Ipa Hop Blends

[Doc]

Decided late tonight to brew again tomorrow.
Have a nice simple grain bill already weighted and crushed (90% Marris Otter, 10% Dark Wheat).
Trying to come up with a nice hop blend, but am having a brain freeze.
Thinking around 60IBU with a blend of Centennial, Columbus, Simcoe, Chinook.

Anyone got a great hop blend for an super easy drinking high end IPA ?

TIA,
Doc

 

[brendanos]

...that one sounds pretty good!

 

[browndog]

Though not exactly to your specs, this one turned out pretty good and a hop junkie like yourself would probably find it pretty easy to drink.

Xmas swap in july IIPA test
Brew Type: All Grain Date: 23/03/2007
Style: American IPA Brewer: Tony
Batch Size: 24.00 L Assistant Brewer: Jess
Boil Volume: 32.79 L Boil Time: 75 min
Brewhouse Efficiency: 80.0 % Equipment: Browndog's Brewery
Actual Efficiency: 72.5 %
Taste Rating (50 possible points): 35.0

Ingredients Amount Item Type % or IBU
6.00 kg Pale Malt, Ale (Barrett Burston) (5.9 EBC) Grain 77.4 %
0.75 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L (39.4 EBC) Grain 9.7 %
0.50 kg Munich Malt (17.7 EBC) Grain 6.5 %
0.25 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (78.8 EBC) Grain 3.2 %
0.25 kg Melanoiden Malt (39.4 EBC) Grain 3.2 %
20.00 gm Warrior [15.10%] (50 min) Hops 25.4 IBU
20.00 gm Magnum [13.50%] (50 min) Hops 22.7 IBU
25.00 gm IIPA hop mix [8.60%] (20 min) Hops 11.5 IBU
25.00 gm IIPA hop mix [8.60%] (15 min) Hops 9.4 IBU
25.00 gm IIPA hop mix [8.60%] (10 min) Hops 6.9 IBU
25.00 gm IIPA hop mix [8.60%] (5 min) Hops 3.8 IBU
50.00 gm Ahtanum [6.00%] (Dry Hop 5 days) Hops -
0.50 tsp Koppafloc (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs US-56 (Safale) [Starter 200 ml] Yeast-Ale

Beer Profile Estimated Original Gravity: 1.081 SG (1.056-1.075 SG) Measured Original Gravity: 1.073 SG
Estimated Final Gravity: 1.023 SG (1.010-1.018 SG) Measured Final Gravity: 1.012 SG
Estimated Color: 21.6 EBC (11.8-29.6 EBC) Color [Color]
Bitterness: 79.7 IBU (40.0-65.0 IBU) Alpha Acid Units: 5.6 AAU
Estimated Alcohol by Volume: 7.6 % (5.5-7.5 %) Actual Alcohol by Volume: 8.0 %
Actual Calories: 695 cal/l


Mash Profile Name: Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge Mash Tun Weight: 20.00 kg
Mash Grain Weight: 7.75 kg Mash PH: 5.4 PH
Grain Temperature: 22.2 C Sparge Temperature: 95.0 C
Sparge Water: 20.57 L Adjust Temp for Equipment: TRUE

Name Description Step Temp Step Time
Mash In Add 20.23 L of water at 77.2 C 66.0 C 90 min


Mash Notes
Simple single infusion mash for use with most modern well modified grains (about 95% of the time).
Carbonation and Storage Carbonation Type: Corn Sugar Carbonation Volumes: 2.4 (2.2-2.7 vols)
Estimated Priming Weight: 136.0 gm Temperature at Bottling: 15.6 C
Primer Used: - Age for: 4.0 Weeks
Storage Temperature: 11.1 C


Notes
Hop mix
10g cascade
5g amerillo
5g cluster
3g centennial
2g chinook


cheers

Browndog

 

[redbeard]

Wow Doc, u on holidays ? or just 'fasting' for the dentist & sat ? ;-)

 

[Duff]

Anyone got a great hop blend for an super easy drinking high end IPA ?

TIA,
Doc

This is a blnd of the Pliny and H Bomb. I reckon it would go alright. Hope you haven't doghed in yet. For 20L.

Cheers.

Anticipated IBU: 63.5

Hops

Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
10.00 g. Chinook Pellet 12.00 13.8 MH
10.00 g. Simcoe Pellet 11.00 18.1 60 min.
20.00 g. Centennial Pellet 9.90 8.7 15 min.
20.00 g. Columbus Pellet 11.10 9.7 15 min.
20.00 g. Centennial Pellet 9.90 5.4 5 min.
20.00 g. Columbus Pellet 11.10 6.1 5 min.
20.00 g. Centennial Pellet 9.90 0.0 Dry Hop
20.00 g. Columbus Pellet 11.10 0.0 Dry Hop

 

[Doc]

Thanks for the replies guys.
Duff, that hop schedule looks the bomb. That'll do nicely.
Yep on holidays. Last week and this week, hence getting every cube, fermenter, keg full before going back to work next week.

Dough in not until early arvo, as I'm taking the boy to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie this morning

Beers,
Doc

 

[Doc]

Here it is. The blend is Chinook, Simcoe, Centennial and Columbus.

Beers,
Doc

Doc's Autumn Hop Ale

A ProMash Brewing Session Report
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Brewing Date: Wednesday April 11, 2007
Head Brewer: Doc
Asst Brewer: Aidan
Recipe: Doc's Autumn Hop Ale

Recipe Specifics
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Batch Size (L): 24.00 Wort Size (L): 24.00
Total Grain (Kg): 5.22
Anticipated OG: 1.051 Plato: 12.54
Anticipated SRM: 5.5
Anticipated IBU: 68.3
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75 %
Wort Boil Time: 90 Minutes

Actual OG: 1.051 Plato: 12.54
Actual FG: 1.012 Plato: 3.07

Alc by Weight: 3.98 by Volume: 5.09 From Measured Gravities.
ADF: 75.5 RDF 62.9 Apparent & Real Degree of Fermentation.


Grain/Extract/Sugar

% Amount Name Origin Potential SRM
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
90.0 4.70 kg. TF Maris Otter Pale Ale Malt UK 1.037 3
10.0 0.52 kg. Hoepfner Wheat Malt Dark Germany 1.039 8

Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon.


Hops

Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
25.00 g. Doc's Autumn Hop Blend Pellet 11.70 39.9 60 min.
25.00 g. Doc's Autumn Hop Blend Pellet 11.70 20.4 30 min.
25.00 g. Doc's Autumn Hop Blend Pellet 11.70 8.0 10 min.
25.00 g. Doc's Autumn Hop Blend Pellet 11.70 0.0 0 min.


Yeast
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DCL Yeast US-56 SafAle US Ale

 

[Jye]

Ive been enjoying a simcoe/amarillo mix lately :chug: The last APA also had centennial which I think really overpowered the mix.

 

[neonmeate]

well i would double all those additions but that's just me... i think these sorts of hops only get good when you use too much of them

 

[beers]

I have an AIPA on tap at the moment. Equal parts Simcoe, Amarillo, & Cascade. It's tasting fantastic

 

[Doc]

As I was hunting for the hops in the hops freezer, I stumbled across the Amarillo.
So a five hop combo when down (Centennial, Columbus, Amarillo, Chinook and Simcoe). The extra hop meant another addition so she came in around 70IBU, and boy does it smell and look awesome.

Thanks for the input guys.

Beers,
Doc