Double IPA Hop Juice Imperial IPA

[mellomoose]

I've got this in primary right now, my third attempt at a homebrew. Thanks for the recipe and keep your fingers crossed for me.

 

[BullGator]

You won't be disappointed.

 

[moonpig]

Kegged this this morning cannot wait to try it tomorrow night!!!!! Thanks for the recipe

 

[mellomoose]

I'm at nine days in primary and only reading about four and a half percent ABV. There's still some activity, so I'm going to let it go a few more days and check my gravity nightly. I've got a feeling I won't get too much more though. I'm guessing I didn't oxygenate well enough before pitching my yeast. I dumped my last batch (different recipe) after carbonating because it got fouled somewhere, so it's hard not to be stressed about this one.

 

[moonpig]

Well drinking this for 2 days now and it tastes awesome would love to do this as all grain next

 

[petetheo]

Brewing this one tomorrow. I didn't have a chance to stop by my LHBS before today so I don't have enough time for a starter so I'll just pitch it as is. Since dry extract is more expensive I picked up 10 pounds of light LME. My LHBS was out of Warrior so I substituted Nugget. Also, since I enjoy a more citrus flavor and aroma I substituted the Williamette with Cascade. The alpha acid percentages are the same so I kept the amounts the same. The Nugget's alpha acid is a little lower than the Warrior so I grabbed 1.2 ounces for every 1.0 ounce the recipe called for. The alpha acid for the Chinook that the store had was a little less than what the recipe had posted so I picked up 1.2 for 1.0 of that hop variety as well. We'll see how it goes. I'll keep you posted.

 

[BullGator]

You'll have to let me know how it turns out.

 

[petetheo]

I know I changed the recipe a little bit but I just took the first gravity reading. It read 1.037. That seems really low compared to the 1.078 that was quoted in the original recipe. What do you guys think?

 

[petetheo]

Checked this one today. I'm having a difficult time keeping the temperature down. It sits right at 72. There are no fruity aromas so I think it should be alright. The fermentation is really active. The krausen busted the lid off the airlock and it was foaming out the top. Smells incredible. I can't wait to drink this one.

 

[BullGator]

I didn't record my OG but I recall mine was close or at what the recipe stated. I did record my final gravity which was 1.018.

 

[slow6i]

I have to warn anyone brewing this beer. My entire house smelled like a hop garden for about 3 days after brewing this. Needless to say its fermenting nicely now. :cross:

This recipe looks amazing to me! But im a little worried about this. I might need to tell the gf to go stay at her moms for a couple days

Quick question: how long for the steep?

 

[BullGator]

This recipe looks amazing to me! But im a little worried about this. I might need to tell the gf to go stay at her moms for a couple days

Quick question: how long for the steep?

I always steep my grains for 30 min. It's been awhile since I brewed this but I would throw the hops in after the grain bag is removed, the dme is mixed in, and you are heating the worth up.

 

[Xaphoeous]

What is the boil volume for this hop schedule?
2.5? 5.0?

 

[BullGator]

You probably know more than me but I always try and boil as much as I can to improve hop utilization. I think my starting boil volume was somewhere around 5 gal which ended up around 4 by the time I got it in the fermentor

 

[eruhland87]

Brewed this 9 days ago and just racked to the secondary last night. The krausen was thick at the top and it smelled amazing. My only worry is that it is very cloudy, but I am hoping it will settle and clear up while in the carboy. My starting gravity was 1.092. I cannot wait to drink this one!

 

[Xaphoeous]

You probably know more than me but I always try and boil as much as I can to improve hop utilization. I think my starting boil volume was somewhere around 5 gal which ended up around 4 by the time I got it in the fermentor

We put the recipe into Beersmith and came up with 132 IBU with a 4 gallon boil. SG was 1.077

 

[petetheo]

Transferred to secondary last week. When I opened the bucket I realized that my friend who had topped it off had put way too much water in it. It was sitting at about the 6.5 gallon mark. This was concerning because I was worried it would taste watered down. This was not the case. It was completely drinkable, outside of not being carbonated and warm, smelled terrific and was gorgeous in color. I was impressed at how well the Irish moss worked (it was my first time).

After the 5 gallons were racked, I decided to throw half a gallon into a growler that I had laying around with a tablespoon or so of table sugar, just to see how things would go. I mean, it would have been wasted anyways. I'll probably crack that open in a few days and drink it while I bottle the rest of the batch.

 

[petetheo]

Bottling this tonight. As you may have read, I changed some of the hops. This beer smells incredible but I'm not crazy about the taste. If you can pick out the grapefruit taste found in some hops then imagine that taste x1000. This beer is tasting exactly like a bite of bitter grapefruit. Very strange. I'm hoping that once it's carbonated some of that taste will be masked. We'll see.

 

[NateLTB]

This beer sounds amazing! I think I'll have to attempt this one soon.

 

[doublebogey10]

Bottling this tonight. As you may have read, I changed some of the hops. This beer smells incredible but I'm not crazy about the taste. If you can pick out the grapefruit taste found in some hops then imagine that taste x1000. This beer is tasting exactly like a bite of bitter grapefruit. Very strange. I'm hoping that once it's carbonated some of that taste will be masked. We'll see.

Have things settled down and the grapefruit taste mellowed?

 

[kasky99]

I couldn't help but order the ingredients the second I saw this one. I had some problems when I saw that a few people were talking about how the OG, IBU's, and ABV were not working out for the recipe that was originally posted. I found though, that they match up pretty well if you change your pre-boil to 3.9 gallons then change it from an extract to a partial mash in beersmith. I am not really sure that spraging your specialty grains will really affect your OG all that much. I tried to look around on other threads about it, but there was no real answer. I think the best solution would be to bump the LME up to 9#. Unfortunately I only ordered 8#, and because I am stationed in japan and it takes forever for me to get supplies via the internet I think that I will just try and sparge the caramel/crystal and see what happens. What do you guys think? I mean worst that will happen my OG will drop to 1.075 from 1.079, my ABV will go from 8.1% to 7.7%, and my IBU's will shoot from 120.2 to 125.1.

 

[birtsbrew21]

I brewed this yesterday, i did a 10 gallon batch and used 10 pounds of pilsen light DME, 7 pounds of golden light DME and 2 pounds carmal/crystal grain. I used all the same hops except instead of the willimettes i went with cascade. My OG was 1.072 which was not a surprising to me because when i put it in my demijohn it was around the 11 gallon mark so that would account for my OG being a little lower. Still i am excited to see how this comes out. The hops smelled soo good!

 

[kasky99]

Update: This came out amazing. Needs a full month to carb well, but I am assuming that it is because of the high og.

 

[PlasticBeer]

Brewed this recently. Primary fermenter with the dry hops for 2 weeks, then racked to a secondary. Kegged after another 10 days. OG 1.075ish and FG 1.012. ~7% ABV. Excellent beer. Definitely recommend others brewing this!

Thanks for the recipe!

 

[BuddyBrews]

this shall be my next brew!!

 

[BuddyBrews]

uhoh bout to make my own version of this for my firstt big brew! Stoked!

 

[BuddyBrews]

uhoh bout to make my own version of this for my firstt big brew! Stoked!

just racked this over to Keg/secondary and dry hopped with cascade and chinook. This smells extremely fruity. Can't wait to try in a couple weeks!! :cross:

 

[DaSwede]

I'm going to make this as my first IPA as I love insanely hoppy delicious beer! A few questions though: after reading the thread, I'm still a bit confused as to the hop additions... Would this be correct?
As water is heating - 0.5oz Warrior
@ 60 min left in boil - 1oz Warrior, 1oz Chinook
@ 45 min left in boil - 1oz Chinook, 0.5oz Warrior
@ 30 min left in boil - 1oz Centennial
@ 10 min left in boil - 0.5oz Centennial, 1oz Williamette
Dry hop for 13 days - 0.5oz Centennial, 1oz Williamette

Also, did you use pellet or whole hops?

 

[BuddyBrews]

I'm going to make this as my first IPA as I love insanely hoppy delicious beer! A few questions though: after reading the thread, I'm still a bit confused as to the hop additions... Would this be correct?
As water is heating - 0.5oz Warrior
@ 60 min left in boil - 1oz Warrior, 1oz Chinook
@ 45 min left in boil - 1oz Chinook, 0.5oz Warrior
@ 30 min left in boil - 1oz Centennial
@ 10 min left in boil - 0.5oz Centennial, 1oz Williamette
Dry hop for 13 days - 0.5oz Centennial, 1oz Williamette

Also, did you use pellet or whole hops?

0.50 oz Warrior [15.00%] (60 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops 14.5 IBU
1.00 ozWarrior [15.00%] (60 min) Hops 29.1 IBU
1.00 oz Chinook [13.00%] (60 min) Hops 25.2 IBU
1.00 oz Chinook [13.00%] (45 min) Hops 23.1 IBU
0.50 oz Warrior [15.00%] (45 min) Hops 13.3 IBU
1.00 oz Centennial [10.00%] (30 min) Hops 14.9 IBU
0.50 oz Centennial [10.00%] (10 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep) Hops
1.00 oz Williamette [5.50%] (10 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep) Hops
0.50 oz Centennial [10.00%] (Dry Hop 13days) Hops
1.00 oz Williamette [5.50%] (Dry Hop 13days) Hops

I would def use pellet hops except for dry hopping. I used mostly whole hops for this myself and it was the most trub i have ever seen!!! Ended up being a 4 gallon batch!! Bout to try mine in about 2 more weeks. Can't wait for this one!!

 

[RolandSA]

Started this tonight! I'm really excited for it, however, did anyone else experience massive foaming after putting the wort in the fermenter? I'm still wondering if there was extra sanitizer or what the heck happened!?

There was so much foam that it came right out of the fermenter and i had to scoop a bunch out, and the wort was sitting a little below the normal 5gallon marker!

It was so foamy I couldn't read my hydrometer!

Anyone else get this?