Questions tagged [ipa]
India Pale Ale. A Pale Ale with a high bitter/hop content
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What are the most citrusy hops?
Which hops do you guys find are the most citrusy? I'm looking to create a super-citrusy IPA, and have limited experience with most hops.
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Why is my IPA not hoppy enough?
I am about to start my second attempt at making an IPA. My first did not turn out anything like an IPA. It was much darker than I expected (I may have burnt it a little) and did not really have the ...
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What hops provide the guava-like taste of some IPAs?
IPAs like Bear Republic's Racer 5 and Coronado Brewing Company's Islander IPA have a distinct guava-like scent and flavor character. Is there a particular variety of hops that produces this, or is it ...
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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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What about an Unfiltered IPA makes it unfiltered?
I recently tried an unfiltered IPA that was fantastic! I'm a newbie homebrewer and would like to take a shot at one. What makes an IPA unfiltered? Can I take any IPA recipe and modify it to be ...
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Short boil and DMS
So I just had a small brewing mishap where I added too much hops. WAY too much. I somehow mistook my 2oz hop pellet bag for a 1oz bag and added 1.5ounces of chinook instead of .75 . This brought my ...
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Recommendations for Simple, Hoppy IPA
I'm a very new brewer, just cracked my first beer of my first batch tonight, which was a Coopers IPA. The beer was quite a bit better than I had expected for a first-time, but did not taste much like ...
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Beer not carbonating
The IPA I made has been sitting in bottles for 2 weeks around 73-75F and is not carbonating.
One thing I did prior to bottling was I cold crashed the secondary for about 1 day to get some floating ...
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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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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.
We ...
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IPA recipe left very sweet, little bitterness or aroma
Very new brewer here, and I recently tried a generic IPA recipe doled out by my LHBS, and it ended up very sweet with little bitterness or hop aroma. The recipe is here:
http://homebrewmart.com/...
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Hopping In Secondary
I'm brewing an IPA that calls for the addition of hops when I rack to secondary. I have pelletized hops still sealed in their plastic packaging and I'm wondering if they can be added to the secondary ...
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Tips for my first English IPA
I'm planning to make my first English IPA on this Sunday and I wanna know from more experienced homebrewers if my recipe is ok:
For a 20L batch
Ingredients:
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Need help with my 1st IPA recipe
I've got a couple extract (kits) batches under my belt and now want to venture out into the unknown and create my own recipe. The following is what I've come up with after doing a bit of research. I'...
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How long should I condition an IPA?
I boiled an IPA last weekend, and am getting ready to rack it to a secondary, for dry hopping. I understand the 1-2-3 rule (and follow it regularly, with good results).
Is two weeks sufficient for 1....
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What number of IBU is standard for some commercial IPAs?
I'm in the process of formulating a recipe for my first IPA, but there is an extremely wide range of bitterness on most scales - something like 40 - 120. I have no idea if I like beer in the lower or ...
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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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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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Help keeping Black IPA from becoming Imperial Stout
I'm new to the home brew scene, and I've made a couple of extract brews from recipes in the beginners books that I own, so I've decided it's time to move on to attempting my own recipe.
I want to ...
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IPA Water Treatment
I am about to brew a clone recipe of Dogfish Head's 60 minute IPA and I was wondering if I should do some water treatment on it. I've heard of people adding gypsum to their water to achieve a dryer ...
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IPA: When to Bottle
My IPA was in the primary for 10 days and gravity readings where steady before racking to the secondary. It’s been in the secondary for 13 days now and emits one bubble every 75 seconds on average. ...
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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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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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Primary taking far longer to settle down than usual - should I worry?
I'm on my fourth batch of IPA from a "tried & true" recipe from a local brewshop. On the first three, I transferred from Primary to Secondary after the bubbles got to more than 1 minute intervals,...
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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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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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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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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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Didn't get the expected O.G
I brewed a nano batch of single grain IPA and I don't know what I have done wrong.
Before I started, I calculated the O.G. and F.G. as shown in the picture bellow.
After boiling the wort from 5.3 ...
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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's the best UK malt to use instead of 'US 2-row pale ale malt'
So I know this question has been asked the other way round, but I'm in the UK and I'd like to make a solid American IPA, and I'm wondering what the best UK malt would be to replace US pale ale malt ...
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How does gradual hop infusion affect flavor and aroma?
I only make IPA's and have read about some IPA makers introducing hops gradually over the boil vs. adding the the "aroma" dose during the last 5 or 10 minutes of the boil. I understand that hops added ...
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How many of you have brewed a 'Triple IPA' and how do you define it?
I am doing one for a competition -I hopped it like a double or Imperial IPA in the boil, but I am hopping it with three dry hop additions added in separate increments.
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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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What hop should I use to get Fuller's IPA hop taste and aroma?
I'm just a beginner brewer, I have done just 5 batches of all-grain beer, some Hefe-Weizens, APA and an Irish Red Ale.
For my next all-grain beer I would like to make an IPA recipe. But the two best ...
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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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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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Juniper berries for brewing pale ales
I love the aroma of Juniper and want to feature it in my next pale ale. I'm currently extract/kit brewing, and I had a few questions about how to go about this:
I read some tips about adding to ...
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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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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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New England IPA - What sets it apart from a "traditional" IPA?
Background
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 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.
I want to know your opinions and ...
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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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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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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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Salty Starter. From Gypsum?
I'm using gypsum for the first time in an IPA I will be brewing in a few days. Today I was making the starter and thought:
Since it's a hopped starter, why not add a pinch of gypsum?
In the end I ...
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Did I correctly add fruit flavour to my beer?
On a whim, I decided to make a raspberry flavoured IPA. I bought a pre-made wort and some liquid malt extract.
Basically, I boiled about 1.5L of water with some raspberries in one of those hop mesh ...
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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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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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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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