American IPA LushJuice IPA

[Michael_Calgary]

I think the only thing to do is go brew it.... now!!!

HAHAHA! YOU KNOW IT. I'll be picking up the ingredients this weekend. I brew every Saturday. Time for something new!

 

[brew703]

Has anyone brewed this with only a bittering charge and all other hops added during a whirlpool?

 

[brew703]

Brewed this today. Followed the recipe as written. Anxious to see how this turns out.

 

[beerlover77]

LOL coincidence? I just brewed it last Sunday myself!
What what was your OG Brew 703?

 

[brew703]

1.056. I cut it back some- I usually stay under 1.060.
Well went to get my yeast ready and found out I don't have any US05. Thought I had a pack left. So it's gonna be Notty or S04.

 

[beerlover77]

1.056. I cut it back some- I usually stay under 1.060.
Well went to get my yeast ready and found out I don't have any US05. Thought I had a pack left. So it's gonna be Notty or S04.

I hope by lowering your OG you don't end up with an unbalanced beer. The beauty of the original recipe is that it's balanced, not to hoppy, sweet, malty or alcoholic.

Notty or S04 should be fine

 

[brew703]

I think it will be ok. I'll post back in 2-3 weeks.

 

[brew703]

I hope by lowering your OG you don't end up with an unbalanced beer. The beauty of the original recipy is that it's balanced, not to hoppy, sweet, malty or alcoholic.

Notty or S04 should be fine

Went with S04. Will ferment it on the cool side 60-62.
After thinking about your post, I probably should have went with an OG of 1.065-1.069 as your recipe is written. I went back and forth on trying to determining the IBU's I wanted. I try to aim for 65 or so IBU's, which is where I ended up. I think it will be a little on the hoppy side and maybe a little out of balance. Oh well, I'm sure it will be good. Next time I'll make sure to increase my OG.

 

[beerlover77]

Went with S04. Will ferment it on the cool side 60-62.
After thinking about your post, I probably should have went with an OG of 1.065-1.069 as your recipe is written. I went back and forth on trying to determining the IBU's I wanted. I try to aim for 65 or so IBU's, which is where I ended up. I think it will be a little on the hoppy side and maybe a little out of balance. Oh well, I'm sure it will be good. Next time I'll make sure to increase my OG.

I am sure it will turn out great. Please post back with results and pics!

 

[Michael_Calgary]

The beauty of the original recipe is that it's balanced, not to hoppy, sweet, malty or alcoholic.

100% agree on this statement! I've made this too many tomes to count now. Love it.

 

[VirginiaHops1]

How bitter did this end up being? You have it at 69 IBU but it doesn't look like you're calculating any from the whirlpool. My software adds a significant amount there and I end up at 127 IBUs. This looks good though, I've been trying to figure out the next couple recipes I want to do and I might queue this one up.

 

[brew703]

There are no WP hops. When I brewed this Saturday I was going to go with a 60 min then all else in a WP for 20 min but decided to go with the recipe as written.

 

[Mothman]

There are no WP hops. When I brewed this Saturday I was going to go with a 60 min then all else in a WP for 20 min but decided to go with the recipe as written.

The zero minute additions could be considered whirlpool hops.

 

[beerlover77]

lol not sure what happened to this reply. The beer tastes about 65-69 IBU It's up to the brewer to change the quantity of hops based on AAU to get what IBU they want as different batches will have more or less. There is no way throwing hops in while chilling for 15min is going to give a bunch of bitterness IMHO

 

[brew703]

The zero minute additions could be considered whirlpool hops.

I suppose one could but in BS3 zero additions reflect 0 IBU's where WP hops do show some IBU contributions.

 

[brew703]

It's been a week and gravity is at 1.016 (71.4% attenuation). Very disappointed in this. First time using S04 that I don't get down to the 1.010 range. I rehydrated and the yeast was nice and frothy when pitched. Not sure what happened here. Fermentation was very active for three days then krausen dropped.
I mashed at 150 so I would have thought the gravity would be close to at least 1.012.
I just added my dry hops. Not sure if I should let it ride or not.
Sample tasted good, not overly sweet.
I wonder if adding a little AMG300L (maybe 1ML) and let it work for two days then cold crash to stop fermentation if that would help and not affect the final product?

 

[beerlover77]

It's been a week and gravity is at 1.016 (71.4% attenuation). Very disappointed in this. First time using S04 that I don't get down to the 1.010 range. I rehydrated and the yeast was nice and frothy when pitched. Not sure what happened here. Fermentation was very active for three days then krausen dropped.
I mashed at 150 so I would have thought the gravity would be close to at least 1.012.
I just added my dry hops. Not sure if I should let it ride or not.
Sample tasted good, not overly sweet.
I wonder if adding a little AMG300L (maybe 1ML) and let it work for two days then cold crash to stop fermentation if that would help and not affect the final product?

Not sure if I would play with that anymore as you have added dry hops already. If it tasted good then maybe just let well enough alone? I always pitch 1.5 packs of dry or do a big starter for this big of a beer

 

[brew703]

Here it is.
Overall I like it. Good flavor and color. Too sweet due to the yeast not finishing. My yeast for some reason under-attenuated as it finished at 1.016. Had this finished at 1.012 or so, it would have been a great beer.

Next brew I will up my OG some to 1.060 and maybe change the yeast. I didn't have any US05 so opted for S04 which I've always had good results with. Maybe Notty next time as I have a couple packs I need to use.