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[Adam]

Hop Slut Wheat Ale 6 lb Briess Cried Malt Extract - Golden Light 3 lb Briess Cried Malt Extract - Bavarian Wheat 1 lb Dingmans Belgian Aromatic Malt L 21.6 1 oz Cascade Leaf Hops 7.4 Alpha 1 oz Cluster Pellet Hops 7.9 Alpha 1 oz Warrior Pellet Hops 15.8 Alpha 1 oz Chinook Finishing Hops 12.2 Alpha Safale US-05 11.5 gram Makes 5 - 5.5 Gallons. Steep Belgian malt for 25 mins at 150-160 F in 2 gallons. Bring to boil. Slowly stir in all of the Malt extract (should take around 15 mins). Add Warrior hops and start clock at 1 hour. Add Cluster hops at 30 min. Add Chinook Finishing Hops at 10 mins. Cool to 72 degrees F. Place in primary fermenter with cascade hops. Here is a link to buy this recipes ingredients all in one box. Hop Slut Wheat Ale

[gumballhead]

I would be inclined to dry hop in the secondary not in the primary.not sure if there is enough malt to support that 1 oz of Warrior.perhaps a bit of Munic or crystal 20 or 40 keep us posted on how it turns out.

[MAZ]

Have you actually made this recipe or are you just trying to drive traffic to that link? Sorry if I sound skeptical, but I can't say I remember ever seeing any posts in Recipe Swap that link to commercial websites.

[Adam]

I have made this a couple times. The whole point of the beer is to be unbalanced. This is a bitter hoppy beer with not much bottom end. Very floral and citrusy. Great for a warm night. always got rave reviews from my hop loving friends.Their is a reason it is dry hopped in the primary. I don't rack this beer to a secondary fermenter. Carefully siphon to the bottling bucket or Korney keg and you will get minimal sediment. A little extra solids in the beer actually brings out the hops even more.

[MAZ]

Cool. Not a fan of Cluster, but I love the rest of them.

[earthtone]

not my thing, personally, if it's a wheat IPA I do the Amarillo/Cascade combo. Mmmmmmm oh how tasty. Seems like a strange hopping order, why use the high alphas all at the end.... personally I would much rather taste late cascades than late chinooks.... but that may be just my tastebuds.I think when I want an IPA I don't want it to be "unbalanced" I just want a balance that showcases and accentuates the hops. Call it nitpicking, but I see a difference between throwing hops at a brew until it loses its balance and carefully scheduling an IPA to walk the line between bitter and a suckerpunch to the ribs.

[japh]

not my thing, personally, if it's a wheat IPA I do the Amarillo/Cascade combo. Mmmmmmm oh how tasty. Seems like a strange hopping order, why use the high alphas all at the end.... personally I would much rather taste late cascades than late chinooks.... but that may be just my tastebuds.

We had that combo in the 1st Community Ale... Mmmmmmm.....

[Adam]

Don't knock it till you've tried it. Using hops in a non-traditional way = a non-traditional beer. It is a very enjoyable drink.

[gumballhead]

[Their is a reason it is dry hopped in the primary. I don't rack this beer to a secondary fermenter. Carefully siphon to the bottling bucket or Korney keg and you will get minimal sediment. A little extra solids in the beer actually brings out the hops even more.[/quote]I was always under the presumption that dry hopping in the primary Stresses out the yeasties and the attinuation isn't as good as it should be. thus doing a secondary dry hop. just take as much as you can from primary even a bit of yeast and then dry hop that. cold crash and rack tokeg or bottles. I guess this is a subject all it's self.enjoy the brew. I'll stick to my Gumballhead....