EastEnders Honey IPA

[eastendershomebrew]

im again searching for advice from my more educated homebrewers, i want to make an IPA with some honey flavor, but ont over whelming, just a slight taste, no aroma will due,. i also want big hop flavor, and right aroung 7-8% alcohol. so here is what i wrote, i am open to suggestions.

Type: All Grain
Date: 7/28/2011
Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Brewer: Doug Ashe
Boil Size: 5.72 gal Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: My Equipment
Taste Rating(out of 50): 35.0 Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00
Taste Notes:

Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU
2 lbs Extra Light Dry Extract (3.0 SRM) Dry Extract 14.55 %
9 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 65.45 %
12.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 5.45 %
8.0 oz Victory Malt (25.0 SRM) Grain 3.64 %
8.0 oz White Wheat Malt (2.4 SRM) Grain 3.64 %
1.00 oz Centennial [10.00 %] (60 min) Hops 29.7 IBU
1.00 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] (45 min) Hops 35.5 IBU
0.50 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (30 min) Hops 6.3 IBU
0.50 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (15 min) Hops 4.1 IBU
1.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (0 min) Hops -
1 lbs Honey (1.0 SRM) Sugar 7.27 %



Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.083 SG
Measured Original Gravity: 1.010 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.021 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.005 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 8.08 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 0.65 %
Bitterness: 75.6 IBU Calories: 43 cal/pint
Est Color: 10.3 SRM Color: Color


Mash Profile

Mash Name: My Mash Total Grain Weight: 10.75 lb
Sparge Water: 3.65 gal Grain Temperature: 72.0 F
Sparge Temperature: 168.0 F TunTemperature: 72.0 F
Adjust Temp for Equipment: FALSE Mash PH: 5.4 PH

My Mash Step Time Name Description Step Temp
60 min Step Add 13.44 qt of water at 164.8 F 153.0 F

oh yeah, all grain with 2 lbs of light DME added to the boil for a higher strating gravity.

 

[brettwasbtd]

Honey Flavor comes more from Honey Malt than from the honey itself.

 

[dcp27]

move the simcoe to the last 15mins or later of the boil. 45mins is kinda a waste of such a limited hop. you'll get almost no flavor out of it there and all aroma will be gone. def needs a dry hop too.

1lb of honey is kinda like more expensive honey, id just use a lil honey malt instead

 

[worlock969]

@dcp27,

How much Honey Malt would you sub for the 1lb honey?

 

[dcp27]

depends how strong of honey you are going for. some people find it really strong, but IME 0.5lb should give a decent note.

 

[PantherCity]

I would say keep the honey (it will help dry out the beer) and replace some of the C-60 (which can have a bit of a raisin flavors) with 1/2 Lb. of honey malt. That will give you the sweet honey flavor. Honey malt is a crystal malt about 10L IIRC. I also agree with dcp27 about the use of the Simcoe. What yeast? Use a big starter with that 1.083 SG.

Edit: I also like to use real honey in a honey flavored beer. Although it doesn't contribute too much flavor it is a good source of fermentables. Plus you can still call it a "Honey IPA" in good conscience.

 

[eastendershomebrew]

Panther City;
i like the way you think... i want to keep the honey since my original idea was to add fermentables. not sure if a honey ipa is even a good idea.... suggestions would be great.