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[Pseudolus]

Making a stovetop AG IPA tonight.Grain bill (already crushed and mixed together, so no substitutions here):April IPABatch Size (Gal): 3.00 Wort Size (Gal): 3.00Total Grain (Lbs): 7.06Anticipated OG: 1.066 Plato: 16.18Anticipated SRM: 9.3Anticipated IBU: 63.4Brewhouse Efficiency: 75 %Wort Boil Time: 60 MinutesGrain/Extract/Sugar % Amount Name Origin Potential SRM----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 77.9 5.50 lbs. Pale Malt(2-row) [M.O.] Great Britain 1.038 3 7.1 0.50 lbs. Wheat Malt America 1.038 2 3.5 0.25 lbs. Cara-Pils Dextrine Malt 1.033 2 4.4 0.31 lbs. CaraVienna France 1.035 20 2.7 0.19 lbs. CaraMunich 60 France 1.034 60 4.4 0.31 lbs. Aromatic Malt Belgium 1.036 25Will be fermenting this with US-05.Having no strong feelings about hop schedule. I'd like to be an identifiably American IPA, with a nice late-hop presence. Varieties available: cascade, centennial, amarillo, magnum, willamette (1 oz only, I think), northern brewer, columbus (1 oz only, last year's crop). Inspire me?

[Big Nake]

Do you want it to be citrusy? Amarillo & Cascade (at least late). Do you want it to be cleaner? Magnum, Columbus, Centennial. A little spicy/earthy? Northern Brewer. I think you first need to decide what direction the hops will take the beer and then get a hop schedule from there. Persoanlly, I don't like that in-your-face grapefruit thing. I don't mind an ultra-hoppy IPA or IIPA, but I still like the hops cleaner, not citrus-fruit. Good luck.

[earthtone]

I am actually a huge fan of cascade/centennial.....there's a grapefruity zesty thing that goes on between those two hops that is just badass. Haha which is what ken just stated he doesn't like! Funny stuff, truly, how taste differs.I'd do a cascade FWH then bitter with cents, then do like a 20, 5 and flameout of maybe a mix of the two and then dry hop again with both.

[MAZ]

Same here earthtone. Cascade/Centennial is a great combo.Maybe use up that Columbus for your bittering addition (60 min), then do 50/50 (%) additions of Cascade and Cents at 20, 10, and flameout.

[Pseudolus]

Same here earthtone. Cascade/Centennial is a great combo.Maybe use up that Columbus for your bittering addition (60 min), then do 50/50 (%) additions of Cascade and Cents at 20, 10, and flameout.

Winner winner chicken dinner.Hops (3 G batch) Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0.35 oz. Columbus Pellet 12.00 32.2 60 min. 0.50 oz. Centennial Pellet 9.00 11.6 20 min. 0.50 oz. Cascade Pellet 5.00 6.4 20 min. 0.75 oz. Centennial Pellet 9.00 10.3 10 min. 0.75 oz. Cascade Pellet 5.00 5.7 10 min. 0.75 oz. Centennial Pellet 9.00 0.0 0 min. 0.75 oz. Cascade Pellet 5.00 0.0 0 min.66 IBU

[djinkc]

I would suggest Magnum for bittering - pretty clean IMO and judicious use of AAUs. Then cascade, centennial, and amarillo for flavor and aroma - your pick. That's not written in stone, but should work well.

[drewseslu]

Agreed.

[Yeasty Boy]

Sounds like a great opportunity to use up your Columbus. Throw that in for your bittering charge or you may end up throwing it out. (THAT is not a judicious use of IBU's.) That ounce at 25m should give you enough for 40 IBU. Then at 20, 15, 10, 5, 0 add a half-oz of a blend of Cascade, Centennial, Willamette 2:2:1. Dryhop with .5oz Amarillo.That'll give you about 1:1 BU:GU and a monster hop aroma and flavor. There will be citrus, but somewhat mellowed by the earthy, spicy Willamette. Amarillo's insane grapefruit zest is toned down when it isn't boiled.