American IPA All Amarillo IPA

[Recluse]

OK, racked to secondary after 7 days in primary. FG=1.013 Down from 1.065, so about 6.8% ABV.

Hydro sample was pretty good. Not as bitter as I feared, though quite bitter enough for me. Some Amarillo-style grapefruity flavors. Trying to decide whether or not to dry-hop. Will give it another taste after a week in secondary and decide.

 

[kuips]

I highly recommend dry-hopping it. The Amarillo aroma is outstanding!

 

[indeedproceed]

I'm looking for a cheaper way to make this kit....so far I got 48+shipping from northern brewer and 44+shipping from AHS....any other places to look?

 

[Blueberryspies]

I'm looking for a cheaper way to make this kit....so far I got 48+shipping from northern brewer and 44+shipping from AHS....any other places to look?

Morebeer.com has free shipping for orders over $60, so I recommend buying from there and getting enough for two batches instead of one.

For hops I usually use hopsdirect.com and buy in bulk.

 

[Recluse]

I highly recommend dry-hopping it. The Amarillo aroma is outstanding!

I took your advice and threw in 1/4 oz of Amarillo Pellets (in ~4 gal). My intention was to dry hop for only 4-5 days, but those disintegrated pellets are taking their sweet time sinking... Is some extra dry hop time going to hurt? I purposely used a relatively small amount.

 

[kuips]

I always use whole hops for dry hopping and they never seem to drop to the bottom, I just rack from between the hops and the trub.

I typically dry hop for 7 days, but have have left them in for nearly 3 weeks without any ill-effects.

 

[Recluse]

I always use whole hops for dry hopping and they never seem to drop to the bottom, I just rack from between the hops and the trub.

I typically dry hop for 7 days, but have have left them in for nearly 3 weeks without any ill-effects.

Thanks! Whole hops probably don't fragment like pellets.. I think there is enough suspended hop material to make it impossible to get between the hops and the trub without picking up some particulates. Will give it more settling time...

 

[kuips]

Thanks! Whole hops probably don't fragment like pellets.. I think there is enough suspended hop material to make it impossible to get between the hops and the trub without picking up some particulates. Will give it more settling time...

Yeah, I would give it a few more days to see. If that does not settle it you could try cold crashing it, or place a hop/grain bag over the end of your racking cane to act like a filter... I have never been too careful about it, I always heard if you get hops in the bottle its good luck

 

[hbhudy]

I made this recipe and dry-hopped with 1oz of Aramarillo and 0.5oz Cascade. At 14 days is if fantastic.

 

[Recluse]

Yeah, I would give it a few more days to see. If that does not settle it you could try cold crashing it, or place a hop/grain bag over the end of your racking cane to act like a filter... I have never been too careful about it, I always heard if you get hops in the bottle its good luck

The grain bag on the racking cane worked fine. Dry hopped with a relatively small amount (0.25 oz) for 10 days. When I bottled it was apparent that I only had 3 gal instead of the 4 I thought I started with. I THOUGHT the carboy looked a little too empty. I cannot quite figure this out as I hit the gravity I had calculated for a 4 gallon batch. Pretty much use the OG as a guide more than calibrating my carboy volumes. I guess I have to recheck my spreadsheet for errors..

I may have over-primed somewhat for an IPA, as I calculated for 4 gal (3 oz by weight of Dextrose) but it should be OK. Hydro sample tasted pretty good...not overly bitter as I feared.

Looking forward to cracking open a bottle when the yeasties finish their work on the priming sugar!

 

[Paulgs3]

I have a whole pound of Crystal 40 I'd like to use up, how much would it effect the recipe if I stepped the whole pound?

 

[Recluse]

I think it should be fine. The other Amarillo recipe I was looking at was James Spencer's 15 minute Amarillo Ale which used a full pound of Crystal (and 60L at that!)

 

[Paulgs3]

Good news then!

Thank you.

 

[Recluse]

Good news then!

Thank you.

FYI, here is the thread on that recipe:

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/15-minute-amarillo-ale-58866/

Only 15 minute boil so the hop additions are generous..

 

[Paulgs3]

I tapped my keg of this and holy jebus, this beer is incredible!!

Thank you for the recipe!!

 

[MistyMountainHops]

I just kegged my second batch of this sweet goodness. I LOVE this recipe.

 

[New2Brew17]

Normally I am not a big IPA fan, but someone I know made this beer and I enjoyed it tremendously. So I made a batch on Wednesday and this is what I came home to on Thursday afternoon...

The LHBS was out of Safale-05 so I used 04 instead...I doubt that would have that much effect on the results, but I do know that blow-offs are in my immediate future...

 

[mbtech]

wow, i sure hope you don't get an infection from that lid being off for so long.

 

[Joe_in_GA]

Just cracked open the first ones last night to celebrate the holiday. Wow! That's all I can say. It's just about perfect for me, not too bitter, but still bitter enough. This one will definitely be in my rotation. Thanks for the great recipe.

 

[Zozz]

I found this recipe looking for an IPA to make for my second batch, and with all the great reviews, I am going to brew tomorrow night. Gonna follow the recipe basically as it is.

Safale - 05 was a no go, but the shop owner recommended White Labs Liquid Yeast WLP007. I am new to brewing and know the less about yeast than anything else... Will this yeast be good for the brew? I'm going to use it either way but I wonder what the difference will be compared to the 05.

 

[mbtech]

I found this recipe looking for an IPA to make for my second batch, and with all the great reviews, I am going to brew tomorrow night. Gonna follow the recipe basically as it is.

Safale - 05 was a no go, but the shop owner recommended White Labs Liquid Yeast WLP007. I am new to brewing and know the less about yeast than anything else... Will this yeast be good for the brew? I'm going to use it either way but I wonder what the difference will be compared to the 05.

The first time I made this, I used WLP005. At that time, I was doing extract. Since then, I stepped the IBU up to around 80 in which case I don't feel the more expensive WLP005 is any different to the Safale - 05. The higher IBUs scale down the yeast flavor...at least in my opinion. But, if you make this according the original recipe at 45 IBU, I would recommend the WLP005. I am becoming a hop head and the original recipe didn't have enough hops for my taste. So, either add more at the beginning of the boil or do more for late addition.

 

[MistyMountainHops]

You'll be good. This beer is so bomb. I have it on tap now. Enjoy!

 

[mbtech]

It really is a great beer. I think it is one of my all time favorites. The most recent batch I made used a half pound of Amarillo. And it still could have used more.

 

[Rick500]

It'll be fine with 005. I like it best with Bell's Ale yeast or WLP051/Wyeast 1272, but WLP005 will make a fine beer with this recipe. The hops will pretty much dominate anyway.

 

[Blueberryspies]

I found this recipe looking for an IPA to make for my second batch, and with all the great reviews, I am going to brew tomorrow night. Gonna follow the recipe basically as it is.

Safale - 05 was a no go, but the shop owner recommended White Labs Liquid Yeast WLP007. I am new to brewing and know the less about yeast than anything else... Will this yeast be good for the brew? I'm going to use it either way but I wonder what the difference will be compared to the 05.

That yeast will be fine. Just keep your fermentation temperature in the appropriate range and you should have a well attenuated and clean tasting IPA.

 

[Zozz]

Thanks for the replies. Trying to grind through work then its time to brew! I'll leave an update when this goes into primary.

...

Brew day went well, my second batch was much smoother than the first time. I ended up adding hops in 1.5oz @ 60, 1oz @ 30, 1oz @ 7, and put the final .5oz in the the primary. The brew is happily bubbling away in the primary.

Thanks for the recipe and suggestions, I can't wait to dig into this one!

 

[koomber]

Just made up 5G's of a variation of this. Since I hadn't enough Amarillo, I made up the 15 and 5 minutes with Cascade and used Amarillo for the boil and flame out.

Smells fantastic. I mean like this smells like the beer that the guy in the Old Spice advert would drink. I'm thinking about splitting it and dry hopping some with some Bramling Cross I've got lying around just for the badness.

 

[mbtech]

I made a batch of this about a week ago, and used the 005 with one lb. of 40 and Chinook at start of boil, followed with 1 oz. of amarillo every 15 minutes or so until flame-out which I then added 2 oz. of amarillo. I used to go from the primary to secondary and dry hop in the secondary for 2 weeks, but lost too much bitterness for my liking. This time, I think I'm going to go 10-14 in the primary, then keg with hops in the keg. Not sure whats going to happen with dry hopping in the keg. Never done it before. Any thoughts?

 

[Naked_Eskimo]

Brewed this up a while ago, just had it kegged and carbed. Pulled my first pint from it tonight...and my first impression is that it is very "fruity"!

I've never used Amarillo before, and this is my first go with the S-05 yeast, so not sure whether this fruitiness is from the hop or the yeast. I fermented at 64-66F..so I shouldn't be getting any fruity esters from the yeast, so I assume that the Amarillo is the reason for this fruitiness?

Is this the way this IPA is supposed to taste...or has something gone horrible awry?

 

[mbtech]

That's typical. I actually ferment mine at around 70 with the s-05. I recently made this but used WLP-005. Too malty for me, but the hops helped out. Here is the recipe I used:

11.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 91.67 %
1.00 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 8.33 %
1.00 oz Chinook [12.40 %] (60 min) Hops 38.6 IBU
1.00 oz Amarillo Gold [9.40 %] (45 min) Hops 26.8 IBU
1.00 oz Amarillo Gold [9.40 %] (30 min) Hops 22.5 IBU
1.00 oz Amarillo Gold [9.40 %] (15 min) Hops 14.5 IBU
1.00 oz Amarillo Gold [9.40 %] (5 min) Hops 5.8 IBU
2.00 oz Amarillo Gold [9.40 %] (0 min) Hops -
1 Pkgs British Ale (White Labs #WLP005) [Starter 35 ml] Yeast-Ale

fermented for 2.5 weeks, then kegged. 6.8% ABV.