American IPA with Recipe

[TwistedGray]

I can't take credit for the recipe, but here it is.

Top picture: recipe, obviously.

Bottom picture: I made 5 gallons and pulled off two singles. The darker one in the back has one cup of homegrown raspberries, the orange one up front has one cup of cantaloupe, and the remaining three gallons are as-is. The three gallons will go through a dry hop phase whereas I will leave the smaller one gallons as is. After the dry hop I'll pull another gallon off and do a hibiscus and another gallon will likely go into some citrus blend. The final gallon will just be a standard IPA.

 

[TwistedGray]

Racked two individual gallons to a secondary and split those into:
a) Tropical IPA (mangoes and pineapples - will let these sugars ferment off before bottling)
b) Hibiscus IPA (hibiscus petals and alcohol sugar to cut bitterness of petals)

That leaves about one gallon of regular ole IPA that I may or may not leave as-is. I will at least leave a half gallon as-is so that I have a base that I know I like, but might make something really weird with whatever is left over.

 

[bigplunkett]

If your gonna go wierd throw some juniper at it really drive the whoke pine thing.

 

[TwistedGray]

If your gonna go wierd throw some juniper at it really drive the whoke pine thing.

Interesting idea! I have rosemary, thyme, and oregano growing outside but no juniper. Poop!

 

[TwistedGray]

Journal entry because these sticky notes are surely going to get lost.

9-1 IPA Started
9-2 Split off two gallons (raspberry and cantaloupe)
9-7 added hops to remaining three gallons
9-12 racked off two gallons from three gallon batch (hibiscus and mango/pineapple)
9-15* fermentation done on standard IPA, raspberry, and cantaloupe (bottled)
9-15** racked off hibiscus petals and fruit from mango/pineapple (sugars need to finish before bottling)

*Should be conditioned by 9-29.
**(note to shelf) Check on 9-18 to see if they're ready to bottle.

 

[TwistedGray]

9/26: threw bottle in fridge 24hrs ago. Definitely needs more conditioning, obviously, but the flavors are perfect (for me). Die hard IPA fans might find it too smooth and not bitter, hoppy enough.

 

[Mer-man]

So do you keep them up there on the counter? Might want to keep them from skunking, eh?
Not like Paradise Cove 2009, where everything was always fresh!

 

[TwistedGray]

So do you keep them up there on the counter? Might want to keep them from skunking, eh?

Nah, that was in the garage so no uv.