABV slow down the carbonation??

 

[Irrenarzt]

I made 2 batches of this and they both sucked. Now don't get me wrong, I dig NB and I'm not dissing them at all but this beer isn't what I hoped it would be. The first batch was fermented too high of a temp this summer and came out all fusely and the second one tastes average at best but it's not carbonating well, even with 6 oz of dextrose. I also made the Hopfather DIPA recipe at the same time as the second 115th batch and that tastes phenomenal. Highly recommend the Hopfather...

 

[Suthrncomfrt1884]

High gravity beers like this can take a very long time to carbonate compared to average beers. You could be looking at 1-2 monthsh before you get good carbonation.

John, have you tasted it yet since the last post? I'm interested in how this beer came out. I'm a hophead, but this seems insane to even me.

 

[JOHN51277]

Crazy, I just put a bottle in the fridge today. Im gonna crack it open with a cigar in a few. I will see how it is.

 

[crammer]

One of the champagne bottles that I used to bottle my 115th blew it's cork recently -- I'm drinking it right now but it definitely needs more time to age.

 

[JOHN51277]

Still NO carbonation, and its been a month. WTF?? I guess I am just going to forget about this one for about 2-3 more months before even trying another! On the other hand, My Torpedo clone is pretty damned good. Not a Torpedo, but close.

 

[JOHN51277]

Well, I dumped about 50% of this batch. It was just building NO carbonation and to be honest, it was pretty NOT good! I have no clue what went wrong, but It is the first batch I have dumped!

 

[Irrenarzt]

Skip the 115th, make the hopfather instead. I brewed a batch of hopfather for the recent teach a friend to brew day and it received very high praise.

 

[HOOTER]

Well, I dumped about 50% of this batch. It was just building NO carbonation and to be honest, it was pretty NOT good! I have no clue what went wrong, but It is the first batch I have dumped!

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/never-dump-your-beer-patience-virtue-time-heals-all-things-even-beer-73254/