What's your best IPA recipe?

[lupulin]

Look like a nice beer, will it be amber or lighter in colour? I LOVE the flavour & Aroma that Amarillo impart. I am planning a slightly weaker(ABV) version of white star and intend to ramp the hops up further. Luckily with brewing there is no peak to the mountain so we can just keep climbing!

I think it will be a bit dark. Probably copper to amber. I got some pics of the color up here if you're curious:
http://flagonofale.blogspot.com/2010/12 ... -open.html

Is that vulcan IPA ready to drink yet? Seems like it would be bracingly bitter.

[pantsmachine]

I like the blog, i had a dead battery in my scales last week when brewing. 1 robbed smoke alarm and we were back! The Vulcan IPA is not only ready it is mostly gone. Its a really nice beer, fuller in body than the white star but not as well balanced with the hops. It has lost almost all its bitterness and comes across as sweet and malty with a slight kick of tropical hops. I'll go back and rean more of the blog later today, nice to see the effort being put in!

[lupulin]

I like the blog, i had a dead battery in my scales last week when brewing. 1 robbed smoke alarm and we were back! The Vulcan IPA is not only ready it is mostly gone. Its a really nice beer, fuller in body than the white star but not as well balanced with the hops. It has lost almost all its bitterness and comes across as sweet and malty with a slight kick of tropical hops. I'll go back and rean more of the blog later today, nice to see the effort being put in!

Thanks, man! I just signed up for one thinking I would use it to store recipes and pictures, but then I didn't brew for like, 3 months or so

I think I might take you line of thinking on some of these IPA's and just be more bold. That's probably why mine are never very good: because I try not to ever exceed the 1:1 bitterness:gravity ratio.

[pantsmachine]

To pararphrase The Matirx 'there is no ratio'. one of mine is at 3.454 IBU/SG. That is the first time i have looked at the scale! Time takes care of that and first wort hopping massively reduces the apparent bitterness.

http://bennachiebrewery.blogspot.com/20 ... steor.html

[pantsmachine]

This is my latest work up for White Star. It addresses the shortfalls of White Star Mk1&2 and those were crackers!

White Star IPA Mk3
Type: All Grain
Date: 12/06/2010
Batch Size: 20.00 gal
Boil Size: 24.08 gal
Boil Time: 90 min
Brewhouse Efficiency: 65.00

8.50 kg Pale Malt (2 Row) UK (3.0 SRM) Grain 43.81 %
6.00 kg Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 30.93 %
4.50 kg Wheat Malt, Ger (2.0 SRM) Grain 23.20 %
0.40 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 2.06 %
3.00 oz Simcoe [12.90 %] (90 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops 37.8 IBU
2.00 oz Amarillo Gold [9.40 %] (90 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops 20.4 IBU
1.50 oz Amarillo Gold [9.40 %] (5 min) Hops 2.3 IBU
0.50 oz Simcoe [12.90 %] (3 min) Hops 0.7 IBU
1.00 oz Amarillo Gold [9.40 %] (1 min) Hops 0.4 IBU
1.00 oz Cascade [6.30 %] (1 min) Hops 0.3 IBU
3.50 oz Cascade [6.30 %] (60 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep)
1.50 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] (60 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep)
1.00 oz Amarillo Gold [9.40 %] (60 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep)
3.50 oz Williamette [6.70 %] (Dry Hop 10 days)
2.50 oz Amarillo Gold [9.40 %] (Dry Hop 10 days)
1.50 oz Cascade [6.40 %] (Dry Hop 10 days)
1.00 items Grapefruit rind (Boil 5.0 min)
4.00 oz Oak Chips (Secondary 7.0 days)
4.00 items Orange Peel, Bitter (Boil 5.0 min)
4.00 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 min)
80.00 gm Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate)
Est Original Gravity: 1.051 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.013
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 4.93 %
Bitterness: 61.8 IBU
Est Color: 8.0 SRM

If god drinks beer, it will taste something like this IMNVHO!

[mysterio]

That looks like an awesome brew, Pants

[pantsmachine]

Cheers man,

Heard you Glasgow boys are getting something together regarding beer? I'd very much like to be a part of that time allowing. Life treating you well?

Sadly the hops have had such an effect on my remaining cells that this makes sense and i fancy getting a plane ticket just for the Friday Happy Hour. Some stuff should just be done....

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[Barley Water]

Oh, you can make one of those things for yourself (I have one that I have not used in awhile, you really need whole hops though). Basicly just take one of those canister water filters and mess with the guts of the thing plus do some plumbing so that you can hook it up to your taps, really pretty easy to do. I was considering growing hops just so I could have something to load the thing with but I am way too lazy for that. Since I am an officer in our local brew club, maybe I can organize a small hop harvest party where I can set the thing up and run a bunch of peoples beer though it. I also know a couple of fellow brewers who do grow hops so maybe I can get the thing loaded up relatively cheaply. By the way, it really does work, it really makes the hop aroma and flavor go almost crazy. It does however work much better with the higher alcholol beer, I guess the ethanol helps extract the hop goodness. Oh yeah, you can't get upset when small bits of hop stick between your teeth when using one of these things, nothings perfect.

[aceuass]

Heres mine, love adding the rye to my American IPA`s, gives a different spiceness to it
The Sorachi Ace was just to use up, but enjoyed the beer so much cant change it
Cheers
Paul
Type: All Grain
Date: 9/26/2009
Batch Size: 30.28 L
Brewer: 3 Hoppy Guys
Boil Size: 37.11 L Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: 8 gallon batch
Taste Rating(out of 50): 0.0 Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00
Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU
6803.89 gm Pale Malt (2 Row) US (3.9 EBC) Grain 77.52 %
1360.78 gm Rye, Flaked (3.9 EBC) Grain 15.50 %
453.59 gm Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (78.8 EBC) Grain 5.17 %
158.76 gm Roasted Barley (591.0 EBC) Grain 1.81 %
1.60 oz Zeus [16.40 %] (90 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops 70.4 IBU
1.20 oz Sorachi Ace [12.30 %] (90 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops 43.6 IBU
1.00 oz Chinook [13.00 %] (30 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep) Hops -
1.00 oz Simcoe [12.90 %] (30 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep) Hops -
1.00 oz Centennial [9.00 %] (30 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep) Hops -
0.50 oz Centennial [9.00 %] (15 min) Hops 5.1 IBU
0.50 oz Simcoe [12.90 %] (15 min) Hops 7.4 IBU
1.00 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
2 Pkgs SafAle American Ale (DCL Yeast #S-05) Yeast-Ale
Beer Profile
Est Original Gravity: 1.065 SG
Measured Original Gravity: 1.069 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.017 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.020 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 6.33 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 6.40 %
Bitterness: 126.4 IBU Calories: 666 cal/l
Est Color: 25.0 EBC

[mysterio]

Cheers man,

Heard you Glasgow boys are getting something together regarding beer? I'd very much like to be a part of that time allowing. Life treating you well?

Sadly the hops have had such an effect on my remaining cells that this makes sense and i fancy getting a plane ticket just for the Friday Happy Hour. Some stuff should just be done....

To debut Randall 3.0, we're planning a simultaneous 'Randall Returns' extravaganza at nine different beer bars around the country on Wednesday, 9/22/2010 at 8pm EST. Click here for complete info.

Want to see Randall in action? We serve beer through our very own Randall filter every Monday and Friday during Happy Hour at Dogfish Head Brewings & Eats in downtown Rehoboth Beach, DE - join us!

If you know a great craft-centric beer bar that needs a Randall, let em know they can get one! As we build them (we sell Randall 3.0 AT COST - that is $375.00 plus shipping), we make them available on our site for purchase. If you don't see Randall on our site, check back - he'll return!

I'm an Edinburgh boy now but I will hopefully be able to help with Robbie's beer week. I would like to get a brewing demo going again. Bring some of your IPAs down!

[pantsmachine]

I hereby promise in front of Jim and all these learned brewers to bring down enough IPA's to lubricate the first couple of hours of chat. After that i am in no way responsible for any dribbling or whaffling that takes place. Aye and that's just me! What was the draw of Edimunburgh. Apart from of course the beautiful architecture, international air, hot foreign totty and pure shedload of good pubs?