Todays Brew.An Imperial IPA.

[smdjoachim]

An Imperial IPA.
Hop Monster
Imperial IPA

Recipe Specs
----------------
Batch Size (L): 23.0
Total Grain (kg): 7.950
Total Hops (g): 300.00
Original Gravity (OG): 1.079 (°P): 19.1
Final Gravity (FG): 1.017 (°P): 4.3
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 8.08 %
Colour (SRM): 12.1 (EBC): 23.8
Bitterness (IBU): 106.1 (Average)
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 70
Boil Time (Minutes): 60

Grain Bill
6.000 kg Maris Otter Malt (75.47%)
0.750 kg Candi Sugar, Clear (9.43%)
0.500 kg Wheat Malt (6.29%)
0.300 kg Crystal Rye Malt (3.77%)
0.300 kg Munich (3.77%)
0.100 kg Special-B (1.26%)
Hop Bill
50.0 g Newport Leaf (12.8% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil) (2.2 g/L)
50.0 g Newport Leaf (12.8% Alpha) @ 15 Minutes (Boil) (2.2 g/L)
25.0 g Nugget Leaf (15.1% Alpha) @ 15 Minutes (Boil) (1.1 g/L)
25.0 g Palisade Leaf (7.3% Alpha) @ 15 Minutes (Boil) (1.1 g/L)
50.0 g Nugget Leaf (15.1% Alpha) @ 0 Minutes (Aroma) (2.2 g/L)
50.0 g Palisade Leaf (7.3% Alpha) @ 0 Minutes (Aroma) (2.2 g/L)
25.0 g Nugget Leaf (15.1% Alpha) @ 7 Days (Dry Hop) (1.1 g/L)
25.0 g Palisade Leaf (7.3% Alpha) @ 7 Days (Dry Hop) (1.1 g/L)

Single step Infusion at 66°C for 60 Minutes.
Fermented at 20°C with WLP007 - Dry English Ale

This is the biggest beer I've attempted.
While dry hopping i will be adding 30grams of oak chips.

[staplefordbill]

Sounds awesome! How long will you leave it to mature?

[smdjoachim]

Sounds awesome! How long will you leave it to mature?

Bill,not to long.Ferment and secondary around 3 weeks,3 weeks in the bottle,then drink.The longer you leave it the less the hops dominate.Drink them young I'd say.

[smdjoachim]

The gravity reading.All targets were achieved.

[Rookie]

[/quote]Drink them young I'd say.[/quote]


I agree, although it wouldn't hurt to save one or two for a while to see how it tastes as it mellows.

[TC2642]

Drink them young I'd say.

I agree, although it wouldn't hurt to save one or two for a while to see how it tastes as it mellows.

I go with that principle too, starting on my Early Bird IPA which I dry hopped with Citra, only five days in bottle but it's damn tasty.

[smdjoachim]

Gravity down to 1015 and raised the temperature up to 22 degrees to mop up.
Now adding 30 grams of vodka soaked oak chips and 100 grams of dry hops.
A new dry hopping technique found on the internet.
100grams of flower hops, a small glass of cooled boiled water and 1 minute in the food processor.
I cup of hop paste ready to use
Dry hop and oak in for a week prior to kegging.

[smdjoachim]

The blitzed hops



In secondary before racking



In secondary after racking



The vodka soaked oak chips



The vodka soaked oak smell just like whisky
The aroma of the blitzed hops filled the kitchen

[Fido97]

Sounds epic. Let us know how it turns out.

[timbo41]

OMG serious shit! Buy a building, big vats and scale everything up . You'll never have to worry about the mortgage again. That monster would get a small third world country merry!!!!