Hop Dog Imperial IPA 20/10/08
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fivetide
Re: Hop Dog Imperial IPA 20/10/08
Good stuff adm - dry hopping in muslin bags is a joy, and that recipe looks ace.
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ChrisG
Re: Hop Dog Imperial IPA 20/10/08
How much do you think it cost you to make that one? Lots of hops.
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adm
Re: Hop Dog Imperial IPA 20/10/08
Good question....
The Northdown and Aurora hops were from Paul at Barley Bottom - when they were £2.80 per 100g, so that's about £4.75 from him.
The Cascade and Amarill were from Hop & Grape and were about £5 per 100g, so probably around £7 from there.
Grain at just over £1 per kilo for the Pale and £1.35 per kilo for the other, so about £8.50 or so for that.
Yeast was USD$5.95 from MoreBeer - so around £4.00 at today's rates.
That just leaves the candi sugar - I can't remember how much that was, so let's say about £2.00
Total £26.25 - or about 82 per pint. Bloody hell that's expensive homebrew. It had better be good!
The Northdown and Aurora hops were from Paul at Barley Bottom - when they were £2.80 per 100g, so that's about £4.75 from him.
The Cascade and Amarill were from Hop & Grape and were about £5 per 100g, so probably around £7 from there.
Grain at just over £1 per kilo for the Pale and £1.35 per kilo for the other, so about £8.50 or so for that.
Yeast was USD$5.95 from MoreBeer - so around £4.00 at today's rates.
That just leaves the candi sugar - I can't remember how much that was, so let's say about £2.00
Total £26.25 - or about 82 per pint. Bloody hell that's expensive homebrew. It had better be good!
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fivetide
Re: Hop Dog Imperial IPA 20/10/08
You could harvest your yeasties for a few more brews though...
...and you can't put a value on experience or enjoyment
...and you can't put a value on experience or enjoyment
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adm
Re: Hop Dog Imperial IPA 20/10/08
Very true! Although I deliberately didn't harvest the yeast from this one on the understanding that you should pitch a "big beer" onto the yeast from a regular beer, but not the other way around as the yeast might be all puffed out from the high alcohol environment. I don't know if this is correct though as I'd have thought the huge amount of yeast wouldn't have much trouble fermenting a regular beer. Kind of like a light dessert!fivetide wrote:You could harvest your yeasties for a few more brews though...
...and you can't put a value on experience or enjoyment
At 80p a pint, if this comes out nice (which i suspect it will), then I'm laughing really. Messrs. Morrissey and Fox would be selling it for £3.95 a half.
In other news, my sister's boyfriend has just bought a local pub. I'm going to have words with him about putting in a microbrewery and hiring me as consultant master brewer. Apart from the fact I've only been brewing since June I can't see any reason why he shouldn't......he loves my beer after all.
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adm
Re: Hop Dog Imperial IPA 20/10/08
I couldn't resist a keg sample of this one this evening and it seems to be really going well..
It's a huge orangey amarillo hop bomb - the aroma just hits you in the face . Almost vinous in the mouth and probably a little too sweet (it stopped at 1020 and wouldn't go any further). I wanted to get a slightly drier beer with a bit less body, but I guess with this amount of fermentables it's pretty hard. More yeast next time - I think a 5l starter is on the cards for Intergalactic PAs from now on in.
Anyway....despite that, it's really, really nice. To my tastes anyway. It's not ready yet, and it hasn't dropped bright yet. I'll give it another couple of weeks to finish up and will drop it into the keg fridge tomorrow.
The main thing though is that the 109 actual IBU (according to Beer Alchemy) has come out pretty well balanced with the malt. I thought it might be really astringent, but it's not. In fact, it's quite delicious - assuming you actually like heavily hopped beer. Tastes like a truck loaded with Belgian blondes crashed into a truck full of Amarillo and Cascade hops.
Different.
Nice.
Not quite what I wanted, but certainly a good first step in the right direction. I'll brew v2.0 next week.
Not yet ready, but close....
(By the way, the head was fantastic. Beautifully white, with lacing that clung to the glass all the way down. I love good head.)
It's a huge orangey amarillo hop bomb - the aroma just hits you in the face . Almost vinous in the mouth and probably a little too sweet (it stopped at 1020 and wouldn't go any further). I wanted to get a slightly drier beer with a bit less body, but I guess with this amount of fermentables it's pretty hard. More yeast next time - I think a 5l starter is on the cards for Intergalactic PAs from now on in.
Anyway....despite that, it's really, really nice. To my tastes anyway. It's not ready yet, and it hasn't dropped bright yet. I'll give it another couple of weeks to finish up and will drop it into the keg fridge tomorrow.
The main thing though is that the 109 actual IBU (according to Beer Alchemy) has come out pretty well balanced with the malt. I thought it might be really astringent, but it's not. In fact, it's quite delicious - assuming you actually like heavily hopped beer. Tastes like a truck loaded with Belgian blondes crashed into a truck full of Amarillo and Cascade hops.
Different.
Nice.
Not quite what I wanted, but certainly a good first step in the right direction. I'll brew v2.0 next week.
Not yet ready, but close....
(By the way, the head was fantastic. Beautifully white, with lacing that clung to the glass all the way down. I love good head.)