Punk base

[dasbootfish]

Afternoon

I'm looking at brewing something similar to the brewdog punk ipa...doesn't have to be exact, just a similar crisp, light coloured ipa. Good strength and ready for a bit of dry hopping.

What would you recommend as a base kit, i find most of the ipa kits are a darker, more bitter style than punk. I thought possibly the Canadian blonde with additions??

[Newbrew1]

Never done a kit with additions will watch this post and maybe attempt it myself if you don't mind me copying your recipe

[Monkeybrew]

Canadian Blonde is a good base IMO, as it's paler than the APA kit and has a higher bitterness too.

Brewdog give away this info on their website about Punk IPA -

Extra Pale Malt
5.6% ABV
1.056 OG
35 IBU

Chinook
Ahtanum
Amarillo
Cascade
Simcoe
Nelson Sauvin

What yeast are you thinking of using?

Cheers

MB

[alexlark]

I've done an all grain of this, Safale US-05 worked well.

[dasbootfish]

Thanks for that MB, I hadn't even considered the yeast....I've got an order going in for some more supplies so I'll go with Alex's recommendation of the Safale 05.
I was thinking of 1 - 1.5kg of dme (light or ex. light), no hops added until dry hop stage (at which point plenty!!), something along the lines of the Brewdog hop combo.

So, with the Canadian Blonde kit and 1.5kg of dme, brewed to 20l, I might get somewhere near the 5% mark.....???

[Clibit]

So, with the Canadian Blonde kit and 1.5kg of dme, brewed to 20l, I might get somewhere near the 5% mark.....???

Yes, pretty much bang on 5%.

[Monkeybrew]

Hi

I'd go with the 1.5kg of Light DME to 20L. It should hopefully give you an OG of 1.050-1.052, and S-05 will chew through that lot, as it attenuates quite high.

S-05 is very clean flavour wise too, so shouldn't mask the hops.

Personally I'd be tempted to chuck in a (steeped) hop tea at the start, aswell as the dry hopping, to help prolong the hoppiness of the brew.

Cheers

MB

[alexlark]

As MB says, I'd do a hop tea too. You want maximum flavour and aroma from those hops. That's what Punk is all about. Sounds like you got everything else sorted!

[dasbootfish]

Hops are on order so i'll hopefully get this started by the end of the week. I'll take your advice and kick it off with a hop tea.
When I've got this up and running i'll post the recipe and update on progress. Thanks fellas.

[dasbootfish]

Finally got my lazy ar3e into gear last night and brewed this...went a bit mad with the hops but what the hell, see what happens :

1 x Coopers Canadian Blonde
1.5kg of LME
Hop tea (40g Ahtanum, 30g Simcoe, 30g Amarillo, 20g Chinook, 15g Cascade)
Safale US-05
Brewed to 20L
OG - 1048

Plan is to dry hop on day 7, I'll update when I've done this. Any glaring errors so far?

I'm thinking of a single hop ale next, using the blonde again if this one works and banging in a load of Mosaic.

[Monkeybrew]

Wow, now that's a serious hop tea!

Were they leaf or pellet hops?

Cheers

MB

[dasbootfish]

All leaf MB. I thought the OG might have come out a touch higher. Its currently blowing the lid off the FV so the signs are promising.

[Monkeybrew]

I bet they sucked up some water!

1.048 is about right as I notice that you went for liquid over dried malt extract.

LME contains a percentage of water, and IIRC it equates to approx 1.2kg of DME.

I'm sure that it will turn out ok, certainly going to a hop forward beer.

Cheers

MB

[alexlark]

Looking good to me!

Maybe you could have brewed to 21L to take into account the losses when you dry hop. With the all grain version I ended up with 18L, stunning beer though

[dasbootfish]

Dry hopped this fella tonight, day 7, with the following...anybody think I've gone over the top?
15g Simcoe
15g Amaryllis
17g Cascade
25g Ahtanum

Ta.