Englishish Ipa

[porter1974]

I am going to brew this beer next weekend.

How does the hop schedule look?

What WLP yeast strain do you think would be good?

Original Gravity: 1.071
Final Gravity: 1.021
ABV (standard): 6.55%
IBU (tinseth): 55.71
SRM (morey): 11.06
FERMENTABLES:

10 lb - United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale (72.7%)
1 lb - Torrified Wheat (7.3%)
12 oz - American - Victory (5.5%)
0.5 lb - United Kingdom - Dark Crystal 80L (3.6%)
1.5 lb - Invert Sugar (10.9%)

HOPS:
1 oz - Centennial, Type: Leaf/Whole, AA: 10, Use: Boil for 60 min, IBU: 30.87
1 oz - Centennial, Type: Leaf/Whole, AA: 10, Use: Boil for 20 min, IBU: 18.69
1 oz - Centennial, Type: Leaf/Whole, AA: 10, Use: Boil for 5 min, IBU: 6.15
1 oz - Centennial, Type: Leaf/Whole, AA: 10, Use: Dry Hop for 5 days


Thanks for the input!

 

[thehaze]

It's not really English when you are using Centennial, I think. The yeast could be anything from Fuller's to TT or any other estery, english yeast. If you are going to use Centennial, might as well use Nottingham, which is cleaner, cheaper and easier to use. I think your recipe now looks like a standard, old-style, West Coast IPA, with a really dark colour, lots of Crystal malt, and a bit under-hopped, which would lead - with all the flavourful base malt and specialty malts additions - to a more malt-forward beer. Traditionally, English IPAs were actually quite hopped. Not DIPA or NEIPA level, but arguably a bit more than 4 oz for 5-6 gallons.

I think Maris Otter is a good choice for base malt. Crystal 80L could easily be the second and last malt used in the recipe. The invert syrup will help dry and thin the beer out and, if your OG will be 1.070, you should expect that an English yeast like Fuller's could easily get it down to 1.015, maybe even more with the syrup addition.

As for hops, I think something English will most likely be more apropiate: EKG, Bramling Cross, First Gold, etc.

 

[Franktalk]

The hop schedule looks good to me, and these days, Centennial is okay for English ales, as they seem to be using American varieties in England more often these days.

But, why the Victory malt if you're already using Maris Otter?

 

[Queequeg]

First off there is no need for victory malt and any crystal malt should be kept to about 3% and low color.

I personally think golden promise is better for an English IPA than Maris otter. You shouldn't need sugar if you mash low and torified wheat should also be kept below 5% to avoid the raw cereal flavour it can impart.

As for yeast I would use WLP007 as it very attenuative and produces some esters but won't overwhelm the hops.

As for hops imo centennial is way to strong for an English IPA. An English IPA should be a celebration of English hops and there are some many underused English hops. I personally really like pioneer. It has a really nice Cedar character. Admiral is also nice, it's has a strong orange and resin flavor.

I hope this helps.

 

[filthyastronaut]

Just wanna point out that OP said Englishish, probably intending to lean closer to an English-style IPA but in this case with American hops, which I agree starts to resemble an older American IPA. That being said, with MO I think Victory is unnecessary, otherwise go with WLP 007 and it'll be great.

 

[porter1974]

Thanks for the input.