Double IPA Tits-Up Imperial IPA (3-Time Medalist - 2 Golds, 1 Silver)

[BierMuncher]

BM - Did you have any problems with hop particles going into the keg? I just kegged yesterday and the dry hops (pellets) started swimming around in the beer as I got about half way down, so it got a bit chunky toward the end.

PS: Congrats on your victory!!

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[Trubadour]

Would you recommend re-racking to a different keg using a filter?

 

[BierMuncher]

Would you recommend re-racking to a different keg using a filter?

If your draws are polluted with particles...probably so.

If there is not that much in there, you could try and zip tie a mesh bag on the end of your dip tube.

 

[iXanadu]

Hi,

I REALLY want to brew this recipe this Saturday. I also REALLY want work out of my existing hop inventory. When doing subs, I know I need to consider flavor/aroma and bittering but frankly am having a difficult time with this many additions. Can you help here is what I have.

5.4% Cascade Pellet
4.8% Fuggle Pellet
11.5% Chinook Pellet
3% Hallertau Pellets (GR)
4.5% U.S. Golding Pellet
8.9% Northern Brewer (GR) Pellet
3.3% Tettnanger (GR) Pellet
8% Centennial Pellet
7.5% Sterling

I hope you read down this far, because I also have to specify what hop utilization formula to plug into beer tools. There are three settings, boil time, gravity correction and pellets correction. Here are my choices.

Boil Time: Basic, Ragar, Garetz, Mosher, Tinseth, Daniels, Fowler
Gravity Correction: None, Common, Mosher, Tinseth, Fowler
Pellet Hops Correction: None Garetz, Mosher, Daniels Fowler

Thanks a bunch. This will be the 4th Biermuncher recipe, 2 are home runs, 3rd is primary. Based on my experience, I prefer the way your recipes turn out over Jamil's.

 

[BierMuncher]

Hi,

I REALLY want to brew this recipe this Saturday. I also REALLY want work out of my existing hop inventory. When doing subs, I know I need to consider flavor/aroma and bittering but frankly am having a difficult time with this many additions. Can you help here is what I have.

5.4% Cascade Pellet
4.8% Fuggle Pellet
11.5% Chinook Pellet
3% Hallertau Pellets (GR)
4.5% U.S. Golding Pellet
8.9% Northern Brewer (GR) Pellet
3.3% Tettnanger (GR) Pellet
8% Centennial Pellet
7.5% Sterling

I hope you read down this far, because I also have to specify what hop utilization formula to plug into beer tools. There are three settings, boil time, gravity correction and pellets correction. Here are my choices.

Boil Time: Basic, Ragar, Garetz, Mosher, Tinseth, Daniels, Fowler
Gravity Correction: None, Common, Mosher, Tinseth, Fowler
Pellet Hops Correction: None Garetz, Mosher, Daniels Fowler

Thanks a bunch. This will be the 4th Biermuncher recipe, 2 are home runs, 3rd is primary. Based on my experience, I prefer the way your recipes turn out over Jamil's.

Stay away from Fuggles, Hallertau, Goldings, Tett and NB. They will get lost in this style of beer.

If it were me, I'd use Chinook as a sub for the Amarillo and use the cascade and centennial at will. Use the tinseth and focus on late additions to slaughter this beer with flavor and aroma. Reserve some of those citrus hops for dry hopping though.

 

[Memorex88]

I just spotted this looking for an IPA recipe. Congrats on the awards BM!

 

[Enhoffer-Knopfe]

Can't wait to try this one. The web site I'm ordering from does not have summit hops. Is there a reasonable substitute? Are the hop weights for whole or pellet? Does it matter? Sorry for all the questions, still learning.

 

[BierMuncher]

Can't wait to try this one. The web site I'm ordering from does not have summit hops. Is there a reasonable substitute? Are the hop weights for whole or pellet? Does it matter? Sorry for all the questions, still learning.

Just use Centennial in place of the summit and it will turn out great.

 

[Enhoffer-Knopfe]

Appreciate the quick response.

 

[Enhoffer-Knopfe]

Do you recommend additional yeast a few days before bottling for bottle conditioning?

 

[BierMuncher]

Do you recommend additional yeast a few days before bottling for bottle conditioning?

You would only add yeast for bottle conditioning at the time of bottling.

In this case though, I think you're safe doing without.

Just give the secondary a bit of a stir to make sure you get ample yeast into your bottling bucket.

 

[Trubadour]

I'm drinking mine now and it is incredible. Great recipe.

1083 OG, 1010 FG, 9.56% ABV. Kegged 7/13

The only thing I did differently was add a second dry hop addition of 0.5 oz amarillo and 0.5 oz simcoe a week after the first dry hop, and let sit for another week (so 2 week total dry hop).

Here's a pic of a pint pulled straight from the keg. The ones that I bottled from the keg pour crystal clear. Cheers BM!

 

[BierMuncher]

I'm drinking mine now and it is incredible. Great recipe.

1083 OG, 1010 FG, 9.56% ABV. Kegged 7/13

The only thing I did differently was add a second dry hop addition of 0.5 oz amarillo and 0.5 oz simcoe a week after the first dry hop, and let sit for another week (so 2 week total dry hop).

Here's a pic of a pint pulled straight from the keg. The ones that I bottled from the keg pour crystal clear. Cheers BM!

That beer is making me hungry for some pretzels. Excellent specimen you have there.

 

[LeeF]

I brewed this back in early Sept. and tasted one last night. After 3 weeks in the bottle I had to try one but of course it was under carbonated. The wife and I both enjoyed it anyway. Maybe I should have added more yeast at bottling.
I rolled all the bottles around to get the yeast suspended again and will wait another month to sample the next.

 

[BierMuncher]

I brewed this back in early Sept. and tasted one last night. After 3 weeks in the bottle I had to try one but of course it was under carbonated. The wife and I both enjoyed it anyway. Maybe I should have added more yeast at bottling.
I rolled all the bottles around to get the yeast suspended again and will wait another month to sample the next.

Yeah. Agitate those bottles some and make sure they're resting at 70 degrees or full carbonation will take a lot longer.

 

[LeeF]

I agitated once a week and finally tried one Saturday night. It carbed nicely. Great lacing/flavor/aroma/balance.... We were at a football party and I slide it over to my wife to sample. It put a huge smile on her face. Thanks BM.

 

[MBasile]

Holy crap that recipe looks awesome!

 

[BierMuncher]

...It put a huge smile on her face. Thanks BM.

Your welcome.

Wait...

What???

 

[valicious]

Already have the hops ordered and I'm all set to brew this

I'm probably just blind, but what are the fermentation instructions on this? How long in the primary? Secondary? Bottle or keg? Temperatures?

Is there a tool I can use to convert this to a 5-gallon batch size?
I can't seem to find Safale-50 yeast anywhere, what's the next best thing?

EDIT:
Yup, I'm blind. I blame too much time staring at textbooks all day.

She'll get a full month in the primary. Then onto the secondary for at least 14 days on the dry hops.

I figure then she'll go to keg and into the garage at 45 degrees for at least 4-6 weeks.

I recon this will be fully drinkable sometime around St. Patti's day. I'll probably go right to bottles once it's carb'd up.

 

[brybarrett]

any suggestions on the water profile for this beer?

 

[valicious]

I take it SAFALE-50 was just a typo for SAFALE-05

 

[stever]

Damn it Kevin, just when I think I know what I am going to brew next, you go and throw me a curve.

 

[BierMuncher]

Damn it Kevin, just when I think I know what I am going to brew next, you go and throw me a curve.

Yeah sorry.

The Tits Up took 2nd place out of 25 entries in Category 14 at the 2009 Happy Holidays Homebrew Competition last week. So that's one gold and one silver in the two competitions she's entered.

 

[chuckger]

I brewed this fcor the second time in just a few weeks today. What an excellent recipe! I did change it just a bit just wanted to back off the ABV since it is going to be on tap and I changed the hop bill a little bit too. I guess I changed the entire recipe when I think about it but damn it this thread is what inspired the brew. Anyway here is the recipe that I brew.

10lb 2-row
1lb Carapils
1lb Munich
1lb 60L
4oz Honey Malt
2lb Corn sugar
1.5oz Magnum 60min
1.5oz Magnum 45min
1oz Amarillo 30min
1.25oz Cascade 15
1oz Amarillo 10min
1oz Mt Hood 10min
Big starter of 1056 or 1272
I like the 1272 because you have some fruity aroma but you cannot taste any of it. It is kinda cool.

 

[BierMuncher]

Sorry to brag, but when you enter a beer into three contests and she wins two golds and a silver...well...I'm going to brag just a bit.

Tits Up IIPA wins gold medal at the "2010 Great Northern Brew-Ha-Ha!"

Now I have to save off a couple of bottles since she qualified for the "Midwest Homebrewer of the Year".

 

[bendavanza]

yes, 05 was mentioned later in the thread.
After drinking all of my AHS PTE clone I will have to try this recipe. Thanks and congrats!

 

[Yambor44]

Sorry to brag, but when you enter a beer into three contests and she wins two golds and a silver...well...I'm going to brag just a bit.

Tits Up IIPA wins gold medal at the "2010 Great Northern Brew-Ha-Ha!"

Now I have to save off a couple of bottles since she qualified for the "Midwest Homebrewer of the Year".

Man, way to go Kevin! I have 2 Maharaja clones in the keg conditioning right now (started the 2nd right after I racked the first one to the keg and tasted the FG sample :cross: ) but I'm afraid I'm going to have to try this one soon! Looks like my summer is going to be full of IIPA's.................

 

[DaDolt]

Oh yeah baby...
This batch has been resting in the keg in my brew shop at 65 degrees for right at 2.5 months now.

BM

I'm a fan of your creations and I have endeavored to emulate your successes, though I'm a little naive on the kegging stage. I have not started kegging yet, and want to know can I go from the secondary to bottles with the addition of some corn sugar and how much?

You note that your batch kegged for 2.5 months, was that gassed at all or did you just put the beer in and capped it?

I am excited as I can be and looking forward to popping some of these for my son's first birthday in april, but in the same breath, I don't want to put sugar into this beer and have them explode all over my closet/

I came in at 1079 on my OG and rotated to secondary for dry hopping on sked. I'm a week behind on getting it off the dry hop, so any advice would be wonderful.

Thanks in advance

Next brew on my sked, Outer Limits

 

[BierMuncher]

BM

I'm a fan of your creations and I have endeavored to emulate your successes, though I'm a little naive on the kegging stage. I have not started kegging yet, and want to know can I go from the secondary to bottles with the addition of some corn sugar and how much?

You note that your batch kegged for 2.5 months, was that gassed at all or did you just put the beer in and capped it?

I am excited as I can be and looking forward to popping some of these for my son's first birthday in april, but in the same breath, I don't want to put sugar into this beer and have them explode all over my closet/

I came in at 1079 on my OG and rotated to secondary for dry hopping on sked. I'm a week behind on getting it off the dry hop, so any advice would be wonderful.

Thanks in advance

Next brew on my sked, Outer Limits

This beer sits in my primary for four weeks. My secondary for 7-10 days (just to dry hop) and then goes into a keg, gas to purge CO2 and then into the corner of the basement for anywhere from a few more weeks to another month or two. My fermentation temps also dictate the rest period. Higher temps lead to higher fusel alcohol and only some extended down-time will help to tame that.

If you're bottling, I'd say 4 weeks in a primary, dry hop in a secondary for 7 days and then rack to your bottling bucket with 3/4 cup of corn sugar and a 1/4 - 1/2 teaspoon of re-hydrated dry yeast.

Plan on a longer bottle conditioning with a high gravity beer like this. Figure 4 weeks at 70 degrees.

 

[calvinroots]

...just read this whole thread. hahaha Congrats on that sweeeeet award, that is one to be proud of for sure.
Cheers