Questions tagged [ipa]
India Pale Ale. A Pale Ale with a high bitter/hop content
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Bad Batch after a brewing break of 20 years
I just tried my first batch of Pliny the Elder after not brewing for some time,and it was a disaster. I decided to try brewing in a bag. I was a little short of beer after the fermentation. I did not ...
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oxydized NE IPA?
Been brewing for about a year, I've got about a dozen brews under my belt. Tried my hand at a New England IPA. All went ok up to drinking it. When i bottled it (I bottle condition), the beer was the ...
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Same dry and bitter taste with two different IPA brews
So I got a Chinook IPA kit last Xmas from Northern Brewer and made my first ever home brew. I followed instructions except I think I made the mistake of steeping grains in boiling water.
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Kveik yeast instead of US-05?
I found some good SMaSh IPA recipes, mainly using Safale US-05. Unfortunately I live in a small apartment house and the room temperature is approximately 22-23 °C degree (~71-73 °F), so the ...
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48 hours into ferment. Fermenter temperature is 73°F. Should I cool it?
First time brewing. I have a IPA in a 6.5 gallon bucket fermenter with US-05 pitched into it. I've got the fermenter in the basement and temperature probe taped to the side of the bucket. Ambient room ...
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Alternative Yeast Options for IIPA
I was gifted a 5 gallon Imperial IPA kit which did not come with yeast. It recommends either Safale US-05 Dry Yeast or Omega Yeast OYL009. Times being what they are, Omega is sold out and shipping ...
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Black IPA Yeast Blend
My homebrew club hosted a Fantasy Homebrew Draft, where each brewer drafted an ingredient round by round. The rules are you have to brew with and only with 6 of 8 ingredients you drafted. Finings and ...
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My youngs pale ipa came out flat and quite dark
Any insight is really appreciated as I'm quite confused. There was plenty of bubbling and fermentation appeared fine but when i opened the lid it came out very dark and flat. I know carbonation might ...
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Is heady topper a NEIPA/ DIPA or both?
I'm from Australia so we don't really have good access to Heady Topper, Treehouse or Trilium NEIPAs. I have been looking at the heady topper clone on byo.com -https://byo.com/recipe/alchemist-heady-...
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Messed up West Coast IPA recipe, could dryhopping make it good?
My first batch, I followed a recipe using malt extract to create a West Cost IPA.
The wording of the recipe made me invert the Hop additions...
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2oz of Centinennial at 0mins left ...
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How to increase thickness in beer?
I've found myself becoming quite fond of "thick" and "juicy" IPAs and DIPAs. Beers with a viscosity to them that feels somewhat syrupy and leaving a great mouthfeel when drunk.
I want to brew my own ...
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Beer has off flavor, sample taken while bottling tasted good
I brewed an IPA about 3 weeks ago. Everything went fine during fermentation and I've dropped a couple of hop pellets 4 days before bottling into the fermenter as I planned to do.
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Unexpected flavours after bottle conditioning
Been brewing beer for a few years. In my experience, bottle conditioning introduces unintentional flavours. It makes it very hard to make anything lighter than an IPA, IIPA and barley wine. The ...
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About IPA maturation schedule
My question is about creating a micro brewery. For an IPA, is it okay to do a two week primary fermentation then 1 day cold crash, carbonating in bright tank and bottling same day?
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Replicating the Elvis Juice IPA
I am trying to replicate Brewdog's Elvis Juice Grapefruit infused IPA. From what I understand you need to add peels of grapefruit and orange to it. Are these added during the boil or on secondary?
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Inserting Amarillo hops after fermentation
I got a recipe for IPA which says to insert Amarillo hops 5-6 days before bottling.
The question is how the hops need to be inserted - can I just drop them into the container and stir, or should I ...
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Adding Ingredients to an IPA Kit
I am a home brewing newbie from the UK.
I have made 2 batches so far; my first was a 1 gallon IPA kit using grains which I was relatively happy with for a first attempt; the second was a 40 pints IPA ...
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What is the difference between a lager and an IPA?
What is the difference between a lager and an IPA in the brewing process?
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New England IPA - What sets it apart from a "traditional" IPA?
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I've heard a lot of buzz about the New England IPA lately. After reading this article, I've gathered that it features fruitiness, cloudiness, and somewhat creamy medium bitterness. The ...
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How to achieve that hoppy aroma and top notes
Me and my brewing buddy have been brewing beers for some years now, we are pretty satisfied with our end products. Hardly any of that yeasty taste that can be quite prominent with home brews.
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Quick advice for dry-hopping and racking to secondary
tomorrow I'll brew an English style IPA with extract.
I want to dry-hop in the conditioning phase, so, considering I'm using S04 on a small batch, I'll probably add the hops on Wednesday. It should be ...
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Is it too soon to keg if im storing for a few weeks?
I just dry hopped an IPA i brewed on July 30th. I plan on kegging it next Wednesday, exactly one week from today. The Beer has had a full 10 days of primary fermentation so far and is only going to ...
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Karl Strauss Aurora Hoppyalis Clone?
Does anyone have a Karl Strauss Aurora Hoppyalis clone? This is an outstanding beer and I would love to try to make it.
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Gelatin before or after dry hopping
Going to dry hop on my IPA and dont know if add gelatin to primary then rack to secondary then add hops or dry hop on primary and then gelatin and then rack to secondary for aging
what do you think?
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How much time to dry hop and why?
I'm thinking about brewing an IPA.
My doubt is about "short dry hopping" vs "length dry hopping" I am thinking to go for 2 days minimum and 7 days maximum.
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Has anyone got an IPA recipe using extract but not in a kit?
I am some way into my first brew and I'm having ideas above my position!
I've decided that if possible I would like to construct the ingredients for my next batch on my own. Any tips on how to get ...
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Dry hopping do's and dont's?
Hi me and my future wife are brewing a bunch of different beers for our wedding. Next up is an IPA so we are curious of how the dry hopping process works. I'm looking for do's and don'ts and also a ...
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Can big late hop addition hurt AIPA?
I made two mistakes at the beginning of the boil, and I under-bittered my beer by 20 IBU. This is AIPA, so underbittering is serious mistake. Sadly, i only realized that by putting my notes back into ...
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First time homebrewing, odd film in jug (not on top of beer)
Here's a picture of what I'm talking about.
So for reference, I got the Everyday IPA kit from Brooklyn Brew Shop for christmas, and I just got around to using it last week. This is day 4 of the ...
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Fermentation temperature for an IPA
I haven't found a global agreement on these topics. Let's suppose that the yeast is American (such as Safale US-05). Then:
Which is the ideal (primary) fermentation temperature for an IPA and why?
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Need some carification on my ingredient choices and hop boil timing
Want to make a simple high gravity single hop ipa. Will this recipe work?
10 pounds DME Amber
1 pound Crystal 40l steeped 45 mins
1 oz Citra hops start 60 mins
1 oz Citra hops 45 mins
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Low ABV, but lots of fermentation activity
I just brewed a jalapeno ipa and am stumped as to why the abv is so low.
The OG was 1.037. During the primary, the activity was very intense... like more bubbles than most other beers I've brewed. It ...
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First time making a recipe!
So I decided to throw some ingrediants together for my first recipe! The recipe is an extract American IPA I was wondering if some of you guys could give me advice on what to add or get rid of before ...
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I used too much malt. What should I do? Suggestions how to salvage?
So, I need advice how to salvage my beer. I intended to make 5 gallon batch of IPA. I had ingredients for two batches of beer on hand and I accidentally added 3 extra pounds of dry malt extract to my ...
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Contamination concerns when removing stopper?
This might seem dumb to most, but it's only my third batch and I just need some reassurance. So, I occasionally pop out the rubber stopper on my carboy to smell the brew and see if anything funky ...
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Opinions on my hop schedule for double IPA?
Being only a third time brewer, and feeling ambitious and experimental i decided to step away from kit directions and experiment. anyone have experience with the following combo? any opinions on how ...
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cold crashing question
My fridge holds a damn near constant and consistent temp at whatever i set it at. I am thinking about cold crashing my double IPA and this would be my first time trying this technique. I heard there ...
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is 5 weeks enough for my double IPA?
I am Currently working on a double IPA with a predicted abv between 8%-9%..I am leaving it in one vessel. I was wondering if anyone thought 4 weeks in primary, then adding my dryhops and leaving for ...
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dry hopping in primary?
Okay, so I am currently working on my first batch that I Intend to Dry hop. I am getting a ton of mixed messages and want to see what the majority thinks. So I have finally come to the conclusion that ...
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Brewing a 1860-1890 IPA
My wonderful wife bought me a book on the history of IPAs for Christmas, which I have read a couple of times. This book has some extracts from old brew logs regarding the proportions of malts and ...
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secondary or not? [duplicate]
Another noob question. I have been going back and forth on "im going to secondary my double IPA" and "Im just gonna leave it primary til completion" I keep reading contradicting theories and It's ...
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Dry Hopping Question
I am super new to brewing but extremely ambitious. I just have a dry hop question so I hope you see this. So I'm currently fermenting a double IPA with Columbus for bittering and Cascade for aroma. ...
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Saving Kegged Beer For Later
Kegged my beer, but need it to stay carbonated without using it for a week. I already carbonated the beer and drank some. Then, a few days later, I put about 20 lbs of pressure into the keg and shut ...
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What is the IBU cutoff between a Pale Ale and an IPA?
Granted these are different techniques, there seems to be a line where Pale Ales start to become more bitter and hoppy and IPA-esque. The thing is that Pale Ales don't usually list thier IBU on the ...
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Tips on making a no-chill IPA
Due to space and time constraints, I have been using BIAB and no-chill.
I'm satisfied with the results I get with most of my brews, but never got a good IPA.
In special, my brews lack the pungent ...
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Salvaging this Sorachi Ace IPA
A few times I have made an (almost) single-hop IPA with a hop I haven't had before, to get a good idea of what it's like.
Mosaic IPA was wonderful. Nelson Sauvin IPA was very good. Now, Sorachi Ace ...
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My beer is clear, what did I do right?
This is a follow up to my question whether a clear beer is a requirement for quality. My current batch of IPA, has finished conditioning and is very tasty and also to my surprise quite clear. ...
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Airlock started bubbling after racking into secondary and dryhopping, why?
I racked my IPA into a sanitized carboy onto the hops I'm using for dry hopping, the airlock had been still for about 2 day before the racking. But now its in the secondary the airlock started up ...
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Should dry hopped beer be lightly stirred prior to bottling?
I'm making an IPA and I'm going to be dry hopping it this weekend in the secondary fermentation phase. I've been thinking about the dry hopping process alot, mainly about the diffusion of the ...
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How to bottle new brew properly
I'm new to brewing beer, i've made mead and wine in the past with varying success, I understand the bottling procedure with those two products but bottling beer is foreign to me and I just want to ...
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