IPA Recipe

[Donthoseme]

I'm looking to make an IPA. I want a decent malt back with a single hop for flavor and aroma. I'm going to use a high alpha acid hop for bittering in order to cut down on cost. How is this?

10# pale malt
2# munich

1oz summit @60
1oz Armillo @ 20
1oz Armillo @10
1oz armillo dry hop

US-5

I usually just go with 1# of crystal 60 for color and sweetness but i wanted a little more. I am still trying to decide if i should go with Munich, Victory, or vienna for that 2# addition to the pale malt.

Also what are the best times for flavor and aroma additions. I used to think it was 12 minuets and 3 minuets. Now i hear 20 min for flavor and 8 for aroma. Then some people say don't worry about the aroma addition and just do flavor addition and dry hop. WHAT DO I DO!!!!!!!! THank you.

 

[mandoman]

munich, vienna, and victory will give you similar results. I would choose munich and 2 lbs is good. Personally, i'd not add more than 1 lb, preferably 0.5 lbs of crystal. 12 v 8 and even 8 v 3 minutes is splitting hairs. late boil additions (20 min and closing) are great aroma/flavor additions with aroma being closer to the end of the boil and flavor coming in the 20 - 5 min remaining range. I'm a big fan of both boil flavor and aroma additions on IPAs and dry hopping together. I can't do calculations but I think your 60 min summit will be sufficient for bitterness and 1 oz dry hopping will be subtle but noticable. If you could squeeze one more ounce in the dry hop it wouldn't hurt! Do it and good luck


cb

 

[Evan]

i think it looks good, i'm currently drinking an IPA i made with...

6lb 2-row
4lb Vienna
3.75 lb Munich

basically i wanted to try a IPA without crystal malts, seems i always make them with Crystal 20, 40 or 60. its only been bottled about a week and a half, but its better then most beers i've had at only a 1.5 weeks bottled.

it was my first time using Vienna and Munich, and i'm really happy so far.

my hop schedule was as follows if anyone cares

1/2oz Galena at 60 min
1oz Centennial at 55
1oz Centennial at 15
1oz Centennial at 5
1.25 oz Cascade dry hop for a week.