Chinook IPA - Calling all HOPS experts!

[ChrisGeb]

Hey guys I'm ready for my next batch which is going to be a Chinook IPA. I was just going to brew the recipe they gave me but a guy at work grows his own hops and isn't brewing anymore so he gave me basically a shopping bag full of Cascades. Since I need to use them in something I was planning on using the Cascades with my Chinook IPA.

So a few questions, are Chinook and Cascade a good combination together? Where should I use my Cascades? I was planning on using them to dryhop but I didn't know if I should use any in the boil anywhere as well. My Chinook IPA recipe wants me to dryhop with Chinook. Should I dryhop with both? Should I take out the Chinook and only use the Cascades to dryhop?

The recipe is:
0.75 lbs Caramel Pils
0.25 lbs Breiss Caramel 120
6 lbs Pilsnen malt syrup
1 lb Pilsen DME

1oz Chinook (60 min)
.5oz Chinook (10 min)
.5oz Chinook (1 min)
1oz Chinook (Dryhop)

What and where can I add/subtract my Chinook and Cascade hops. Anything would be appreciated, thanks!

 

[RCCOLA]

Chinook/cascade is a great combo. Personally, I love hops. I would put 1.5-2ozs. of cascade in @ flameout with the chinook, and then another 1.5 ozs. in dry with the chinook. It will taste wonderful-believe me.

I'm sitting here drinking an APA hopped with .75oz chinook+1oz. of cascade+.5oz. of columbus@ flameout, along with 1oz. of simcoe+.5oz. cascade dry hopped. Delicious!

 

[ChrisGeb]

I love hops too! I didn't know what it would be like to dryhop with both of them. It's also only 41 IBU's. I kind of wanted to get it up a little more but didn't know if I should or not

 

[alcibiades]

have they been dried, or are they fresh hops?

dont forget, you should use 5 to 6 times as many wet hops as dry hops to get the same IBU.

 

[ChrisGeb]

Only the Casecade are whole leaf and fresh. I dried them about 2 weeks ago and they are currently in my freezer. The Chinook are in pellet form from Northern Brewer

 

[RCCOLA]

I love hops too! I didn't know what it would be like to dryhop with both of them. It's also only 41 IBU's. I kind of wanted to get it up a little more but didn't know if I should or not

The dry hop and flameout additions will not add any IBUs. Those late additions will only add flavor/aroma. I add a ton of late hops to my hoppy brews. I reccomended adding those cascades late because you don't know what IBU they are and the late additions won't matter.

For an IPA, you should try to match your last 2 gravity #s with IBUs.
EX: 1.060OG= add 60IBUs of bitterness.

I like to add 1/2 of my IBUs at 60mins, and the remaining at 15mins to get flavor out of them.

 

[ChrisGeb]

I know that. I was thinking maybe if I added only the Cascades at flameout instead of both, I could use that extra .5oz to add more bittering. I'll probably just keep it how it is.

Thanks, I didn't know that about the gravity. Beer Alchemy says the OG is supposed to be 1.055. The IBU's are 42.

 

[RCCOLA]

You could do that. You can't go wrong with a bunch of fresh cascades added late.

 

[ChrisGeb]

That's kind of what I figured but decided I should check in just in case. I'm still a noob, this will be my third batch and very excited about this one

 

[RCCOLA]

I would be too. I'm jealous of the fresh cascades.