Hoppiest Beer Out There

[Ewalk02]

What is the hoppiest beer you have ever brewed?? I have a friend who says he loves the taste of hops and cant get enough so I thought I would test him on that one. I'm up for anything so bring on the crazy hoppy recipes!

 

[Arneba28]

Bells Hopslam is the most I have ever had. I am sure that there are more out there. My IPA almost rivals hopslam though in IBUs I think

 

[discgolfin]

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=21229

Pliny on this thread is the most I have seen..I think something around 10 oz of hops..:cross:

enough said..

Jay

 

[WortMonger]

I know Bigfoot is 100 IBU. I like it, but I think Pliney is more. Wish I could try a Pliney, we can't get it here.

 

[Brewpastor]

This is my IIPA. It does the job. Dude has had it and might have an opinion.


Preaching in Hell
A ProMash Recipe Report
Recipe Specifics
----------------
Batch Size (Gal): 5.50 Wort Size (Gal): 5.50
Total Grain (Lbs): 16.50
Anticipated OG: 1.08408 Plato: 20.242
Anticipated SRM: 7.7
Anticipated IBU: 246.8
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75 %
Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Grain/Extract/Sugar
% Amount Name Origin Potential SRM
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
83.3 13.75 lbs. Pale Malt(2-row) America 1.03600 2
8.3 1.38 lbs. Pilsener Germany 1.03800 2
5.0 0.82 lbs. Candi Sugar (clear) Generic 1.04600 1
3.3 0.55 lbs. Crystal 60L America 1.03400 60
Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon.

Hops
Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
124.74 g. Columbus Pellet 13.80 232.3 60 min.
38.98 g. Columbus Pellet 13.80 14.5 10 min.
38.98 g. Columbus Pellet 13.80 0.0 0 min.
38.98 g. Columbus Pellet 13.80 0.0 Dry Hop

Yeast
-----
WYeast 1187 Ringwood Ale

 

[WortMonger]

Damn, now that is a hoppy beer right there.

 

[Yooper]

I made the Pliny clone about 8 months ago- it was by far the best beer I ever made, and definitely the hoppiest. You'd have to take out a loan now to buy hops, but I think it would be worth it!!!!!

 

[eschatz]

i thought for a while DFH was claiming their 120 to be the highest on the market.

 

[Brewpastor]

Enough of this commercial beer talk, lets see some recipes, after-all, this is a brewers forum, isn't it?

 

[Smogre]

Beertools kicked out 185 IBUs on a brew I came up with once.
9 oz of hops.

 

[adx]

There is a limit to how many IBU you can jam into a beer. I remember seeing that around 100 IBU the formulas start to break.

There is also the IBU/SG ratio to think about. I drank The Vermonster once which is 100 IBU, but at 10% ABV and enough malt leftover you can't really taste the hops at all.

 

[Brewpastor]

The problem is you need a huge amount of calculated IBUs to get to an actual IBU of 100 and you are right, the IBU to gravity ratio is important. The IIPA I make is very drinkable even with all those hops, but it is also strong and dry with not very much crystal so you are not fighting a bunch of sweetness as you drink it.

 

[Beerrific]

Enough of this commercial beer talk, lets see some recipes, after-all, this is a brewers forum, isn't it?

I am with Yooper on this one.

Pliny The Bastid--Double IPA


A ProMash Recipe Report
Recipe Specifics
----------------
Batch Size (Gal): 5.50 Wort Size (Gal): 5.50
Total Grain (Lbs): 13.25
Anticipated OG: 1.075 Plato: 18.12
Anticipated SRM: 6.4
Anticipated IBU: 278.6
Brewhouse Efficiency: 80 %
Wort Boil Time: 90 Minutes

Grain/Extract/Sugar
% Amount Name Origin Potential SRM
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
86.8 11.50 lbs. Pale Malt(2-row) Great Britain 1.038 3
1.9 0.25 lbs. Crystal 40L America 1.034 40
5.7 0.75 lbs. Cara-Pils Dextrine Malt 1.033 2
5.7 0.75 lbs. Corn Sugar Generic 1.046 0

Hops
Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.50 oz. Chinook Whole 13.00 40.1 MH
2.75 oz. Warrior Pellet 15.40 146.4 90 min.
0.50 oz. Chinook Whole 13.00 20.4 90 min.
1.00 oz. Simcoe Whole 14.00 37.8 45 min.
1.00 oz. Columbus Whole 15.00 33.9 30 min.
2.25 oz. Centennial Whole 10.50 0.0 0 min.
1.00 oz. Simcoe Whole 14.00 0.0 0 min.

Blew the keg right after bottling the last 12oz to send to the NHC. It was really hard to send it. I might pay for the hops if I could find them all at one place.

 

[david_42]

About five years ago, Michael & I did 14 oz. in a five gallon batch. Can't read his writing though, so the recipe is lost.

Hop Madness last year, I believe the winner of the best dam hoppy beer award was talking 1.5 pounds in 10 gallons.

 

[Brewtopia]

My hoppiest beer to date is my Double Header Imperial IPA. The oak aged version took 2nd place in the NW regionals of the National Homebrew Competition last year - category 22c. I think it will satisfy even the hoppiest of heads.

Double Header IIPA

A ProMash Brewing Session Report
--------------------------------

Brewing Date: Sunday February 11, 2007
Brewers: Brewtopia, Get Your Brew On
Recipe: Double Header IIPA


Recipe Specifics
----------------

Batch Size (Gal): 10.00 Wort Size (Gal): 10.00
Total Grain (Lbs): 30.64
Anticipated OG: 1.090 Plato: 21.58
Anticipated SRM: 8.7
Anticipated IBU: 186.5
Brewhouse Efficiency: 79 %
Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Actual OG: 1.090 Plato: 21.56
Actual FG: 1.018 Plato: 4.58

Grain/Extract/Sugar

% Amount Name Origin Potential SRM
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
81.6 25.00 lbs. Pale Malt(2-row) America 1.036 2
6.5 2.00 lbs. Crystal 40L America 1.034 40
3.3 1.00 lbs. Cara-Pils Dextrine Malt 1.033 2
0.4 0.13 lbs. Munich Malt(2-row) America 1.035 6
0.4 0.13 lbs. Vienna Malt Germany 1.037 3
0.8 0.26 lbs. Wheat Malt America 1.038 2
0.4 0.12 lbs. Honey Malt Canada 1.030 18
6.5 2.00 lbs. Corn Sugar Generic 1.046 0

Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon.


Hops

Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2.00 oz. Columbus Whole 14.60 54.5 60 min.
1.25 oz. Warrior Pellet 15.60 40.0 60 min.
0.50 oz. Chinook Pellet 12.00 12.3 60 min.
1.00 oz. Simcoe Whole 13.30 22.2 45 min.
1.00 oz. Centennial Whole 9.30 15.6 45 min.
2.00 oz. Columbus Pellet 14.10 29.5 30 min.
3.75 oz. Amarillo Gold Whole 8.90 12.4 10 min.
2.00 oz. Amarillo Gold Whole 8.90 0.0 0 min.
1.00 oz. Simcoe Whole 13.30 0.0 0 min.
3.00 oz. Amarillo Gold Whole 10.00 0.0 Dry Hop
2.00 oz. Simcoe Whole 12.00 0.0 Dry Hop


Extras

Amount Name Type Time
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
2 tsp Irish Moss Fining 15 Min.(boil)

White Labs WLP001 California Ale

Mash Schedule
-------------

Mash Type: Single Step
Heat Type: Direct

Grain Lbs: 28.64
Water Qts: 35.80 - Before Additional Infusions
Water Gal: 8.95 - Before Additional Infusions

Qts Water Per Lbs Grain: 1.25

Tun Thermal Mass: 0.00
Grain Temp: 80 F

Dough In Temp: 0 Time: 0
Saccharification Rest Temp: 150 Time: 60
Sparge Temp: 170

Total Mash Volume Gal: 11.24

All temperature measurements are degrees Fahrenheit.

 

[Sea]

What is the hoppiest beer you have ever brewed?? I have a friend who says he loves the taste of hops and cant get enough so I thought I would test him on that one. I'm up for anything so bring on the crazy hoppy recipes!

The taste of hops, and hop bitterness are two different things, so if your friend loves just the taste, try 3-4 ozs in the end of the boil with very little bittering hops added on a traditional pale ale recipe and you will impress the masses.

 

[niquejim]

What is the hoppiest beer you have ever brewed?? I have a friend who says he loves the taste of hops and cant get enough so I thought I would test him on that one. I'm up for anything so bring on the crazy hoppy recipes!

Hoppy- bitter or Hoppy flavored

I myself do not like over the top bitter beer(once in a while I'll have a few), but I prefer hop flavor and this recipe got me started onto the flavor side. Wish it was mine but I've used the technique to do some of my recipes


http://www.tastybrew.com/newrcp/detail/70

 

[Revvy]

I posted this on another thread; a list of the hoppiest beers.

http://www.beertutor.com/beers/index.php?t=highest_ibu

I really can't imagine what this tasted like;

The hoppiest beer evidently ever produced....

Yep, that's right a theoretical IBU of 2007

From Beer Advocate

Served on tap at Copenhagen Beerfestival 2007.

Crazy beer...insane stuff. This little Pale Ale is brewed with a huge amount of bittering hops with a theoretical IBU of 2007...

Pours out in a very hazy amber colour with a low white foam. Big and sweet hoppy aroma of flowers, oranges, pine-needles and pepper. The flavour...uhm...is just a wacky, trashing and burning hop fest of grass and pine-needles. Same thing in the finish; a pure hop-slam buzz. I'm not sure that I would drink I lot of this hop-juice but if I would stumble over it again, but...hops is the drug!

Serving type: on-tap

This would make my head explode!

 

[TexLaw]

My homebrews tend to top out around 70 IBUs, but here's one with a bunch of hop flavor and aroma (still balanced, though)

Indian Summer

A ProMash Recipe Report

Recipe Specifics
----------------

Batch Size (Gal): 5.50 Wort Size (Gal): 5.50
Total Grain (Lbs): 12.75
Anticipated OG: 1.063 Plato: 15.42
Anticipated SRM: 20.2
Anticipated IBU: 70.0
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75 %
Wort Boil Time: 70 Minutes


Grain/Extract/Sugar

% Amount Name Origin Potential SRM
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
27.5 3.50 lbs. Pale Malt(2-row) America 1.036 2
23.5 3.00 lbs. Munich Malt Germany 1.037 8
11.8 1.50 lbs. Crystal 55L Great Britian 1.034 55
27.5 3.50 lbs. Special Pale Malt(2-row) America 1.038 4
7.8 1.00 lbs. Munich Malt(dark) America 1.033 20
2.0 0.25 lbs. Carafa Special Germany 1.030 400

Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon.


Hops

Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.00 oz. Summit Whole 16.50 48.9 First WH
1.00 oz. Cascade Pellet 6.00 10.4 15 min.
1.00 oz. Cascade Pellet 6.00 4.2 5 min.
1.00 oz. Summit Whole 16.50 6.5 3 min.
1.00 oz. Cascade Pellet 6.00 0.0 0 min.
1.00 oz. Perle Whole 8.25 0.0 Dry Hop
1.00 oz. Cascade Pellet 6.00 0.0 Dry Hop


Yeast
-----

White Labs WLP051 California Ale V


Mash Schedule
-------------

Mash Name: Single Infusion - Medium Body

Total Grain Lbs: 12.75
Total Water Qts: 16.00 - Before Additional Infusions
Total Water Gal: 4.00 - Before Additional Infusions

Tun Thermal Mass: 0.30
Grain Temp: 73.00 F


Step Rest Start Stop Heat Infuse Infuse Infuse
Step Name Time Time Temp Temp Type Temp Amount Ratio
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Saccharification R 5 60 152 152 Infuse 173 16.00 1.25
Mash Out 5 10 170 170 Infuse 210 8.35 1.91


TL

 

[MikeFlynn74]

I wanted to brew one

2oz Summit 90min
1oz Sterling 90min
1oz Summit 45min
1oz Sterling 45min
1oz Summit 10min
1oz Sterling 10min
2oz Summit dry hop

 

[MriswitH]

The hoppiest beer i've ever had was probably Short's Huma Lupa Licious, which is Bellaire, MI. (Local Microbrewery)

Hes starting to bottle now, so I could probably set up to send some to people if they were interested. Its definitley a beer for hop heads, it's uber intense.

The hoppiest beer I made was my Stone Clone. It was probably around 70 IBU's or so; pretty tasty stuff.

 

[david_42]

Hopmadness winning recipes: http://www.hopmadness.com/recipes/

2006's Best Damn Hoppy Beer: Dan's Hoppy Pale

by Dan Johnson. Recipe is for 5 Gallons.
10.00 lb Golden Promise
0.50 lb Cara-Pils
0.50 lb Crystal 60L
2.00 tbsp Gypsum added to very soft water

1.00 oz Amarillo Leaf 9.6% 60 min
1.00 oz Simcoe Leaf 14.4% 60 min
1.00 oz Amarillo Leaf 9.6% 30 min
1.00 oz Simcoe Leaf 14.4% 30 min
1.00 oz Amarillo Leaf 9.6% 15 min
1.00 oz Simcoe Leaf 14.4% 15 min
1.00 oz Amarillo Leaf 9.6% 0 min
1.00 oz Simcoe Leaf 14.4% 0 min

Single Infusion Mash @ 158°
Safale US-56 Dry Ale yeast
OG: 1.064
ABV: 6.4%
FG: 1.016
IBU: 172
SRM: 10°

Naturally Carbonated in the keg and aged 3 months before competition at 60-65 degrees.

 

[da5idzero]

The hoppiest beer i've ever had was probably Short's Huma Lupa Licious, which is Bellaire, MI. (Local Microbrewery)

Hes starting to bottle now, so I could probably set up to send some to people if they were interested. Its definitley a beer for hop heads, it's uber intense.

The hoppiest beer I made was my Stone Clone. It was probably around 70 IBU's or so; pretty tasty stuff.

So here I am, sipping a ruination, remembering the huma-lupa-licious we had at shorts last fall,thinking about ordering a keg for our wedding in frankfort, mi this fall. Shorts is one of my two favorite brew pubs. The alchemist, in waterbury vt is the other. The alchemist brews a lot of hoppy beer. Heathen(77.7 ibu), Holy cow, heady topper, elena, and on and on. The heady topper is quite strong, 8%, but it isn't too malty of a finish like some iipas. More than some, but hoppy bitterness is there to the end.

p.s. Who am I kidding about the "sipping"?

 

[Rhoobarb]

Mine is the CWS 5400 Imperial IPA (see my Recipe drop down) at 102 IBUs. My Yellow Rose is pretty tasty, too, at 68 IBUs. I plan to brew one of these again soon. And I can! I lucked out and ordered a sh!tload of hops right before the big shortage took place, so I have a freezer full of hops! Yee-haw!!!

 

[MriswitH]

So here I am, sipping a ruination, remembering the huma-lupa-licious we had at shorts last fall,thinking about ordering a keg for our wedding in frankfort, mi this fall. Shorts is one of my two favorite brew pubs. The alchemist, in waterbury vt is the other. The alchemist brews a lot of hoppy beer. Heathen(77.7 ibu), Holy cow, heady topper, elena, and on and on. The heady topper is quite strong, 8%, but it isn't too malty of a finish like some iipas. More than some, but hoppy bitterness is there to the end.

p.s. Who am I kidding about the "sipping"?

Nice man! Shorts is excellent! If you happen.. well hell.. if any of you happen to get up this way lemme know and i'd gladly meet you for a pint or three at any of the handful of brewpubs this way!

 

[ohiobrewtus]

BeerSmith Recipe Printout - www.beersmith.com
Recipe: Hopacles
Brewer: HopHed Brewhaus
Asst Brewer:
Style: Imperial IPA
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (41.0)
Recipe Specifications
--------------------------
Batch Size: 5.50 gal
Boil Size: 7.39 gal
Estimated OG: 1.093 SG
Estimated Color: 7.4 SRM
Estimated IBU: 306.1 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Ingredients:
------------
Amount Item Type % or IBU
14.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 73.68 %
2.00 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 10.53 %
2.00 lb Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) Grain 10.53 %
1.00 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 5.26 %
3.00 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] (60 min) Hops 91.7 IBU
3.00 oz Warrior [16.40 %] (60 min) Hops 115.6 IBU
2.00 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] (60 min) Hops 65.8 IBU
1.00 oz Amarillo Gold [10.00 %] (Dry Hop 7 days) Hops -
1.00 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] (15 min) Hops 15.2 IBU
1.00 oz Amarillo Gold [10.00 %] (10 min) Hops 8.5 IBU
2.00 oz Amarillo Gold [10.00 %] (5 min) Hops 9.4 IBU
2.00 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs Nottingham Yeast (Lallemand #-) Yeast-Ale

Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 19.00 lb
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Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge
Step Time Name Description Step Temp
60 min Mash In Add 5.94 gal of water at 170.1 F 154.0 F

Notes:
------
Dry hop the final 7 days of secondary with 1 oz of Amarillo.

 

[MriswitH]

*Points above*

Good grief.. thats gotta suck your fillings right out of your face! Bitter, bitter, bitter; I love it!

 

[PNWgirl]

Yeah I brewed a Pliny the Elder clone this past fall... the hops in that bad boy put hairs on my chest!

It was the hoppiest - and one of the best - beers I've ever brewed

 

[kmlavoy]

Am I the only brewer that thinks brewing the hoppiest beer is a little ridiculous? It's like a chef saying he wants to make the saltiest steak.

 

[scottthorn]

Here's our take on Pliny The Elder. A buddy and I split a 10 gallon batch. I just added the final dry hop about 15 minutes ago. I'll bottle it next week, and enjoy throughout the summer and fall... if it lasts that long. The samples I've had have been mind blowing!

Pliny the Clone
2008-03-02 - 10 gallons
14 INDIA PALE ALE (IPA) / C. Imperial IPA

25 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US
1.5 lb Corn Sugar (Dextrose)
1.5 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine
.5 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L

2oz Cascade in the mash
4 oz Warrior - 90 min
2 oz Amarillo - 90 min
2 oz Columbus - 90 min
2 oz Simcoe - 45 min
2.5 oz Marynka - 30 min.
2oz Centennial - at knockout
2oz Simcoe - at knockout
Dry Hopping Schedule (per 5 gallons):
Columbus 1oz for 2 weeks
then add
Centennial 1oz for 2 weeks
then add
Simcoe 1oz for 4 days

Mash: 154 degrees for 60 minutes
Boil Time: 90 min
Original Gravity: 1.066

Yeast: Safale US-05

Batch Notes:
OG missed the intended Imperial status. Should still be an insanely tasty IPA.

We have some pics from the session up on our brewing blog, http://www.flyingbarley.com It's currently the second entry on the main page, below the recent 30 gallon Oktoberfest extravaganza!

 

[WortMonger]

Am I the only brewer that thinks brewing the hoppiest beer is a little ridiculous? It's like a chef saying he wants to make the saltiest steak.

Ummm, yep I think in this thread you would be the only one.

 

[Eastside Brewer]

I have been researching the limits of how much hops you can actually get into a beer. There is a law of diminishing returns, I don't care what Beersmith or Promash calculates the IBU's at. I have learned that it's not so much how many hops you throw in but when. I have been enjoying the results of FWH as well as saving other hop additions to late in the boil. Although I am not wasting any more hops at the flame out, dry hopping is a more efficient way to get aroma. Here is my 12 Day IPA:

85% pale 2 row
5% crystal 10
3% car pils
3% munich 20
3% corn sugar
1% crystal 120

mash 75 min. @ 148 mash out 168
OG 1.072
FG 1.014

1 oz. centennial FWH
2.5 oz. columbus 60 min.
1.5 oz. Warrior 30 min.
.5 oz. columbus 30 min.
2 oz. amarillo 10 min.
4 oz. cascade 0 min.
2 oz. amarillo 0 min.

Dry hop - 3 additions of all 4oz. every 4 days = 12 days 12 oz.
1 oz. columbus
1 oz. amarillo
1oz. cascade
1 oz. centennial

 

[dancness]

Holy Bejesus, is that for a 5 gallon batch?

25.5 total ounces of hops

thats over 1 1/2 lbs of hops.

I'm just speechless...and thirsty.


EDIT: Oops this thread is almost 3 years dead.

 

[Northcalais40]

More cowbell!!!

 

[Emmett]

I've got this one in the secondary right now. Biggest one I've made so far.

http://hopville.com/recipe/538673/imperial-ipa-recipes/omg-iipa