Hopburst

[Jye]

I have been reading a lot about hopbursting on the Brew Board and finally got around to brewing one and kegged it last Friday... and damn they make a great APA :chug:

For those who haven't heard of this it involved taking 3 or more different hops and mixing them together, then just measure out your hop additions from the mix... beats the hell out of measuring 20+ hop additions individually :blink:

My first mix used 58g each of Amarillo, Cascade and Centennial and the aroma is gorgeous. So who else has done this and what did you use???


Hopburst APA
American Pale Ale

Type: All Grain
Date: 5/03/2006
Batch Size: 25.00 L
Brewer: Jye
Boil Size: 37.64 L Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 90 min Equipment: SK Brew Hous
Taste Rating(out of 50): 35.0 Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.0
Taste Notes:

Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU
5.00 kg Pilsner, Malt Craft Export (Joe White) (1.6 SRM) Grain 79.4 %
0.50 kg Munich, Light (Joe White) (9.0 SRM) Grain 7.9 %
0.20 kg Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 3.2 %
0.20 kg Caramunich Malt (56.0 SRM) Grain 3.2 %
0.20 kg Crystal (Joe White) (72.0 SRM) Grain 3.2 %
0.20 kg Wheat Malt, Malt Craft (Joe White) (1.8 SRM) Grain 3.2 %

36 gm Hopburst Mix (Mash hop)
18 gm Hopburst Mix (25 min)
18 gm Hopburst Mix (20 min)
18 gm Hopburst Mix (15 min)
18 gm Hopburst Mix (10 min)
36 gm Hopburst Mix (5 min)
30 gm Hopburst Mix (Dry Hop)

1.00 tsp Salt (Boil 90.0 min) Misc
1.00 tsp Yeast Nutrient (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs Safale American US-56 Yeast-Ale



Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.056 SG
Measured Original Gravity: 1.056 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.016 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.013 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.2 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 5.6 %
Bitterness: 45.0 IBU Calories: 528 cal/l
Est Color: 8.7 SRM Color: Color


Mash Profile

Mash Name: SK - Double Infusion, Light Body Total Grain Weight: 6.30 kg
Sparge Water: 30.20 L Grain Temperature: 22.2 C
Sparge Temperature: 100.0 C TunTemperature: 22.2 C
Adjust Temp for Equipment: FALSE Mash PH: 5.4 PH

Name Description Step Temp Step Time
Protein Rest Add 10.08 L of water at 56.6 C 50.0 C 30 min
Saccrification Add 5.67 L of water at 98.0 C 65.0 C 60 min

 

[Doc]

I think bigd was keen to give it a go, but don't know if he got around to it.
I've come close with my latest APA/Hourglass, but I still had a bittering addition so it didn't count as a Hopburst.
I think your mix of Amarillo, Cascade and Centennial will be fantastic (as you say) as that is what I used in my latest APA/Hourglass with some Magnum for bittering and it is awesome.

Beers,
Doc

 

[Ross]

Not done one yet Jye, but look forward to tasting the results of yours - sounds delicious Mmmmm...

cheers Ross

 

[neonmeate]

i did something similar with my last anglo-kraut pale ale, only starting the hops at 45 minutes - i did 35g challenger 45', 35g Challenger 15', 40g Challenger 5', 20g Perle 5', 20g Hallertau 5'- it was yummy. can't say ive ever overdone aroma hops. except when i dryhopped a stout once with 50g tettnang :huh:

 

[jayse]

I have done a few of these, skipped the centennial and just used cascade and amirrilo in all of them though, got one on tap right now but the best so far is from two years ago and your post brought back great memories of it,
here tis..... :chug: arm length hop list.
Same deal weigh up the hops together and chuck them in, the recipe has them at 5 min intervals but they were spilt into smaller amounts and chucked in every couple minutes to come up with on average 1/2 a ounce going in every five mins as the recipe is written.
Obsolutely unreal beer it was, theres a thread here from 2 years ago about it.

http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/inde...mon%20ale&st=30

yakima chief demon ale

A ProMash Recipe Report

Recipe Specifics
----------------

Batch Size (L): 25.00 Wort Size (L): 25.00
Total Grain (kg): 7.45
Anticipated OG: 1.068
Anticipated EBC: 24.7
Anticipated IBU: 88.6
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75 %
Wort Boil Time: 90 Minutes


Grain/Extract/Sugar

% Amount Name Origin Potential EBC
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
77.2 5.75 kg. JWM Traditional Ale Malt Australia 317.42 7
13.4 1.00 kg. IMC Munich Australia 317.42 12
3.4 0.25 kg. JWM Wheat Malt Australia 334.13 4
3.4 0.25 kg. Hoepfner Melanoidin Germany 309.07 40
2.7 0.20 kg. Weyermann Caraaroma Germany 284.01 350




Hops

Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
28.00 g. amarillo Pellet 7.10 0.0 0 min.
28.00 g. cascade new Pellet 4.50 0.0 0 min.
7.00 g. amarillo Pellet 7.10 1.0 5 min.
7.00 g. cascade new Pellet 4.50 0.6 5 min.
7.00 g. amarillo Pellet 7.10 1.2 10 min.
7.00 g. cascade new Pellet 4.50 0.8 10 min.
7.00 g. amarillo Pellet 7.10 1.6 15 min.
7.00 g. cascade new Pellet 4.50 1.0 15 min.
28.00 g. amarillo Pellet 7.10 8.1 20 min.
28.00 g. cascade new Pellet 4.50 5.1 20 min.
7.00 g. amarillo Pellet 7.10 2.4 25 min.
7.00 g. cascade new Pellet 4.50 1.5 25 min.
7.00 g. amarillo Pellet 7.10 3.1 30 min.
7.00 g. cascade new Pellet 4.50 1.9 30 min.
7.00 g. amarillo Pellet 7.10 3.8 35 min.
7.00 g. cascade new Pellet 4.50 2.4 35 min.
7.00 g. amarillo Pellet 7.10 4.6 40 min.
7.00 g. cascade new Pellet 4.50 2.9 40 min.
7.00 g. amarillo Pellet 7.10 5.4 45 min.
7.00 g. cascade new Pellet 4.50 3.4 45 min.
20.00 g. simcoe Pellet 14.70 37.9 80 min.


Yeast
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WYeast 1272 American Ale II


Mash Schedule
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66c



boozed, bruised and broken boned
Jayse

 

[big d]

Ok guys just got a heads up on chat tonight.Thanx for the reminder guys and doc from the post.I put down a hopburst on 5/2/06 using a us56 yeast. My hop ingredients were amarillo,glacier and cascade.Initially an unreal aroma beer with great balance and flavour.
Over time ive found the aroma sibsides a bit but the taste is still in your face.It really reminds me of a visit to jayses place where he gave me more than enough of his demon ale.A very similar beer imho.
Give it a go as i reckon its worth it even as a bit of a hop mix up as ive done.You will not be disappointed.

Cheer
Big D

 

[jimmyjack]

Just about to put mine in secondary and dry hop. I only had two additions 20 min and 5 min. It smelled deveine fermenting and will get a nice dry hop burst.

3.00 kg Ale Malt Powells (4.5 EBC) Grain 54.5 %
2.00 kg Pale Malt, Traditional Ale (Joe White) (5.9 EBC) Grain 36.4 %
0.20 kg Caramalt (Joe White) (49.3 EBC) Grain 3.6 %
0.20 kg Crystal (Joe White) (141.8 EBC) Grain 3.6 %
0.10 kg Wheat Malt, Malt Craft (Joe White) (3.5 EBC) Grain 1.8 %
10.00 gm Simcoe [12.00%] (20 min) Hops 8.3 IBU
15.00 gm Cascade [6.00%] (20 min) Hops 6.2 IBU
10.00 gm Amarillo Gold [8.50%] (20 min) Hops 5.9 IBU
5.00 gm Chinook [12.10%] (20 min) Hops 4.2 IBU
15.00 gm Amarillo Gold [8.50%] (5 min) Hops 2.9 IBU
10.00 gm Simcoe [12.00%] (5 min) Hops 2.7 IBU
20.00 gm Cascade [6.00%] (5 min) Hops 2.7 IBU
10.00 gm Centennial [10.00%] (5 min) Hops 2.3 IBU
5.00 gm Chinook [12.10%] (5 min) Hops 1.4 IBU
10.00 gm Amarillo Gold [8.50%] (Dry Hop 3 days) Hops -
10.00 gm Cascade [6.00%] (Dry Hop 3 days) Hops -
10.00 gm Centennial [10.00%] (Dry Hop 3 days) Hops -
1 Pkgs California Ale (White Labs #WLP001) Yeast-Ale

Cheers JJ

 

[SteveSA]

Did one of these late January this year and fed it to the masses on Dicko's recent trip to Adelaide. A well balanced APA that disappeared by the end of the day (or was it night?).

I used Simcoe, Cascade and Centennial in equal amounts. I'm not convinced the hopburst is what made the brew but I'll definitely brew it again.

Munich House APA
Style: American Pale Ale

Recipe Specifications
--------------------------
Batch Size: 21.50 L
Boil Size: 27.54 L
Estimated OG: 1.055 SG
Estimated Color: 17.2 EBC
Estimated IBU: 49.1 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 71.5 %
Boil Time: 70 Minutes

Ingredients:
------------
Amount Item Type % or IBU
4.50kg IMC Munich Malt (11.8 EBC) 85.7 %
0.50kg Hoepfner Wheat Malt Light (3.9 EBC) 9.5 %
0.25kg Weyermann Carared (47.3 EBC) 4.8 %

20g Hop Blend [9.00%] 60mins 23.8 IBU
20g Hop Blend [9.00%] 25mins 10.1 IBU
30g Hop Blend [9.00%] 15mins 10.0 IBU
25g Hop Blend [9.00%] 5mins 5.2 IBU
25g Hop Blend [9.00%] Aroma (Steep for 20mins)

0.25 Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 min)
0.50tsp Yeast Nutrient (Boil 15.0 min)

London Ale (Wyeast Labs #1028) [Starter 1000 ml]

Mash Schedule: 1. Single Infusion, Light Body
Total Grain Weight: 5.25 kg
----------------------------
Name Description Step Temp Step Time
Mash In Add 15.00 L of water at 74.5 C 66.0 C 75 min
Mash Out Add 10.00 L of water at 95.1 C 76.0 C 10 min

 

[Jye]

I would have never thought of trying an APA with munich as the base... now I have to try a wheat apa and a munich apa

 

[dicko]

Did one of these late January this year and fed it to the masses on Dicko's recent trip to Adelaide. A well balanced APA that disappeared by the end of the day (or was it night?).

I used Simcoe, Cascade and Centennial in equal amounts. I'm not convinced the hopburst is what made the brew but I'll definitely brew it again.

[post="117842"][/post]​

Yes and if I can recall a very fine ale :beer:
Thanks Steve

Cheers

 

[Stuster]

I think the main point of the hopburst idea was no hops before 30mins. ie no bittering hops. Just may have to give it a go very, very soon. :chug:

Here's the original brewboard thread.

 

[Ross]

I think the main point of the hopburst idea was no hops before 30mins. ie no bittering hops. Just may have to give it a go very, very soon. :chug:

Here's the original brewboard thread.

[post="117852"][/post]​

I never bitter beyond 20 mins in any of my apa's - so I guess mine are all technically hopbursts then ...

cheers Ross

 

[Stuster]

Not over 20mins hey. More extreme than a hopburst. Wow. Using that many hops, it's no wonder you bought the company. :lol:

 

[browndog]

Hi Jye,
On Sunday I am going to have a crack at a Dogfish Head IPA that uses 8kg of Pilsener malt and 0.8kg of Amber. It uses 89g of Amerillo,Simcoe and Warrior hops in the boil added at the rate of 7g every 7.5mins and 56g of the mix for dry hopping.

Should be interesting

cheers

Browndog

 

[Ross]

Can't wait to try that one as well Browndog :chug:

You can tell there are a lot of fresh hops in Brizzy

cheers Ross

 

[Jye]

On Sunday I am going to have a crack at a Dogfish Head IPA that uses 8kg of Pilsener malt and 0.8kg of Amber. It uses 89g of Amerillo,Simcoe and Warrior hops in the boil added at the rate of 7g every 7.5mins and 56g of the mix for dry hopping.

[post="117901"][/post]​

Nice one browndog :beerbang: will you be mixing together the hops and just measuring out the addition from the mix?

I hope this is your Xmas in July beer

 

[browndog]

Yep Jye, I was planning on mixing the hops together, giving them a good shake and making the additions from the mix. I have a feeling Doc did this brew so it would be interesting if he has anything to add. We will have to see how it turns out before making that commitment too

cheers

Browndog

 

[Doc]

Yep Jye, I was planning on mixing the hops together, giving them a good shake and making the additions from the mix. I have a feeling Doc did this brew so it would be interesting if he has anything to add. We will have to see how it turns out before making that commitment too

cheers

Browndog

At the time I didn't have very accurate scales so measured out the individual additions and put them in little plastic bags (mainly one back with bag ties between each addition).

My automated hop addition device is in its third rebuild stage and that will take a mix of hops.

However this weekend I'm doing the hopburst thing, by brewing the Evil Twin recipe from the May/June Zymurgy late hopping article.

Beers,
Doc

 

[Jye]

My automated hop addition device is in its third rebuild stage and that will take a mix of hops.

However this weekend I'm doing the hopburst thing, by brewing the Evil Twin recipe from the May/June Zymurgy late hopping article.

Beers,
Doc

Do you have any pics of the hopping device

What hops are in the Evil Twin recipe?

 

[Doc]

I don't have any pics of the hopinator in its current form.
Need to get out in the shed with a free night to get some more progress made on it. Maybe tonight. If I do I'll take some pics.

As for the Evil Twin here is the hoping schedule.

Hops

Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
26.00 g. Centennial Pellet 9.90 6.6 20 min.
19.00 g. Amarillo Gold Pellet 9.50 4.6 20 min.
52.00 g. Centennial Pellet 9.90 7.8 10 min.
38.00 g. Amarillo Gold Pellet 9.50 5.5 10 min.
50.00 g. Centennial Pellet 9.90 0.0 0 min.
50.00 g. Amarillo Gold Pellet 9.50 0.0 0 min.


Beers,
Doc