IPA kit - weird receipe or not?

[robertbartsch]

Ocassionally, all go with a kit to save time. On Saturday, I picked up a well known commercial IPA kit for $32. It was not listed on the pack what was in the kit. This kit had:

Two cans of 3.3lbs Amber LME,
I lb Cyrstal malt 40L for steeping (w grain bag)
Two packs of hops (1 bitter, 1 aroma)
Dry Ale yeast - Mountons
Dark roasted oak chips

Anyway, the boil turn out very dark brown and this may not be indiciative of the final brew but, I was surprised that this receipe was this much on the dark side.

I'm sure I will enjoy this brew and I do enjoy dark beer but I wanted to confirm that this is probably not the typical PM recipe for IPA; right?

Thx...

 

[Suthrncomfrt1884]

The only thing I'm concerned about is the amount of hops included and the fact that it uses amber LME. That's not really typical for an IPA. Also, the oak chips are an odd addition. What commercial IPA was it? We can probably help you further if we knew that.

 

[bovineblitz]

Wow what is that recipe based off of, Burton Baton?

 

[robertbartsch]

The kit is made by re Brew.


I steeped in some grains - oatmeal and rice and used a different dry yeast but, other than that, the kit ingrediance was used. The wort finished very brown in color.

 

[robertbartsch]

Kit is TRUE BREW.

 

[bovineblitz]

You made it even weirder with the oatmeal and rice