I've been brewing mostly NEIPAs so far with great success. I was thinking about exploring double IPAs and thought I'd make a double of one of my existing recipes. Looking around a bit, it seems pretty common to just take pretty much the same recipe, add some corn sugar and adjust the hops for the new OG/ABV and off you go.
This seems like it would make a more boozy, dry IPA. In looking at trying to just up the grain bill, I have the capacity to mash it, but I'm guessing my efficiency would suck and I wouldn't be that much different than where I started.
I keep a few pounds of light DME on hand both for starters and to augment if I get a batch that's significantly under the desired gravity. Why not just add DME to a recipe (especially one with a simple malt bill) and go with that? It seems like it would produce a more balanced beer that's less likely to come off as simply boozy.
Who's got experience with this and can weigh in on the different approaches (or any others I've not thought of)?
This seems like it would make a more boozy, dry IPA. In looking at trying to just up the grain bill, I have the capacity to mash it, but I'm guessing my efficiency would suck and I wouldn't be that much different than where I started.
I keep a few pounds of light DME on hand both for starters and to augment if I get a batch that's significantly under the desired gravity. Why not just add DME to a recipe (especially one with a simple malt bill) and go with that? It seems like it would produce a more balanced beer that's less likely to come off as simply boozy.
Who's got experience with this and can weigh in on the different approaches (or any others I've not thought of)?
