"White ipa"?

fivepointslow · Feb 1, 2015

So while I was at my local home brew shop getting grain I asked a guy that I talk to each visit about a ipa. Expressed that I was a newbie and wanted to give a "simple" ipa. He gave me this recipe to try.

5lbs us 2 row
5lbs white wheat
1oz mosaic 60min
2oz mosaic flame out
Us-05 yeast.

So I ended up with a 5 gal batch with a 1.054 OG.

He called it a white IPA. But it just seems it's low on over all ingredients for a IPA right? Gimme some thoughts on this. I'm sure it will taste good enough to drink.

BarkingSpider · Feb 1, 2015

Never done one before, but I do like Dechutes version of it (Chainbreaker). They have a loose homebrew recipe of it here: http://www.deschutesbrewery.com/recipe/chainbreaker-white-ipa-clone

chickypad · Feb 1, 2015

Most of the time I think the term white IPA is used to refer a stonger, hoppier witbier (i.e. fermented with Belgian wit yeast) like Chainbreaker as noted. Then there are American style wheat IPA's or imperial wheats like Lagunitas' Little Sumpin'Sumpin - that one is 7.5% and 64 IBU. I agree yours is pretty low gravity for an IPA, but without plugging in the exact numbers it probably has the IBU's. Either way sounds yummy. I'd dry hop that, maybe a combo of citra and mosaic?

fivepointslow · Feb 1, 2015

I got some citra in the fridge but no more mosaic. I guess the good thing is I didn't use a hop bag and just poured everything into the fermenter... Il give it a sample when it's bout done with fermentation. If it's weak on hops I will dry hop it.