Hop Monster IPA

[Bono09]

11 lb. 3 oz. Domestic 2 Row
11 Oz. Crystal 15L

3.77 gallons Strike Water 167 degrees
Mash Temp 152
Sparge 5.1 Gallons 170 degrees- 10 minutes
60 Minutes Mash

60 Minute Boil

1lb Corn Sugar @ 60minutes
3 Oz. Magnum @ 60 minutes
½ Oz. Tetnanger @60
Whirlfloc @10 minutes

1 Oz. Centennial @ Knockout
1 Oz. Cascade @ Knockout

Pitch Safale US- 05 @ 77 degrees

Dry Hop
3 Oz. Citra Day 7 of Fermentation. Transfer to secondary

Primary:7 days
Seconday:14 days
Bottle and Condition:2 weeks

 

[taylorc3407]

Looks simple enough. Why do you pitch your yeast at 77? That seems higher than I normally hear. Are you not worried about off flavors being produced at that temp?

 

[benco]

Seems like to much bittering hops!

 

[sweetcell]

Seems like to much bittering hops!

and low on the late hops, especially if you're going to call this beer "hop monster". dry-hop looks great, tho!

"½ Oz. Tetnanger @60" isn't going to do anything, might as well save those hops.

if you treat the US-05 nicely it should easily get you below 1.017.

"Primary:7 days" - don't count on that. might take more, and might take less.

secondary isn't needed, just dry-hop in primary and save yourself the exposure to oxygen (which isn't good for hoppy beers). there's a raging debate about the need & desirability of using a secondary. i'm firmly in the "not needed" camp.

 

[EJay]

FYI Midwest Supplies has a recipe for something called "Hop Monster IPA" so you might want to rename lest it cause confusion.

 

[Bono09]

Pitching at the higher temp is just something I have always done. No off flavors thus far. The hops was really just kind of a spur of the moment experiment. My buddy came over with all sorts of hops and I had 1/2 Tetnanger just laying around so I decided to use them. This ended up sitting in a Primary for a month. It is being bottled tomorrow. I will rename as well, thank you for the heads up.

 

[Bono09]

This came out amazing. Everyone that I have given it too does not believe me when I tell them it is a home-brew. All are loving it. Came out very nice. Not to buttery at all. Nice mouth to it and great lasting after taste.

 

[sweetcell]

congrats!

did you follow the original recipe, or did you make any tweaks?

 

[Bono09]

Followed the original recipe accept dry hopping. Read an article about how some of the big name brewers only dry hop for 4 days, so I gave that a shot. Worked perfectly