Warrior!!!

[Bacchusuga]

I have only brewed two batches of beer, both extract kits. But I would like to work up a recipe for a race me and some buddies are running in in the middle of May. The race is called Warrior Dash. So I'd like to feature Warrior hops and would like a pretty hoppy IPA. Should I look at the recipes on some extract kits and substitute in Warrior hops? Also, which hops work well with warrior?

 

[jerichobill]

northern brewer has a warrior ipa extract kit here: http://www.northernbrewer.com/documentation/beerkits/SinistralWarriorIPA.pdf
i haven't brewed it but i've tasted it. very good.

 

[schmitty1]

Good Luck! I'm "running" the warrior in Ohio! Let me know how the brew turns out.

 

[Yooper]

My DFH clone uses warrior hops. The only issue I see with doing an IPA will all warrior hops is that they tend to be very high AAU, and great for bittering, but not so great for flavor/aroma additions.

I have a DFH clone extract recipe posted, and you could do the warrior hops over the whole recipe (it's for "continuous" hopping) if you really want warrior in every addition.

 

[IrregularPulse]

I tried getting in on that this year. It's the first time in my area but by the time I'd heard of it, it was booked. Hopefully next year. Have fun!

 

[Bacchusuga]

I used hopville's beer calculus to come up with this. Any thoughts?

7.6 lb Light/Pale Malt Extract Syrup
2 lb Dark Dry Malt Extract
1 lb Corn Sugar

60 mins 1.5 oz Warrior pellet
30 mins 1.0 Nugget pellet
10 mins 1.0 Warrior
1 min 1.0 Nugget
1 min 1.0 Warrior
dry hop 7 days 1.0 Warrior

White Labs Dry English Ale