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Thought I’d post my latest brew. I’m a big fan of Brewdog’s range hence the name. Its taken from the single by Iggy Pop and the Stooges on their debut album (still sounds fresh to this day!)
Probably a little bit OTT for most but to be honest, I really need to make some room in the freezer and have been promising myself to do this for a while now., so 450g into the boiler and 350g for dry-hopping. Total of 3/4 of a kg in 21 ltrs. Yes crazy !

I know efficiency from wort loss to the “generous” hop bill was going to be going to be horrendous but calculated for this.
There’s no 60 min boil hops ! All hops are 5 minutes from the end of the boil and flame out then steeped for 45 minutes thereafter before cooling.

"I Wanna Be You Dog"
Brewdog Type IPA
Recipe Specs
Batch Size (L): 21.0
Total Grain (kg): 6.280
Total Hops (g): 750.00
Original Gravity (OG): 1.065 (°P): 15.9
Final Gravity (FG): 1.016 (°P): 4.1
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 6.39 %
Colour (SRM): 11.6 (EBC): 22.8
Bitterness (IBU): 69.1 (Average)
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): Horrendous!
Boil Time (Minutes): 60
Grain Bill
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5.800 kg Pale Ale Malt (92.36%)
0.250 kg Caragold (3.98%)
0.100 kg Flaked Oats (1.59%)
0.080 kg Crystal 120 (1.27%)
0.050 kg Carafa III malt (0.8%)

Hop Bill
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100.0 g Ahtanum Leaf (5.2% Alpha) @ 5 Minutes (Boil) (4.3 g/L)
100.0 g Amarillo Leaf (8.6% Alpha) @ 5 Minutes (Boil) (4.3 g/L)
50.0 g Chinook Leaf (13.6% Alpha) @ 5 Minutes (Boil) (2.2 g/L)
50.0 g Citra Leaf (15.4% Alpha) @ 5 Minutes (Boil) (2.2 g/L)
50.0 g Simcoe Leaf (14.2% Alpha) @ 5 Minutes (Boil) (2.2 g/L)
100.0 g Experimental 366 Leaf (15.5% Alpha) @ 0 Minutes (Aroma) (4.3 g/L)
75.0 g Ahtanum Pellet (5.2% Alpha) @ 0 Days (Dry Hop) (3.3 g/L)
75.0 g Amarillo Pellet (8.6% Alpha) @ 0 Days (Dry Hop) (3.3 g/L)
75.0 g Citra Pellet (15.4% Alpha) @ 0 Days (Dry Hop) (3.3 g/L)
75.0 g Simcoe Pellet (14.2% Alpha) @ 0 Days (Dry Hop) (3.3 g/L)
Misc Bill
Irish Moss boil 15 mins
DWB Water treatment 22g
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Single step Infusion at 66°C for 60 Minutes.
Fermented at 19°C with WLP090 - San Diego Super Yeast
Grain shot

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450g Hop bill. (Another 300g more to come in the form of pellets for dry hopping)

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Mash – Near enough to 66

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5 Minute hops !

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1.063, missed the target by 2 point. Hey ho thats life

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Just short of 21ltrs

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All tucked up at 19C for the time being

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Dry Hop Bill 300g

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In the pot !

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All but sunk to the bottom now due to a 1 degrees c superchill for 4 days

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Will update again in due course for any interest parties

Sorry. quick edit. Tastes and smells out of this world already

With those losses I'd be tempted to give the hops a blinking good squeeze.

It does sound nice though... one of those beers that still has you lip smacking 5 minutes after a sip.

Fantastic. I've gone as far as 300g for 23L and felt guilty... not any more !
I'm sure that will be a beer to remember.

Wow, That's serious hopping, very interested to know how it turns out

Nofolkandchance wrote:Thought I’d post my latest brew. I’m a big fan of Brewdog’s range hence the name. Its taken from the single by Iggy Pop and the Stooges on their debut album (still sounds fresh to this day!)

You should hear the live version on the bootleg album, Nightclubbing - it's sublime.

That looks outstanding. What do you think you lost to the hops in the kettle?

barry44 wrote:That looks outstanding. What do you think you lost to the hops in the kettle?

450g of hops in the boil phase @ 15ml wort absorbed per 1g of hops gives a mighty loss of 6.75 litres

Looks fantastic !!! I thought I was a hop beast in my APA's

If it tastes lush I may steal with pride !!

25 ltrs measured in the copper after the boil and 21 in the fermenter, after "gentle" squeezing that is

Probably another litre and a half loss after the dry hops, depending on how compact they settle at the bottom of the fermenter ?

Its incredibly murky and oily at the minute with hop particles, so will update in a few days. Taste is incredibly fruity pungent and resinous

I was so disappointed there was no Kia Ora in this! Looks tasty.

Gulp!

That's one hop bill

Jesus H Christ....

Well, here’s the first “proper tasting” and I’m blown away by just how good this is (to my taste anyway) SWMBO could smell the hop aroma when I was pouring it out from three feet away! !!!
Tasting notes: Malty, with a hint of bitter chocolate and intoxicatingly hoppy but beautifully balanced with grapefruit, flowers, pine needles and tropical fruits all punching through the carafa, crystal and caragold and held nicely together by the oats.
I’m loving the red colour as well which to be honest I really wasn’t expecting however the camera doesn’t do it justice. Nice tight head retention and lovely body.

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Staying with hoppy for tonight, I’d thought I’d compare it with this as the benchmark. It’s my SMASH Centennial which I honestly thought was seriously hoppy but right now it just doest even come close !!!! It feels sort of “distant” Think my taste buds are zapped from the hops of the previous pint and I’m still burping up Ahtanum and Simcoe!

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To say I'm well happy is an understatement

It looks the part and your description is making my mouth water.
Thanks for updating us on your progress

lol hops, would seriously love a pint of that!