American IPA All Amarillo IPA

[Naked_Eskimo]

That's typical for this beer, or Amarillo hops?

 

[enaz32]

The hops

 

[mbtech]

Yes, hops. Sorry, last post was kinda confusing.

 

[koomber]

This beer is soooo good. Is very very fruity but not much in the way of hop bitterness. Well I say that from the perspective of the only American style IPA I've had is brewdog's punk IPA's

 

[Naked_Eskimo]

[...] very very fruity but not much in the way of hop bitterness.

My thoughts exactly. Although I liked it less so than you

 

[Righlander]

i'm going to brew this on friday. the only thing i'm going to change is, i'm going to dry hop it with 1oz willamette and 1oz cascade. i'll update on it when it's done

 

[jefflandis]

All of the shops around me are out of fresh hops. Will the same taste come through using pellat hops? Anyone tried pellats with this recipe? I'm assuming you wiegh out the pellats as you do fresh? Thanks!

 

[MistyMountainHops]

I did it with all pellets and it works just fine.

 

[jefflandis]

I did a batch of this last night. I got an OG of 1.048. That seems bad as the recipe says 1.067. I added water up to my 5 gal mark.

Is this bad?

 

[Naked_Eskimo]

I did a batch of this last night. I got an OG of 1.048. That seems bad as the recipe says 1.067. I added water up to my 5 gal mark.

Is this bad?

Did you mix well before taking your OG?

 

[jefflandis]

Did you mix well before taking your OG?

Yes. I stirred after the boil. Then after cooling around 80 degrees and in the fermenter I shook to aerate. Hmm, but maybe some of the water I added didn't get mixed thouroghly. I'm doubting now. I'll stir tonight and retest. I also didn't see any bubbles this morning. Hoping activity picks up. Ill report back. Thanks!

 

[Naked_Eskimo]

Not unusual for OG readings to be lower than expect with extract -- commonly a problem when the top up water and wort are not mixed adequately.

Don't open up now and take a reading...just leave it be. Increasing the chance of getting an infection is not worth knowing what the OG is at this point in time. IMO.

 

[Recluse]

I did a batch of this last night. I got an OG of 1.048. That seems bad as the recipe says 1.067. I added water up to my 5 gal mark.

Is this bad?

Did you by any chance use LME instead of DME???

 

[jefflandis]

Did you by any chance use LME instead of DME???

I used DME. All 7lbs.

 

[Recluse]

I used DME. All 7lbs.

Ok there goes that theory Must be mixing...

 

[sacrifice]

In the garage brewing this up as I type. 1 pound 40L just pulled, 6 gallons water almost to a boil - 6 ounces of whole leaf Amarillo (store did not have pellets) ready to go in in stages including dry hopping - two stage DME addition - with maybe a bit extra (1/2 lb) just for kicks. Or not.....

ETA: Propane tank almost empty but I think I will have enough for an hour........

ETA II: Holey F-Me With a Picth Fork! This shye smells so good! The HOPS!!!

 

[Righlander]

just got it to the right temp and pitched WLP001 california ale yeast. SG: 1.068 seems right at where it should be. this is what i did...

5gal batch 3 gal boil
7lbs x light DME (added 3 lbs for 60mins. last 4 lbs at flameout)
2oz Amarillo 7.2% AA (60 mins)
2oz Amarillo 7.2% AA (15 mins)
1oz Amarillo 7.2% AA (5 mins)
1oz Amarillo 7.2% AA (Flame Out)
WLP001 california ale yeast

 

[sacrifice]

WLP001 california ale yeast

I used Northwest Ale yeast - Wyeast 1332.

Doing any dry-hopping?

 

[Righlander]

I used Northwest Ale yeast - Wyeast 1332.

Doing any dry-hopping?

no. no dry hop this time. when i plugged it in to beersmith it says 53 IBU. so if it doesnt have enough aroma i will dry hop next time. OG was 1.068 if it finishes at 1.017 it should be 6.6% ABV, so i think 53 IBUs would be fitting. we will see though. I DO have 2oz of fuggles laying around that I COULD dry hop it with if i decide to. but i think if i decide to dry hop i would just go pick up some more amarillo to keep with the theme. i plan on leaving it in primary AT LEAST 3 weeks, so i have plenty of time to decide

 

[New2Brew17]

I entered this beer into the New England Regional Homebrew competition a couple of weeks back. My results came in the mail yesterday and even though I did not place, I got scores of 36 and 37, or 36.5 Overall. Pretty happy with the results for my first competition and my first try at an IPA.

 

[Jubilee]

Great recipe thread!

I'm going to brew this with a buddy this weekend, with a couple small tweaks.

3.5 gal boil

9 lbs pale LME
0.5 lb crystal 40L
1.5 oz amarillo @ 60min
1 oz amarillo @ 45 min
1 oz amarillo @ 30 min
1 oz amarillo @ 15 min
0.5 oz amarillo @ flameout

White labs California Ale yeast
1 oz amarillo dry hop 10 days during keg force carbonation

BeerSmith estimates the ABV @ 6.53%

Wish me luck, opinions welcome!

 

[mbtech]

I wonder effect an oz. with your grains when you steep? I recently made an IPA (AG) where I added an oz. of centennial with my grains during the mash. Couldn't really tell, but finished beer had tons aroma.

 

[Recluse]

I wonder effect an oz. with your grains when you steep? I recently made an IPA (AG) where I added an oz. of centennial with my grains during the mash. Couldn't really tell, but finished beer had tons aroma.

Well, IN THEORY you should get more bitterness than aroma since you will be boiling them for the entire boil once the steeping phase is done. Should drive off a lot of the aroma volatiles..but the THEORY of brewing doesn't always account for the results!

 

[Jubilee]

Great recipe thread!

I'm going to brew this with a buddy this weekend, with a couple small tweaks.

3.5 gal boil

9 lbs pale LME
0.5 lb crystal 40L
1.5 oz amarillo @ 60min
1 oz amarillo @ 45 min
1 oz amarillo @ 30 min
1 oz amarillo @ 15 min
0.5 oz amarillo @ flameout

White labs California Ale yeast
1 oz amarillo dry hop 10 days during keg force carbonation

BeerSmith estimates the ABV @ 6.53%

Wish me luck, opinions welcome!

Brewed this on Sat night. Holy cow, the wort tasted great! OG was almost exactly what BeerSmith predicted.

The only mods we made to the above recipe were:
1) last 0.5 oz hops added @ 5 min
2) Wyeast American Ale yeast used instead of White Labs Cal Ale

Pitched at 80F (a bit warm), but happily bubbling away at 68F now. Will cold crash for a couple days before kegging with dry hops.

 

[sacrifice]

Brewed this beer last months, and after fermentation was complete and a week resting, I threw in some hops. Last night, after dry hopping for 8 days, I racked the beer. All I can say is that this was the best tasting and smelling beer I have ever had after so short a time in the primary. Even the turb, flavored with all the hops, smelled great - I hated to throw it away and was thinking of how I could re-use it, but into the garden it went.

The only thing is that this was the cloudiest liquid I have ever racked. Kind of wondering about that.

 

[kuips]

The only thing is that this was the cloudiest liquid I have ever racked. Kind of wondering about that.

If you used S-05 it will clear up in secondary/bottle. I always get cloudy S 05 out of primary, but it is always crystal clear by the time i drink!

 

[sacrifice]

Actually, I decided to use Northwest Ale - Wyeast 1332 - this time.

 

[Righlander]

bottled today after 3 weeks in primary. very light in color and very clear. OG was 1.068. it finished at 1.015. 6.92% ABV. hydro sample smelled and tasted wonderful. i cant wait for this one. i'm going to give it 1 month before i crack one open and see if theyre ready. once again this is what i did

5gal batch 3 gal boil
Steeped .5lb crystal 40 @ 160 for 20 mins
7lbs x light DME (added 3 lbs for 60mins. last 4 lbs at flameout)
2oz Amarillo 7.2% AA (60 mins)
2oz Amarillo 7.2% AA (15 mins)
1oz Amarillo 7.2% AA (5 mins)
1oz Amarillo 7.2% AA (Flame Out)
WLP001 california ale yeast

fermented in the low 60's for 3 weeks.

 

[cfrye]

I brewed this beer and all I can say is that I'm in love

 

[Righlander]

i'm going to go ahead and brew one more batch tomorrow.