strong ipa

[far9410]

hi, I'm looking to make a strong pale ale, with a good hop hit, thinking about 6.5 - 7%, I've got apollo, chinook and amarillo and a fair no. of malts. any good recipes you guys can recommend or should i just make it up as i go along?

[ArmChair]

Make it up as you go along

[AnthonyD]

I made this not long ago and it was really exceptional (by my standards). Just sub the hops...

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 4.81 Imp gal
Post Boil Volume: 4.25 Imp gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 3.25 Imp gal
Bottling Volume: 2.75 Imp gal
Estimated OG: 1.075 SG
Estimated Color: 10.1 SRM
Estimated IBU: 86.1 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 96.7 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes


Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
3.00 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 1 63.8 %
1.00 kg Munich II (Weyermann) (8.5 SRM) Grain 2 21.3 %
0.40 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (50.0 SRM) Grain 3 8.5 %
10.00 g El Dorado [15.00 %] - First Wort 60.0 mi Hop 4 17.0 IBUs
5.00 g Centennial [10.00 %] - First Wort 60.0 m Hop 5 5.7 IBUs
0.30 kg Sugar, Table (Sucrose) (1.0 SRM) Sugar 6 6.4 %
15.00 g Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 7 7.6 IBUs
15.00 g El Dorado [15.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 8 11.5 IBUs
15.00 g Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 9 9.9 IBUs
20.00 g Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 10 4.1 IBUs
20.00 g El Dorado [15.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 11 6.1 IBUs
50.00 g El Dorado [15.00 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 1 Hop 12 19.1 IBUs
20.00 g Centennial [10.00 %] - Steep/Whirlpool Hop 13 5.1 IBUs
1.0 pkg Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05) Yeast 14 -
60.00 g El Dorado [15.00 %] - Dry Hop 4.0 Days Hop 15 0.0 IBUs


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Light Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 4.70 kg
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Mash In Add 16.02 l of water at 70.4 C 65.0 C 90 min

Came in at 6.8% and 84IBU's

[TC2642]

I usually make up my IPA's using 6kgs pale, 300gms wheat and 200gms white sugar. 100gms of the highest AA% hop you have (say Apollo) at 90mins and then have my aroma hops (say Amarillo) at 15mins 50gms and another 50gms at knock out. Usually get about 6% - 6.5% for 25ltrs using Safale S05.

[scuppeteer]

Assuming you're going for a 5gallon brew, I would aim for 60-70IBU maybe a little more. I wouldn't personally use the Apollo for bittering as they are lovely as a late addition but if you do then FWH them and boil for 60mins. You'll want at least 100g of hops in late to balance the bitterness. Ant D's malt base looks good but you may need to increase accordingly to hit 7%. Use a Nottingham or West Coast style yeast. Let us know your final recipe.

[far9410]

Just remembered the 60 odd grammes of simcoe I've got, so could do a simcoriilo, say;

6.0 pale malt
300g wheat malt
200 g cara
then make up the og with some sugar

then bitter with the simcoe to about, as you say, about 60 - 70 ibu
100 g amarillo, late, steep, dry,
ok?

[far9410]

oh and I would pitch onto a slurry of notty

[TC2642]

Ant D's malt base looks good but you may need to increase accordingly to hit 7%. Use a Nottingham or West Coast style yeast. Let us know your final recipe.

Must say I only like the palest of malts in my IPA, crystal malt and the like hides the hop character for me.

[scuppeteer]

With that grain bill you should hit your target without the need for additional sugar but that's your choice. Definitely dry hop as well if you want a bit more of a hop hit.

[TC2642]

With that grain bill you should hit your target without the need for additional sugar but that's your choice. Definitely dry hop as well if you want a bit more of a hop hit.

Yeah, going to try that, I usually add sugar to dilute the nitrogen content of the malt rather than to up the OG (although it has that effect too).