English IPA

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leedsbrew

English IPA

Post by leedsbrew » Wed Jan 11, 2012 12:35 am

Tomorrow I will be brewing an English hopped IPA as I have loads of hops and haven't used English ones in ages. The northern craft brewers are also having a English IPA competition at the March meeting at the brewery. Coincidence???? maybe not! :D

I've got a starter of the WLP037 yorkshire yeast on the go so will be using that!

the recipe will be using the following:

Pale ale malt
Munich
Wheat
Amber
Crystal

Hops! :wink:

WLp037


Pics and further nonsense tomorrow! :D

LB out!

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Re: English IPA

Post by WishboneBrewery » Wed Jan 11, 2012 7:57 am

that a pretty ambiguous recipe ;)

Weird though, I have 1% Amber in my all fuggle idea, just to try add a little bit of biscuitiness without going over the top. It was to be one of my cask's but I might just brew it anyway and bottle. :)

leedsbrew

Re: English IPA

Post by leedsbrew » Wed Jan 11, 2012 10:18 am

I'll post the full recipe Nearer or after the competition! :D I suppose I could be a little less vague on the hope!............they'll be English varieties! :D

That's pretty much my thinking for he amber. Ill be using a bit more than 1% though!

barney

Re: English IPA

Post by barney » Wed Jan 11, 2012 10:25 am

OOeeerrrrr Mrs

secret recipes. :)

I am going to build mine next week

Some Malt
Some Hops

This will be plan B because I tried the amber and fuggles thing and got an ESB. :)

PS. Good Luck!

weiht

Re: English IPA

Post by weiht » Wed Jan 11, 2012 10:35 am

btw, whats a good representation of an english ipa? I mean most pubs u go into serves GK IPA which is a bad rep. of an ipa n beer altogether!!!

my guess
Pale ale malt 75%
Munich 5-8%
Wheat 3-5%
Amber 3-5%
Crystal 5-8%

Any prize?

leedsbrew

Re: English IPA

Post by leedsbrew » Wed Jan 11, 2012 10:53 am

weiht wrote:btw, whats a good representation of an english ipa? I mean most pubs u go into serves GK IPA which is a bad rep. of an ipa n beer altogether!!!

my guess
Pale ale malt 75%
Munich 5-8%
Wheat 3-5%
Amber 3-5%
Crystal 5-8%

Any prize?

Nope! :wink: :D

leedsbrew

Re: English IPA

Post by leedsbrew » Wed Jan 11, 2012 10:54 am

barney wrote:OOeeerrrrr Mrs

secret recipes. :)

I am going to build mine next week

Some Malt
Some Hops

This will be plan B because I tried the amber and fuggles thing and got an ESB. :)

PS. Good Luck!

Nice! I like where you're going with it! :D

leedsbrew

Re: English IPA

Post by leedsbrew » Wed Jan 11, 2012 10:54 am

just getting the HLT on now! :D

leedsbrew

Re: English IPA

Post by leedsbrew » Wed Jan 11, 2012 12:37 pm

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Ooooooo mystery grains! :D

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Salt addition

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Mash temp spot on! :D

More to follow! :D

leedsbrew

Re: English IPA

Post by leedsbrew » Wed Jan 11, 2012 5:34 pm

Well, this might have turned out a bit darker that an IPA should be so it might not end up being my entry! We'll see how it turns out but I might re-brew this next week with the yeast cake from this beer and lighten it u a bit!

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some hops! :D

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some other hops! :wink:

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hops going in! :D

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The pre-boil SG sample! hmmmm maybe too much crystal/amber?


I don't know what it is but every time I use Fawcetts british munich in a brew it ALWAYS turns out darker than BeerAlchemy expects it to be! This was meant to come out at 9.4SRM! No where near!

leedsbrew

Re: English IPA

Post by leedsbrew » Wed Jan 11, 2012 5:48 pm

second thoughts it might be the upper limits of an IPA! 14SRM? any thoughts chaps?

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Re: English IPA

Post by WishboneBrewery » Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:17 pm

Might be OK, Pale is not that pale when the ABV goes up.

Spud395

Re: English IPA

Post by Spud395 » Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:22 pm

Looks ok to me, certainly drank pale ales that colour, but I've no idea about competitions or style guidelines.

leedsbrew

Re: English IPA

Post by leedsbrew » Wed Jan 11, 2012 7:01 pm

Spud395 wrote:Looks ok to me, certainly drank pale ales that colour, but I've no idea about competitions or style guidelines.
Spud! your damn right! they are guidelines! If its good beer then i'll enter it! cheers

pdtnc wrote:Might be OK, Pale is not that pale when the ABV goes up.
Too true matey! And like you said! it's still beer mmmmmmmmm indeed! :D

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English IPA

Post by BeerEagle » Wed Jan 11, 2012 7:02 pm

SRM in the range of 8.0 - 14.0 for and English IPA IMHO.

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