Badfish IIPA

[KeyWestBrewing]

Another IPA I plan on making soon for this years Brewfest in September. I wanted to make something extremely bold, wild, wreckless, strong, and complex to be true in character as a tribute to one of my best friends who passed away a few months ago. So..... heres to you Bobby


GRAIN BILL......mashed at 155 for 1 hr


18# 2 Row
2.25# Crystal 40
.5# White Wheat


BOIL....90 min. Boil for 30 mins before starting boil schedule

1oz Simcoe 60 min (bittering)
.5 oz Centennial 60 min
1# Clear Candied Sugar 30 min
1.5 oz Centennial 15 min
Irish Moss 15 min
1 oz Citra 10 min
1 oz Amarillo 10 min
1 oz Citra 5 min
1 oz Amarillo 5 min


FERMENTATION.....temp 66-68

2 oz Amarillo..Dry Hop, added after 19 days of fermentation
1 oz Citra...... Dry Hop, added after 3 weeks of fermentation

 

[dAnKy601]

Is this a 5gallon batch?

 

[KeyWestBrewing]

6 gal..but you can use it for a 5 gal, it will just be a little stronger abv and darker.

 

[KeyWestBrewing]

Is this a 5gallon batch?

Did you ever brew this? How did you like it?

 

[KeyWestBrewing]

Brew day on this went smooth. The big hop aroma coming from this smells euphoric. Ive already got everything to repeat the batch as soon as I get an open carboy. I also made 2 small adjustments to the original recipe but I couldnt edit the post. I used a grain bill of 18# 2Row, 2# C60, .5# Carapils, .5# White wheat. The other change was I added another oz of each Amarillo and Citra at flameout. Just added the dryhop addition 2 days ago. Heres some pics....

 

[KeyWestBrewing]

I just bottled 2 of the 6 gallons(kegging the other 4 for brewfest) and wow. This is by far the best beer I've made. The sample tasted great; instant grapefruit and mango with subtle pineapple tones coming through. Big hoppy aroma that smells of blood orange and tropical fruit. I will be brewing this again in 2 weeks. I've found my house IPA!!! I advise anyone to give this recipe a go, you will be happy you did!

 

[bobbrews]

Love the Citra + Amarillo combo, but this has too much crystal for me with quite the high mash temp.
What was your OG/FG?

 

[KeyWestBrewing]

1.094 and 1.014. I myself expected more maltiness from the mash temp but it's really quite balanced. You can always cut down the crystal to your preference as well.

 

[bobbrews]

See, I find beauty in "un-balance" with IPAs/IIPAs. Hate the term balance for those styles. It's kind of like saying I want "balanced" buffalo wings instead of spicy buffalo wings. Preference I guess.

Good job on the attenuation. I didn't see what yeast you used here though.

 

[bobbrews]

Duplicate post.

 

[bobbrews]

Duplicate post again. Don't know what's going on with my phone.

 

[KeyWestBrewing]

I should correct myself lol..... It's what I consider a balanced IPA. It's no doubt, very hop forward. It's just rounded out well so it's got big hop flavor but not overly bitter. As well it doesn't taste as sweet as say a DFH 90.

 

[KeyWestBrewing]

I used US05.

 

[KeyWestBrewing]

Just mashed in on another batch of this... Im in love

 

[theBFG]

Just mashed in on another batch of this... Im in love

How'd it turn out so far?

I tried to make this recipe but my LBHS didn't have any of the right hops, haha. So I did the same grain bill and then did:

1 oz warrior (13.7%) @ 60 mins
2 oz zythos (10.6%) @ 30 mins
2 oz Cascade (6.2%) @ 15 mins
1 oz Cascade (6.2%) @ 10 mins
1 oz Cascade (6.2%) @ 5 mins

Ordered some Citra leaf hops online, and thinking about dry hopping for around 10 days with 3-4 oz. Maybe adding an oz every 3 days for 12 days. Thoughts? What am I going to end up with here?

 

[KeyWestBrewing]

How'd it turn out so far?

I tried to make this recipe but my LBHS didn't have any of the right hops, haha. So I did the same grain bill and then did:

1 oz warrior (13.7%) @ 60 mins
2 oz zythos (10.6%) @ 30 mins
2 oz Cascade (6.2%) @ 15 mins
1 oz Cascade (6.2%) @ 10 mins
1 oz Cascade (6.2%) @ 5 mins

Ordered some Citra leaf hops online, and thinking about dry hopping for around 10 days with 3-4 oz. Maybe adding an oz every 3 days for 12 days. Thoughts? What am I going to end up with here?

Great!! Really big hop aroma that smells of grapefruit and tropical fruit. Tastes like grapefruit upfront then settles to a mango- pineapple. Yours will be a bit different but it looks good. I'd just use 3oz all at once and let it dry hop for 10 days. It reminds me a lot of Sierra Nevada Torpedo. Let me know how it turns out.

 

[theBFG]

Awesome, I love pretty much anything Sierra does, but especially that Torpedo. I'll let you know how this one ends up turning out. I'm overly excited about this one...

 

[theBFG]

Just racked onto 3 oz of citra leaf last night. Gravity is down now to about 1.022 or so, I'd like it get it down a little further but I didn't use a starter so I am pleased it is that low. It tastes incredible, kinda like a mix between Torpedo and Hopslam.

FYI: I took some beer out after taking these pictures, so no need to worry about this exploding on me!

Thanks again for the recipe, I'll let you know how it ends up!

 

[fullybro]

Nice towel!!

 

[KeyWestBrewing]

Just racked onto 3 oz of citra leaf last night. Gravity is down now to about 1.022 or so, I'd like it get it down a little further but I didn't use a starter so I am pleased it is that low. It tastes incredible, kinda like a mix between Torpedo and Hopslam.

FYI: I took some beer out after taking these pictures, so no need to worry about this exploding on me!

Thanks again for the recipe, I'll let you know how it ends up!

What yeast are you using? I just pitch 2 US 05 packets so I don't use a starter. Glad all is well so far though. I just started dry hopping another batch of this 2 days ago actually. Nice thing about this one is it doesn't really need much to mature, once the bottles are carbed drink away it's good fresh. Excited to hear your results, enjoy!!!

 

[theBFG]

What yeast are you using? I just pitch 2 US 05 packets so I don't use a starter. Glad all is well so far though. I just started dry hopping another batch of this 2 days ago actually. Nice thing about this one is it doesn't really need much to mature, once the bottles are carbed drink away it's good fresh. Excited to hear your results, enjoy!!!

I was making another IPA around the same time so I pitched 1.5 packets US-05 for both. Hopefully it will keep coming down a bit, and maybe racking it to another carboy will wake the yeast up a little. If not, I still love the flavor and don't mind too much if it doesn't come down.

On a side note, I *tasted* it last night and just the amount from the hydrometer test tube was enough to make me feel good. This beer packs a punch!

 

[KeyWestBrewing]

Yea it does, 2-3 of these I'm pretty well there lol. But the hops and crystal malt make it very smooth really masking the 10.5 abv. No one I've given the beer to could tell it was that strong, at least by taste haha

 

[KeyWestBrewing]

So I served this at Brewfest today and it was a huge hit!!! It was awesome seeing people come back for more over the 150 varieties of micros they had available. I even had a number of people ask where they could buy my IPA not realizing it was my homebrew and not a commercial craft. No other way to say it other than I'm proud of this recipe!!!!

 

[bellmtbbq]

Keywest, I'm not going to brew this exactly but it's given me some inspiration for my second to next batch. Thanks! Also why is the recipe called an IIPA vs. an IPA?

 

[KeyWestBrewing]

Keywest, I'm not going to brew this exactly but it's given me some inspiration for my second to next batch. Thanks! Also why is the recipe called an IIPA vs. an IPA?

What changes are you making? IIPA would be typically be an IPA at or above 10abv and I believe 80-120 IBU(could be off on the exact #s). This one comes in at 10.5abv and about 68IBU so in lands in the middle of the two guidelines. The flavor is still very hop forward and to quote the head brewer from Bluepoint brewing, gave him some a few days ago while he was down here.... "you wouldn't have the slightest clue how strong this beer is until you had already drowned two of em"

 

[bellmtbbq]

KeyWest, I didn't mean offense! I thank you for the recipe. I challenge myself to make all my beers below 6% ABV, which may seem totally the opposite of this recipe, but the hops combination sounds awesome. It sounds insane but I like the challenge of making flavorful beers without the extraordinary grain bill or the side effects from drinking it.

Cheers! Awesome recipe

 

[KeyWestBrewing]

No offense taken at all, just curious what changes your making so I know what can be derived from this recipe. If your going for a pale spin off, I'd think cut an oz off the centennial, use a 1 oz for citra your 10 min addition, 1 oz Amarillo at 5 mins, and maybe a small dry hop.. If possible when you scale down try and keep the same percentages for the grain bill and I think youd have a lot of versatility to work with. Post back with results I'm interested!!!

 

[bellmtbbq]

Awesome! I got one batch planned out before this, but I'll try it. I only make a gallon and a quarter batches so it's not a big deal if it doesnt work out as a true session IPA. Thanks for the recipe again

 

[KeyWestBrewing]

Very welcome. Hope you enjoy, best of luck

 

[theBFG]

Put this on tap about a week ago and tried some the other day. Wow. That's about all I can say.

Wish I had gotten the fg down a few more points, but I can't complain. It's my best beer to date. Thanks for the original recipe!