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Grain Bill-
11# 2-Row01# Crystal 10L
0.5# CaraVienne
Hops-
1 oz. Magnum @ 60
.5 oz. Citra @ 45
1 oz. Amarillo @30
.5 oz Citra @ 0
Yeast - Omega Yeast Labs DIPA
I brewed this already, but have yet to try it. I feel like mashing didn't go well since I'm really trying to dial in my new setup. I haven't posted this recipe online before, so I thought I'd see what people thought of it before I give it another go.
Posted 34 days ago.
The grain bill looks solid to me. I'm not sure that I understand the hopping schedule, though.
Why Citra @ 45? You lose almost all of those aromatics by boiling so long. I'd say bitter to whatever you want @ 60, and save the Citra for a super late addition.
Same thing with the Amarillo @30. You're gonna get some flavor then, but lose almost all of the aroma.
If it were me (and I don't claim to be an IPA expert), I'd move everything aside from the Magnum to 20 minutes or later, and probably up that knockout dosage. Did you dry hop this one? That adds a ton of aroma, too.
Posted 34 days ago.
That's called a drunken hop schedule. I'm probably going to alter it to fit more of your suggestion, later additions with a dry hop. Didn't dry hop this one, but I may toss in some Amarillo, maybe a half an ounce to an ounce and see what that does. It's been done for about a week in the primary, and I don't know if I'm going to bottle it for about another 4 or 5, so perhaps that may be what I should do with it.
Posted 34 days ago.
Might want to up that dose of dry hops. If you want noticeable hop nose you probably should go with 3-4 oz of dry hops. In my current rendition of an IPA I used 7.5 oz of hops and will add another 6 for dry hopping. I used 1.5 oz of magnum for bittering and about an ounce of simcoe/amarillo as late additions. The rest was used in a hopstand. Bottom line: it's an IPA, don't be shy with hops, but, do make most of them late/dry hop additions.
Posted 34 days ago.
I added an ounce of Amarillo the other day. Reading this thread and others, perhaps I should add another ounce of Amarillo, or go for something similar?
Posted 34 days ago.
I should add, I have about 3.75 to 4 gallons of beer here. Should I still up it even more?
Posted 34 days ago.
Thought I'd report back. This beer ended up being a HUGE hit with everyone I gave it to. Wasn't expecting that. It had a very fruity aroma thanks to this yeast. The flavor was citrusy and floral. Head retention was nice!
I'm going to brew it again tomorrow with some slight modifications to see if they improve the beer. This one will get reviewed for the recipe database too as soon as I can get down to FedEx and get the beer to California.
Posted 34 days ago.
Excellent. Glad it turned out well!
Posted 34 days ago.
davidg, what do you mean by "I'm going to brew it again tomorrow with some slight modifications to
see if they improve the beer. This one will get reviewed for the recipe
database too as soon as I can get down to FedEx and get the beer to
California."
Ship it to another member to get a review that will go up on the Recipes page? Is that a thing? I wouldn't mind sending a few beers that I've enjoyed to other members to see how they like them.
Posted 34 days ago.
Hey turduckenpillow, check out this link. Of course, you can swap beers with anyone you like, but the charter member group (of which, several are BJCP judges) will review beer you send in, and post the review to the forums.
Other reviews here.
Posted 34 days ago.
This one is sitting in the fermenter, with zero activity after 36 hours. Unfortunately being in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, you can't just get that particular yeast right away. Is it fine if it sits for 5 days as is while I wait for the Conan yeast to get here? Or should I throw some US-05 in and call it good, and try again next time?
Posted 34 days ago.
Take a gravity reading for sure, but if it's not good (no movement), I wouldn't wait five days - something will start fermenting it. Better to go with 05 than to lose the batch.
36 hours isn't horribly unusual, especially if you didn't make a starter... but it's totally possible that you just have a leaky seal, and it's fermenting.
Posted 34 days ago.
Edited 34 days ago by homebrewdad
The 05 was going in when I got home if I didn't see activity. Before work I shook the heck out of it again, and when I got home it was bubbling away like no other. I didn't make a starter on this batch because I wanted to repeat everything the same way as last batch, with the exception of this water that I was using.. Next time, I'm making a starter either way. This batch is just to see if the expensive water makes any sort of difference (at $20 per liter and a half retail, I'd hope so).
Posted 34 days ago.
Cool, glad it's working out for you. Yeah, no starter with liquid yeast can lead to a longer lag phase, but it sounds like all is well. Good luck!
Posted 34 days ago.
Edited 34 days ago by homebrewdad
Yeah, I don't like this worrying game. And, I held off from sending a bottle of the last batch to be reviewed for the site, for this one, with this water. It's the same water we use for the vodka and rum at the distillery I work at, so I want to see what kind of difference it makes. If it's for the worse, I'll send one from the last batch :)
Posted 34 days ago.
