Foothills Hoppyum IPA Clone

[Col_klink]

Ohhh man I love some Hoppyum!! I really didn't think there would be a clone recipe out there for this but I searched just in case; I am glad I did! I am making the jump to all-grain very soon and I think this is going to be my first all-grain brew. Thanks for posting!

-Klink

 

[golphur]

I'll check out that podcast. That's pretty cool. I'll have to try this with British malts one time and see how it turn out. Thanks for sharing.

Col Klink. Good luck! Let me know how it turns out!

 

[layd0g]

This looks great, thanks for posting! Just one question, what was your fermentation schedule? Primary, secondary and how long did you dry hop for? Thanks!

 

[golphur]

When I first made this I did primary for a little over a week and went to secondary for about two weeks. I've since stopped using secondary for most of my batches. I usually just do a primary for about three weeks (or more, depending on when kegs are available) and dry hop the last 10 days or so of secondary. Turns out great!

Let me know how it turns out when you make it. Always looking for feedback on this recipe.

 

[HoppingC]

Finally got a chance to brew this. Sunday i racked to secondary and dry hopped it. The color was spot on! I cant wait until It's finished.

 

[dr_quixote]

hey golpher. just wanted to drop in and say thanks for this recipe. my brew partner and i have been using the OP as a base for the past year (~150 gallons). we've tooled around with different yeasts/malts/hops in the process, but it's always some variation of your recipe. we love it! in fact i just gave my brother-in-law a 2 gallon BIAB kit of it for christmas. anyway, thanks again.

 

[golphur]

Wow, dr_q that is awesome! I'm glad you guys enjoy the recipe. Please share any experiences that were successful when changing the yeast, hops, malt. I always love trying out new variations as well.

 

[Col_klink]

Hey Golphur,
I'm still thinking of doing this one for my first all-grain batch (got a nice 10gal kettle for xmas) :rockin: . Anyway, did you make a yeast starter for this?

 

[golphur]

I do make yeast starters when using liquid yeast. But I've also been known to substitute dry US-05 yeast on this recipe with good results. I rehydrate the dry yeast but don't make a starter when I do it that way. US-05 is the same yeast strain as California 001 so it is very similar.

 

[Col_klink]

Thanks golphur

 

[govner1]

Just hooked up a keg after conditioning. I'll let it chill a couple of days & tap it Tuesday PM. I used WY1217 so I'll report back.

 

[golphur]

Nice! I've never used WY1217. Let me know how it turns out!

 

[govner1]

Tapped it last night. Even though it was keg conditioned it needs another day in the kegerator, but, the color, flavor, & aroma are great!

 

[golphur]

That's awesome! I've never bottle or keg conditioned this beer, always force carbed in the keg. Glad it turned out well. Cheers!

 

[Col_klink]

I finally got around to doing my first all-grain batch using this recipe today. Everything went well. I think i may have missed my mash temp. After 10 minutes in the round cooler, I had 148*F. I just let it go at that temp and still hit my pre-boil gravity of 1.048 and post-boil of 1.065 so I think I'm ok there. I made a 2L starter using Wyeast 1056. I'm pretty excited to see how this turns out. Thanks again golphur for posting up the recipe! I'll keep you posted.



-Klink

 

[Asheville_Thumper]

I was watching the Super Bowl enjoying some Hoppyum, and I decided to look up a clone recipe. I'm glad I found this one! It sounds like a winner. I was going to brew a SN Celebration clone next, but I think this just jumped up to head of the line.

Has anybody tried using British grains mentioned earlier?

Thanks for posting your recipe!

 

[golphur]

I've never made this recipe with British grains but I think I'm going to try it with Maris Otter next time. You'll probably get a little more body/color using British malts. Let me know how it turns out if you do it!

 

[Asheville_Thumper]

Just brewed this one yesterday!

I missed my preboil and original gravity by 3-4 pts. Grain crush could have been better, and I didn't have any DME on hand to adjust...oh well! I used US05 for convenience and it's bubbling away as we speak. Sample tasted great. Thanks for posting the recipe.

 

[ncsujrock]

Would a kolsch yeast work for this? Like wlp029 or 2565?


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[danteslament]

Is that really 11lb of US 2-Row Malt or should it be "1lb" of US 2-Row Malt?

 

[golphur]

ncsujrock - I don't know how a Kolsch yeast would do on this recipe. I've never used Kolsch on a Pale or IPA. I mean technically it will work/ferment. Just not sure how the yeast flavors would affect the beer. But hey, that's why we homebrew...experiment! Let me know how it turns out!

 

[golphur]

danteslament - 11 pounds 2-row on this recipe. All-grain, 5 gallon batch.

 

[Asheville_Thumper]

I just racked this to the secondary for dry hopping yesterday evening. OG was 1.056 and FG was 1.008. Sample tasted excellent. I'll give it 5-7 days then bottle. Can't wait to do a side by side with this one.

 

[Col_klink]

So I had a tasting party this past weekend with some friends; who are all Hoppyum fans. Everyone enjoyed it.
As I previously posted, I had missed my mash temp at 148* when I brewed this. I could definitely tell the body was a little thin. I also ran into some problems with my carbonation, it was a little low and inconsistent between bottles. I am going to stir in my priming solution before bottling for now on. I don't think it was evenly distributed. I also lost a lot of volume in the process due to all the hop material; I have since made a hop spider to help with that problem. Those drawbacks were all mistakes I made. So lessons learned
But everyone agreed the flavor was excellent and I am going to fix my mistakes and make this tasty brew again! Thanks again for posting this!

-Klink

 

[golphur]

That's fantastic, Klink. Glad everyone enjoyed it.

Asheville, please post back when you crack your first bottle. Would love to hear your feedback!

 

[jmp138]

This is my fiancés favorite IPA, so I'll be brewing this in the next week or so. I'm actually in Winston right now, might try and convince my business partner to go by Foothills for lunch!

 

[Asheville_Thumper]

I just cracked opened my first....well now on my second, bottle of this recipe. It's absolutely perfect! I'll be brewing this one again for sure. Next time I'll probably add an additional .5 or maybe full 1 oz to the dry hop (personal preference only).

Awesome recipe! Thanks again for posting. I live in Asheville, NC, and every time I drive through Winston, I stop by Foothills to enjoy their beer. We have a ton of great breweries in town, but Foothills is definitely near the top of my list.

 

[golphur]

Thanks for the feedback Asheville Thumper, glad you enjoyed the recipe!

By all means, add some dry hops. I've used this recipe as a base for a lot of different variations of hops, dry hops, etc. It's all part of the fun of homebrewing.

It's been a while since I've brewed the actual clone recipe though. I think that's got to be next on my list. I was up in Winston-Salem a couple of months ago and had fresh Hoppyum at the pub and it was awesome.

 

[stryker_hass]

Finally made this Friday dry hop tonight OG 1.059. Following 1st post recipe with S-05 Keg in 10 days. Let you know in 17 days, but I'm sure it's great. Thanks for posting. Jim



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[stryker_hass]

Great recipe! All parameters came out on target. Kegged about a week ago did a head to head on a bottle of commercial Hoppyum Beers taste different but the homebrew is better!


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