AG#114 - Magnum IPA

[WishboneBrewery]

Magnum IPA - I've been wanting to try this for a while and i got some T90 off the jolly nice @Misterjk from Quantum Brewery, swapped for some homebrew Nice simple Malt bill, the T90's will be used to dry Hop the FV.

Fermentables:
Pale Malt - 82.5%
Munich Malt - 17.5%

Hops:
Magnum Whole 12.7 % @ 60 mins - 40g (FWH)
Magnum Whole 12.7 % @ 5 mins - 60g (20min Stand)

Dry Hops:
Magnum Pellet 100g when fermentation has finished

Final Volume: 23 Litres
Original Gravity: 1.056
Final Gravity: 1.013
Alcohol Content: 5.6% ABV
Mash Efficiency: 75 %
Bitterness: 65 EBU
Colour: 14 EBC
Mash: 60mins @ 68c
Yeast: Safale us-05


AG#114 - Magnum IPA, malts weighed by pdtnc, on Flickr

AG#114 - Magnum IPA, first sparge running into FWH. by pdtnc, on Flickr

AG#114 - Magnum IPA, give or take 1058.5 going for 1056 so a small liquorback at the end. by pdtnc, on Flickr

Not so many pics today, ended up with 1.5 litres more than my target volume

[barry44]

I'm very interested in this as I have always taken magnum to be a bittering hop with no flavour/aroma potential and I use it as such.

However, I recently found a bottle of mikkeller magnum single hop.

[WishboneBrewery]

how was it?

[barry44]

Sorry. I never bought it!!

[stevetk189]

I've been toying with trying Magnum for late additions as even though they're often said to be no good for flavour or aroma I do find they have a very pleasant floral/fruity aroma when opening a fresh bag.

I use them a lot for bittering so I'll certainly be keeping an eye on this threaderoony.

[DeGarre]

Very interesting. I've used Magnum lately a lot for bittering and it seems like the most neutral bittering ever. This might be your first ever bland beer!

[WishboneBrewery]

just 3 photos added today...
Could well be very bland, might make for a good commercial beer

[leedsbrew]

go on then! what happened with AG#113?

[jaroporter]

kinda been thinking about something similar since i found sierra nevada use magnum late and dry in their torpedo. i reckon that beers got a pretty unique flavour compared to most american ipas, so maybe there's something in it..
be cool to hear how this goes

[WishboneBrewery]

@Leedsbrew It was a test brew for work...

[barry44]

Hi mate. Have you tried this yet?

[barry44]

Disregard my prior post. I never realised how young it was until I found a brewday that I posted on the same weekend!!

[WishboneBrewery]

Bottled it at the weekend, it tasted a bit dull, as far as the dry hop went it was lightly grassy and not much else.
probably more of a hop to blend with others in the dry hop.

[mozza]

Magnum is regarded as a bittering hop so perhaps this confirms that

[WishboneBrewery]

yeah... but Sierra Nevada use it in their Torpedo IPA in the boil and in the Dry hop... along with Citra though