R+ Ipa Hopburst

[Ross]

Inspired by just-cj's hop 10 cubed, I've come up with my own insane brew to see out 2006. I stock 19 American hop varieties, so as the name implies (R = 18 min) I've hopped with every variety. Rather than use the bucket & mix method, I weighed them all out tonight into 19 packets, so 3gms of every hop in every addition.

R+ IPA
Imperial IPA

Type: All Grain
Date: 27/12/2007
Batch Size: 26.00 L
Brewer: Ross
Boil Size: 34.00 L
Boil time 90 minutes.
Brewhouse Efficiency: 83.0

Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU
7.30 kg Pale Malt, Golden Promise (Thomas Fawcett) (5.9 EBC) Grain 88.9 %
0.41 kg Crystal Malt - 60L (Thomas Fawcett) (118.2 EBC) Grain 5.0 %
57.00 gm Hopburst 19 varieties [7.80%] (90 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops 42.7 IBU
57.00 gm Hopburst 19 varieties [7.80%] (70 min) Hops 37.5 IBU
57.00 gm Hopburst 19 varieties [7.80%] (60 min) Hops 36.3 IBU
57.00 gm Hopburst 19 varieties [7.80%] (55 min) Hops 35.5 IBU
57.00 gm Hopburst 19 varieties [7.80%] (50 min) Hops 34.5 IBU
57.00 gm Hopburst 19 varieties [7.80%] (45 min) Hops 33.3 IBU
57.00 gm Hopburst 19 varieties [7.80%] (40 min) Hops 31.8 IBU
57.00 gm Hopburst 19 varieties [7.80%] (35 min) Hops 30.0 IBU
57.00 gm Hopburst 19 varieties [7.80%] (30 min) Hops 27.9 IBU
57.00 gm Hopburst 19 varieties [7.80%] (25 min) Hops 25.2 IBU
57.00 gm Hopburst 19 varieties [7.80%] (20 min) Hops 22.0 IBU
57.00 gm Hopburst 19 varieties [7.80%] (15 min) Hops 18.0 IBU
57.00 gm Hopburst 19 varieties [7.80%] (10 min) Hops 13.1 IBU
57.00 gm Hopburst 19 varieties [7.80%] (90 min) (Mash Hop) Hops 7.8 IBU
57.00 gm Hopburst 19 varieties [7.80%] (5 min) Hops 7.2 IBU
114.00 gm Hopburst 19 varieties [7.80%] (20 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep) Hops -
114.00 gm Hopburst 19 varieties [7.80%] (Dry Hop 5 days) Hops -
0.50 kg Sugar, Table (Sucrose) (2.0 EBC) Sugar 6.1 %
2 Pkgs American Ale (Safale #056) Yeast-Ale

Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.084 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.012 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 9.4 %
Bitterness: 402.7 IBU Calories: 808 cal/l
Est Color: 18.9 EBC Color: Color


cheers Ross

 

[ant]

These are the joys of having access to ridiculous quantities of hops

Will be interesting to see which hops come out in the aroma and on the palate... certainly going to have a kick to it that will make some of those Stone/Russian River brews look like the proverbial 98 pound weaklings... good stuff Ross

 

[Stuster]

Let battle commence. Hop it up, Ross. :super: :chug:

What are the 19 varieties? I know I could look on CB but.......... it is Xmas.

 

[Paleman]

Your insane Rosco !!!

Thats why i love ya.

 

[Ross]

Ahtanum, Amarillo, Cascade, Centennial, Chinook, Cluster, Crystal, Fuggle, Galena, Glacier, Horizon, Liberty, Magnum, Newport, Palisade, Santium, Simcoe, Warrior & Willamette.

Never gave it much thought before weighing them out, but 361 bloody weighings, I must be insane....

cheers & Merry Christmas for tomorrow.

 

[big d]

What? No flame out additions.Ya getting slack Ross.

Cheers
Big D

 

[Ross]

What? No flame out additions.Ya getting slack Ross.

Cheers
Big D

114gms at flame out Big D steeped for 20 mins....

cheers Ross

 

[Paleman]

Ahtanum, Amarillo, Cascade, Centennial, Chinook, Cluster, Crystal, Fuggle, Galena, Glacier, Horizon, Liberty, Magnum, Newport, Palisade, Santium, Simcoe, Warrior & Willamette.

Never gave it much thought before weighing them out, but 361 bloody weighings, I must be insane....

cheers & Merry Christmas for tomorrow.

Chrissie to you to Rossco and all AHB'ers. May your beers be as bitter, and floral as hoped for. Your all hop headed monsters.

Good luck Rossco, keep us in touch with how this beast turns out. Mmmmmmmmm bitey monster :beerbang:

 

[big d]

Way to go Ross.If youve brewed the high hop way we all know the flavour and aroma is at the flame out and steeping part

Cheers
Big D

 

[Paleman]

Make sure you rack and CC it.......otherwise it will climb out of Primary and strangle the life out of you

 

[Guest Lurker]

Just curious. Why the sugar?

 

[bindi]

Est Original Gravity: 1.084 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.012 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 9.4 %
Bitterness: 402.7 IBU Calories: 808 cal/l
Est Color: 18.9 EBC Color: Color


cheers Ross

Insane :blink: 402.7 IBU move the decimal point to the left one and you can make 10 beers with those hops, or post them to me.

 

[Ross]

Just curious. Why the sugar?

GL,

That extra bit of alcohol without it becoiming to cloying, I can generally get this malt bill down to 1010 - 1012 & drinks real easy....

cheers Ross

 

[cj in j]

Inspired by just-cj's hop 10 cubed, I've come up with my own insane brew to see out 2006.

Hell, I don't know whether to be flattered or appalled! Man, you took an insane idea and doubled it. :beer:

Never gave it much thought before weighing them out, but 361 bloody weighings, I must be insane....

Why do you think I do the "weigh each hop's total amount and mix in a bucket" method! :super:

Looking forward to the updates. :beerbang:

 

[Weizguy]

GL,

That extra bit of alcohol without it becoiming to cloying, I can generally get this malt bill down to 1010 - 1012 & drinks real easy....

cheers Ross

Ross, are you seriously telling us that the sugar helps balance this beast?

IMO, with the amount of hop in this, you'd be lucky to notice any difference to the balance, and I can't imagine any cloying malt struggling to squeeze out from under that hop Colossus (Extra sugar/alcohol or otherwise).

I reckon you just like a strong ale, and I have no prob with that. But I'm thinking that those hops will become cloying before anything else can even be detected.

Happy to be proved wrong. Please post or pm me when you taste/evaluate this one.
And contact the Guinness Book of World Records! :lol:

Beerz.
Seth

 

[peas_and_corn]

:huh: :blink: :blink: :blink:

 

[Ross]

Ross, are you seriously telling us that the sugar helps balance this beast?

IMO, with the amount of hop in this, you'd be lucky to notice any difference to the balance, and I can't imagine any cloying malt struggling to squeeze out from under that hop Colossus (Extra sugar/alcohol or otherwise).

Seth, Having never attempted anything quite like this before, it's new ground for me. All I know is that it works great in my 200IBU IPA, so sticking with the same malt/adjunct bill for this one. Hopefully it'll be drinkable, let you know in a few weeks time...

Edit: Seth, if it's drinkable, i'll send you down a bottle...Shame Pat won't still be with you to try it, he loves a hoppy beer :lol:

cheers Ross...

 

[hughman666]

Edit: Seth, if it's drinkable, i'll send you down a bottle...Shame Pat won't still be with you to try it, he loves a hoppy beer :lol:

cheers Ross...

i'll be surprised if you can even feel your teeth after a pint of that gear! :huh:

 

[cj in j]

And contact the Guinness Book of World Records! :lol:

I don't think the Guinness Book allows records that are potentially harmful to human beings!

 

[Jye]

Mate I look forward to a side by side tasting with your amber ale :lol: