American Floral IPA

[mtyquinn]

Just harvested my hops and I'm getting a real nice floral character from my hops here in CT. I believe they are Cascade (however they may be Perle, long story) but lets just say they are floral Cascades. Can anybody point me to a recipe that will allow me to brew a very floral IPA. I buy my bittering, but I want to heavily hop my flavor additions. Thanks.

 

[RonPopeil]

Not sure how you like IPA's. Cascade is pretty versatile at this point so it's a game with the perle hop idea. Since perle is originally german I would take it a malty direction.

Aim for an OG of mid 1.060's. Bitter with Northern brewer. Split the grainbill 60/40 Munich 10/Marris Otter. Add a half # of biscuit and a cara malt of your choice if you like that sort of thing. Carawheat would be neat.

 

[sweetcell]

since you want to focus on the hops, keep the grain bill simple. you could go nothing but 2-row which will create a nice platform for the hops. add some C-40 or C-60 if you want, but keep it under 5% (i'm not a fan of crystal in IPAs but some people seem to insist...). 10% munich or wheat could add a hint of complexity without being overbearing.