HONK! IPA

[Mattb]

I'm brewing this next week - an American-style IPA, inspired by my mate who is mad for Geese. Nothing to do with Goose Island, by the way, I've never had a Goose Island beer. "Honk" mainly becuase it's going to smell, quite strongly, I hope, of lovely lovely hops.

HONK! IPA

Type: All Grain
Batch Size: 24.00 L
Boil Size: 28.00 L
Boil Time: 75 min

Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU
6500.00 gm Pale Malt (2 Row) UK (5.9 EBC) Grain 94.89 %
250.00 gm Cara-Pils/Dextrine (3.9 EBC) Grain 3.65 %
100.00 gm Wheat, Torrified (3.3 EBC) Grain 1.46 %
30.00 gm Chinook [12.70 %] (75 min) Hops 36.5 IBU
20.00 gm Centennial [8.60 %] (15 min) Hops 7.8 IBU
30.00 gm Cascade [7.60 %] (15 min) Hops 10.4 IBU
1.00 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
20.00 gm Centennial [8.60 %] (2 min) Hops 1.3 IBU
30.00 gm Cascade [7.60 %] (2 min) Hops 1.8 IBU
37.00 gm Centennial [10.00 %] (60 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep) Hops -
42.00 gm Cascade [7.60 %] (60 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep) Hops -
45.00 gm Nelson Sauvin [13.00 %] (60 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep) Hops -

1 Pkgs SafAle American Ale (DCL Yeast #S-05) Yeast-Ale

Est Original Gravity: 1.064 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.018 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.95 %
Bitterness: 57.8 IBU
Est Color: 11.2 EBC

The Nelson Sauvin is only in there to use up the end of a packet from a brew the other week - similarly, the uneven numbers for the aroma hops are becuase that's exactly how much I've got left over of each.

Also, I think the OG will likely be a little higher than 1.064, because I seem to be getting closer to 80% efficiency.

[leedsbrew]

that looks wicked man! brew day thread on the cards? pics?

[trucker5774]

mmmmmmmmmmmm hops

[Mattb]

brew day thread on the cards? pics?

Big yes to both, as long as I manage to get a new thermometer - I broke mine yesterday into a brazillion small pieces.

[micmacmoc]

Mother of God! You'll lose some to hops I reckon! It'll smell superb though, HONK HONK!

[leedsbrew]

brew day thread on the cards? pics?

Big yes to both,

Sweeeeeeeet!

Mother of God! You'll lose some to hops I reckon! It'll smell superb though, HONK HONK!

Yeah, have you planned for that in your calcs?

[Mattb]

Yeah, have you planned for that in your calcs?

In a back-of-a-fag-packet way, yes. With BIAB I can squeeze a lot of the wort out of the hop bag anyway, so I'll lose a lot, but perhaps not as much as you might expect.

[Mattb]

Honk! IPA Brewday is GO! GO! GO! - thread here: viewtopic.php?f=24&t=44455

[eguin]

..........looks like you know what hops are for
hope it turns out well, and dont forget to let us know how it turns out please

[floydmeddler]

Brilliant! A beast of a beer. Will be an absolute cracker.

[Mattb]

I've posted all of the HONK! stuff up on my blog, recipe, pics, the trials of taming yeasties, the works. Updates on dry-hopping later today: Matt's Beer Kitchen: HONK! IPA

[Rowang]

This is the most stupid recipe I have ever seen.

And MY GOD, im stealing it. Actually adding the ingredients to my basket as I type. Very exciting.. Let me know what I have to look forward to!!!!!

[Mattb]

This is the most stupid recipe I have ever seen.

And MY GOD, im stealing it.!

HAHA! Fill yer boots.

Mine is 10 days in the FV, and down to 1.020 from 1.068. Smells fantastic. Big big mouthful of hops on first sip, with a long bitter aftertaste. It's too much, at the moment, to be honest, but it's so green you could see it from the moon. Once it's had a couple of months it the bottle it'll be a beaut. Very cloudy with S-05 as well, so a very yeasty tang to it.

Overall, I have high hopes.

[Mattb]

Bit of an update by way of thread-resurrection.

After primary fermentation I racked this to a 2nd FV with 40g of Nelson Sauvin dry hops, left that for 6 days then racked off to a 3rd FV and left that in the cellar at between 14C and 15C for getting on for two months.

Bottled it today, and the sample I took tasted fantastic. It is a monster though: 1068 OG, 1013FG, meaning a head splitting 7.2% abv.

It is delicious though, and exactly bang on the money what I was hoping for.