I want a new type of ipa

[keppybrau]

Lookin for a new type of ipa other than west coast. Hold the citra, amarillo, simcoe etc.... Any ideas?

I was in the same boat. I'm not sick of those west coast hops, but was looking for something different. At the same time, I'm thinking about my hop garden, and wanted to find something unique that is available in rhizomes, as well.
So, I decided I'm going to try Sorachi Ace.
So, this weekend, alongside my St. Patty's Day Stout, I'm going to try an all Sorachi Ace IPA.
They had them on sale at Label Peelers for $14.74 for a pound, so I went with that.
They say it's pretty lemony. So maybe it'll be something refreshing that the wife will enjoy with me.

 

[BrotherBock]

Hallertau India Pale Lager

 

[yeknom366]

If you want to boost citrus or fruit flavors, go with Conan yeast. It will blow your mind.

 

[slym2none]

I was in the same boat. I'm not sick of those west coast hops, but was looking for something different. At the same time, I'm thinking about my hop garden, and wanted to find something unique that is available in rhizomes, as well.
So, I decided I'm going to try Sorachi Ace.
So, this weekend, alongside my St. Patty's Day Stout, I'm going to try an all Sorachi Ace IPA.
They had them on sale at Label Peelers for $14.74 for a pound, so I went with that.
They say it's pretty lemony. So maybe it'll be something refreshing that the wife will enjoy with me.

Use Nelson Sauvin with it, maybe as just a dry-hop addition. In another brew after this one, of course.

 

[12thHoleBrewer]

I had a stone anniversary ale 3-4 years ago. It was called Götterdämmerung. I think they mentioned it was brewed like a west coast but with all german hops. It was amazing.

I'm not sick of ipas in fact they are my favorite style. I just like to keep my brewing interesting. Anyone know of any commercial versions?

+1 on the German style IPA. Take an alt beer recipe and hop it up with a blend German grown Hallertau, Tetnanger, etc. It will yield a spicy/earthiness different from American or traditional English IPAs.

Brewed one a while back and liked the result

 

[12thHoleBrewer]

double post

 

[SpentBrains]

O.K.

This is my first attempt at public maceration.

I just put about 2 ML (a few large drops for my fellow Americans) of the habanero/vodka infusion I plan to add to my IPA - into a glass. Next I drew about 10 oz. of kolsch from the keezer on top of the hot vodka. My 20 something son seems to think it's the best beer he's ever tasted and that "You could sell that".

and if you really want to make your wife giggle.... grab a one pint canning jar and wait until she's preoccupied, then ask her if she minds if you macerate into this jar, in the kitchen.

 

[Bert_T]

I'm the biggest hophead you'll ever meet.

Malts are for kids.

Lol. I guess there is a flavor for every neighbor. Me personally, I don't mind the occasional IPA -I will settle for maybe 1 when visting craft brewers- but I truly prefer the toasty roasty nutty chocolatey flavors of my brews with enough bitterness to balance them out. I guess I'm not too much of a fan of hop aroma or flavor. Cheers!

 

[Tiber_Brew]

India Pale Lager. And I don't mean just take your standard IPA recipe and use lager yeast; use some finesse and balance that f'er. A properly brewed IPL is something of beauty, and seldom found on the commercial market.

 

[aeviaanah]

This is the german ipa i made a while back....looks like it was just over 2 years ago. my notes say to brew again. possibly ill take note of what was mentioned in this thread. rewrite the hop schedule and brew away!

The two yeasts are due to a split batch...two separate fermenters with two different yeasts. Some dry hops were added to keg. This was before i used starters and oxygenated. Notes say i used Burton water profile.


BeerSmith 2 Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com
Recipe: German Imperial IPA
Brewer: Steve Verver
Asst Brewer: Norm Field
Style: Specialty Beer
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30.0) Make this recipe again! Very good.

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 12.54 gal
Post Boil Volume: 10.66 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 11.00 gal
Bottling Volume: 9.50 gal
Estimated OG: 1.077 SG
Estimated Color: 5.5 SRM
Estimated IBU: 99.3 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 69.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 73.9 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # -
28 lbs German Pilsner Malt (1.6 SRM) Grain 2 86.5 %
2 lbs German Vienna Malt (Schill) (3.8 SRM) Grain 3 6.2 %
1 lbs 8.0 oz Carahell (Weyermann) (13.0 SRM) Grain 4 4.6 %
3.0 oz Caramel Malt - 40L (Home Malted) (40.0 S Grain 5 0.6 %
11.0 oz Corn Sugar (Dextrose) (0.0 SRM) Sugar 6 2.1 %
3.00 oz Magnum [14.20 %] - Boil 90.0 min Hop 7 60.4 IBUs
1.00 oz Magnum [14.20 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 8 18.8 IBUs
1.00 oz Brewer's Gold [9.00 %] - Boil 45.0 min Hop 9 10.9 IBUs
1.00 oz Brewer's Gold [9.00 %] - Boil 30.0 min Hop 10 9.2 IBUs
1.00 oz Brewer's Gold [9.00 %] - Steep/Whirlpool Hop 11 0.0 IBUs
1.00 oz Mt. Hood [6.10 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 0.0 Hop 12 0.0 IBUs
1.00 oz Perle [8.70 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 0.0 mi Hop 13 0.0 IBUs
2.0 pkg German Ale (Wyeast Labs #1007) [124.21 m Yeast 14 -
2.0 pkg Kolsch Yeast (Wyeast Labs #2565) [124.21 Yeast 15 -
3.00 oz Mt. Hood [6.10 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days Hop 16 0.0 IBUs
3.00 oz Perle [8.70 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days Hop 17 0.0 IBUs
1.00 oz Brewer's Gold [9.00 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Day Hop 18 0.0 IBUs
2.00 oz Hallertau [4.60 %] - Dry Hop 0.0 Days Hop 19 0.0 IBUs

 

[taylorb817]

The new fad seems to be fruit infused IPAs. (And to a more general degree, adjuncts)

Grapefruit, Mango, Pineapple are the standard buzzwords for fruit flavors in hops, and you see those fruits getting added to mainstream IPAs, but Tired Hands has their Milkshake series that does at least Strawberry and Blackberry.

Think about hops that are associated with a fruit flavor:
Lemon Zest and Sorachi Ace
Cherry and El Dorado
Orange and Mandarina Bavaria

Then think about building a hop/fruit bill that pairs the flavors.

Maybe Raspberry and Sorachi Ace would taste like Raspberry Lemonade. Maybe a single hop Mandarina Bavaria with Vanilla and Orange Zest would pair like a 50/50 Bar. Maybe the Mango component of Citra goes well with Peach.*

Another Tired Hands shout out is their MagoTago. It's an all Simcoe IPA with Mangoes. The idea being that Simcoe has an awesome flavor profile, but lacks that tropical fruit component of a Citra or Galaxy, so rather than add to the hop bill, just add the flavor its missing directly.

*Of course it does, Citra literally goes well with everything.

 

[aeviaanah]

I've noticed some fruit flavors in some ipas that are just too fruity to be solely from the hops.

 

[m00ps]

I've noticed some fruit flavors in some ipas that are just too fruity to be solely from the hops.

Try an all-brett IPA. The fruit flavors from the brett meld with any fruity hops you use and you end up with a fruit bowl but a dry finish

 

[slym2none]

I've noticed some fruit flavors in some ipas that are just too fruity to be solely from the hops.

Try an all-brett IPA. The fruit flavors from the brett meld with any fruity hops you use and you end up with a fruit bowl but a dry finish

I had a soured porter once that, despite having not a bit of fruit on the beer, tasted strongly of cherries.

 

[aeviaanah]

My wild collected strain puts out some serious cherry

 

[JosephN]

I had a Brett Pale yesterday and it reminded me of the rack cherry flavor of cough syrup. It also had a slight barnyard, soft leather, maybe a bit of hay flavor as well. Not my favorite, but then again if I have some cherry flavor I don't want it to be extra sharp.

 

[Bert_T]

I brewed a pale ale using cascade hops for brewing and flavor. OMG! Tastes pretty darn good. Nice malt and orange flavor balance.