Hop Schedule Ideas?

[Slip_Stick]

I've picked up my favorite base malts for a IPA (OG - 1.077) i'll be brewing sometime soon. Also, i purchased quite a variety of hops to experiment. Do you have any idea's for the hop schedule from this particular supply of hops?

Bravo - 15AA 4oz
Sorachi Ace - 15AA 2oz
Centennial - 10AA 4oz
Citra - 13AA 6oz
Magnum - 13.5AA 4oz

I'm leaning towards bittering with magnum, and maybe sorachi. I'd like to do some late hop additions with the citra, and use the rest for dry hopping.

Other than that, i'd like a high IBU (90-100) IPA, any suggestions are much appreciated.

 

[smagee]

Magnum and bravo are both built for bittering (although bravo can impart some nice flavor/aroma as well). Citra absolutely has to be a late addition (15 minutes left or later) due to its reputed "cat pee" potential--I've never encountered it myself, but I love citra as a flavor/aroma hop anyway.

Sorachi and centennial both bring similar lemon-citrus characteristics, and they both work well for all stages of brewing. Given my druthers, I'd bitter with magnum, flavor with centennial and sorachi (varying additions, say 1oz at 10, 5, and flameout), and dry hop with citra (and centennial, if you want to diversify a bit). Bravo I'd just save for another batch.

 

[Slip_Stick]

boil 60 mins 4.0 Magnum
boil 5 mins 2.0 Centennial
boil 5 mins 2.0 Citra
boil 5 mins 1.0 Sorachi Ace

I was messing around with this, what do you think?

 

[snowveil]

What's the alpha acid on those magnums? Personally I'd scale the 60 minute addition back to 1-2 oz. I've been bittering my IPAs with <1 oz of 17.2%AA warrior and its been pretty spot on for my tastes. IPA is really about hop flavor and not just heavy bitterness. The late additions look good though!

 

[smagee]

Regardless of the AA on the Magnum, I'd almost guarantee that 4oz is going to be too much. I'm with snow: stick to 2oz, max. Otherwise, definitely looking good. What're you thinking for dry hops then?

 

[Slip_Stick]

Ok, Great.

You are considering this is being a 10 gallon batch, yea?

 

[snowveil]

You never said 10 gallons, so we assumed 5. Even at 10 gallons I'd hit it with 2 oz of magnum at 60 minutes. Definitely consider dry hopping this batch too, maybe with 2-3 oz of citra/centennial.

 

[Slip_Stick]

boil 60 mins 2.25oz Magnum 13.5AA

boil 5 mins 4.0oz Centennial 10.0AA

boil 5 mins 4.0oz Citra 13.0AA

boil 5 mins 1.0oz Sorachi Ace 13.7AA

Would this work considering it's a 10 gallon batch?

Comes out to about 75 IBU and .97 BU:GU (using hopville.com)

 

[smagee]

That looks good to me. What are you thinking for dry hops then? 2oz citra, 1oz SA? Maybe some Bravo as well?

 

[Slip_Stick]

So far this beer has turned out with a serious lemon taste/smell. The gravity stalled, so i pitched a 1L active starter in each, and finally dropped it to 1.015.

I never used Citra before, but i think i'll start using it in small doses, maybe just dry-hopping.

I'm not sure about dry-hopping just yet... any ideas?

 

[smagee]

The lemon you're getting will be that Centennial and Sorachi (moreso the former, given the amount of it you're using). Citra actually lends more of a tropical, mango/passionfruit/etc flavor.

If you want something to balance out the citrus, you might consider dryhopping with some bravo and maybe citra as well, if you don't mind it being slightly fruity. The bravo will bring a mild earthy character to it, which will help cut through the lemon. Maybe 3oz bravo and 1oz citra? If you like hops, you could up it to 4-2, considering it's 10g.