Getting closer to what I want. #2 turned out very similar to Mirror Pond but more body and bite. I’m bumping the bitter hops tomorrow and changing from cascade for late addition
IPA Try #3
9# Washington select
2# Munich
1# crystal 10
154° mash
2oz Simcoe FWH
1oz Amarillo 10min
1oz Mosaic 10min
WY1056 restarted 67°
1oz Amarillo 2oz Mosaic dry hop 6 days in keg
That looks really, really tasty. Mind if I ask why 1# of crystal 10 - color, flavor? Mosaic is crazy good; the hop schedule as is looks great.
@ klickitat jim - What is your typical BU/GU on your IPAs? Do you use that ratio to track the movement of the bitterness up or down, or do you just add hops until it tastes right? Mine are right around 1.200-ish (BeerSmith using Tinseth) and while I personally think that’s pretty high, I could still see a little more bitterness as being welcome in my IPAs.
i love your hop profile. i don’t see you you could possibly go wrong.
btw, i have your bottle. i’ll be sending it along soon.
That looks like it will be a tasty brew.
Is there a certain IPA that you are trying get close to? Or are you going for one you will call your own?
I have recently started investigating the IPA trail here as well and have been sampling as many different ones my local liquor store has and also look anything different when traveling to different parts of the country. West coast, midwest, east coast. Quite the variance and ALL good. It’s not so easy picking one favorite.
Time for some small batch experimentation…
If you have a BU:GU ratio that high and your still looking for a little more bitterness you could try bumping your sulfate up way way high. like 250-300ppm
Good question, I like the taste of it. It might be getting lost behind the Munich but oh well.
Not trying to clone per se, just design my own house recipe. I’ll still be playing around but I want good IPA, APA, and Blonde recipes that are worth repeating.
I note the target OG and ibu but I brew by taste. I’m not into water fixes but mort is probably spot on for you.
BTW I calculate my FWH as a 20 minute. Read that somewhere once, but no doubt it’s debatable.
No rush but cool, thanks
Ya, I bought a pound and a half of mosaic pellets anticipating that I am approaching IPA nirvana
Here, here on that. “Inspired by” brewing. Very nice.
THIS^^^^ Try it the easy empirical way to see if you like it…add 1-2 tsp. of gypsum to the kettle.
What about the beer are you trying to change from the last batch?
The last batch had plenty of malt so I cut from 3# Munich to 2. It was too common on hop flavor aroma so I dropped the cascade and went Amarillo mosaic. Bitter was getting close so I added a half oz of Simcoe
Might pick some up at lhbs next trip. Unless they have it at hardware store lol
+1
Calcium and sulphate are both helpful for not only the hop character/bitterness, but also calcium is needed for a healthy fermentation. Calcium can aide in beer clarity as well.
Or you can even dose the beer with gypsum in the glass to experiment with levels.
Sitting here waiting for mash time…
By my calculation this should be 56pts with 71ibu or about 1:1.26
FYI, it’s usually referred to as BU:GU, so in that format your ratio would be 1.26:1.