Amalgamator IPA recipe ingredients review

[hornet303]

Looks great! I'm going to need to add this my list...but first I am currently working on a recipe loosely based on Citraholic.

Quick question: what temp did you steep/whirlpool? Did you add at flame out, or did you first cool to 170 or the like?

Sorry for the really late reply! I whirlpool at 185 for about 20 minutes. After reading Scott's "The New IPA" this temp seems pretty popular among other brewers as well.

 

[hornet303]

Bump. Just tried this beer and it’s really nice. Super clean and satisfying. @hornet303 have you kept at trying to clone this? I find the aroma to be very pleasant but subtle, not like the overbearing NEIPAs.

I actually have not brewed this since what I posted earlier, but I am considering this my go-to WC IPA build. I have a backlog of hops so I'm building a recipe that pretty much swaps the Mosaic with Idaho 7 and the Amarillo with Citra. I will whirlpool at 185 and I will NOT be using biofine this time. Regarding the subtle dryhop, I've recently upped my DH additions to 7oz. The reason being is while I target 6 gallon batches, I typically have 6.5+ gallons in the fermenter which gets me to that 1.1oz/gallon range.

I've also been soft crashing to 58F or so for a day or 2 before I DH. This allegedly helps promote the yeast to dropping out of solution to help reduce the DH getting scrubbed out by the yeast. I dont have the ability to dump the yeast cake before DH, so only so much I can do.

 

[Steven Barrett]

I wonder if a higher mash temp would result in a fuller bodied beer. I also wonder if mosaic and Amarillo in the dry hop would add complexity.

 

[hornet303]

I figured I'd add a bit more to the story. My LHBS is having a competition where everyone has to brew the same kit and the recipe is inspired by Amalgamator. Said to not be an exact clone, but very close. Here are the details:

Grain:
- 12lb 2-Row (98%)
- 4oz Honey Malt (2%)
- 1lb Dextrose

Hops:
- .75 oz Warrior @ 60
- .25 Amarillo @ 15
- .25 CTZ @ 15

Whirlpool:
- 2oz for 15 mins

Dryhop:
- 4oz DH for 3 days

Yeast:
- WLP001

Batch Size: 5g
Mash temp: 150F
OG: 1.067
FG: 1.014
IBU: 70

So, fairly similar, but some of the hop schedule is a bit different. The suggestd OG and FG cant be right. Gator finishes around 1.008/9 range from that I can tell. Im going to brew this, but adjust the 60 mins Warrior addition down and increase Whirlpool. I'll report back after its done and compared.

 

[couchsending]

Amalgamator has to have a DH amount of more than twice that. 2#/gallon is pale ale DH rates these day’s

 

[day_trippr]

[...]2#/gallon is pale ale DH rates these day’s

lol! just a tiny bit hyperbolic

 

[couchsending]

lol! just a tiny bit hyperbolic

Sorry 2#/bbl... long day

 

[5SonsBrewing]

I realize this is an old post, just stopping by to say that the CBB has a really good recipe for Amalgamator. I thoroughly enjoyed the beer. When I brew it again, I'll compare it to the real thing.

https://beerandbrewing.com/recipe-beachwood-amalgam-ish-ipa/

 

[redrocker652002]

I realize this is an old post, just stopping by to say that the CBB has a really good recipe for Amalgamator. I thoroughly enjoyed the beer. When I brew it again, I'll compare it to the real thing.

https://beerandbrewing.com/recipe-beachwood-amalgam-ish-ipa/

Not being able to see the full recipe in the article, would you be able to post it? If it is a pain in the tail I understand. Just looking for something different and the hops that are being discussed are ones I have not used much if at all. If it is a pain in the tail, no worries.

 

[5SonsBrewing]

Not being able to see the full recipe in the article, would you be able to post it? If it is a pain in the tail I understand. Just looking for something different and the hops that are being discussed are ones I have not used much if at all. If it is a pain in the tail, no worries.

https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/1079273/beachwood-amalgamish-ipa

 

[redrocker652002]

https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/1079273/beachwood-amalgamish-ipa

Thank you. I just read it and I must be missing something. Says batch size is 5.5 gallons but the preboil is only 3 gallons? So am I to assume you sparge enough to get a preboil of about 65 gallons and then boil it down? Sorry to be so stupid, but I am a bit confused.