Amber or IPA? opionions wanted!

[moinkyschmoink]

I have 5 oz of chinook sitting in the fridge and was thinking: do I do a single hop IPA or maybe switch it up and try an amber or pale with it? Going to brew tomorrow and do partial mashes. I have some good recipes for ipa's, but haven't tried doing an amber or pale yet (wits, scottish, others).
Open for ideas, anyone!:rockin:

 

[barrooze]

If you're going to use all 5 oz in one beer, I'd make it an IIPA, unless you put a TON in very late in the boil. Also, dry hopping with it will be real nice.

 

[moinkyschmoink]

IIPA or Ipa?
If I do imperial do I need more hops? The bases I am running with are:

imperial

64% 7 0 Nortwestern Gold Dry Malt info 39 7 ~
18% 2 0 Rahr Two-Row info 34 4 ~
9% 1 0 Corn Sugar (Dextrose) info 46 0 ~
5% 0 8 Cara-Pils/Dextrine info 33 2 ~
5% 0 8 Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L info 34 60 ~

and ipa

76% 6 0 Northwestern Gold DME info 39 7 ~
6% 0 8 Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L info 34 40 ~
6% 0 8 Victory Malt info 34 25 ~
6% 0 8 Cara-Pils/Dextrine info 33 2 ~

No ideas for either pale or amber?

 

[moinkyschmoink]

Also want to learn more on hops tasting, hence the idea, maybe a new ipa per week, like this:

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/13307/56835

 

[crowbait]

Sipping on a all chinook right now from northern brewer. I didn't dry hop it and used S-05.
It comes off pretty dry, almost has a german lager taste. Good clean summer beer.
http://www.northernbrewer.com/documentation/allgrain/AG-ChinookIPA.pdf

 

[barrooze]

I just remembered the Can You Brew It Arrogant Bastard clone is all chinook. If I had 5 oz of chinook, I'd brew that beer.

 

[moinkyschmoink]

Nice, going to give arrogant bastard a shot! Thanks for the tips!

 

[barrooze]

The finalized recipe from Eric is here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/ca...rogant-bastard-176191/index6.html#post2452185