I've tried a few different recipes and I've experimented to a great extent but I still haven't gotten a batch that rivals my favorite microbrew IPAs. Specifically, I like the amazing aromas and flavors from Terminal Gravity, Centennial and Lagunitas I P A s. If anybody knows what I'm talking about and would share there IPA secrets, hints or recipes, I'd be most obliged. If you have found a particularly good finishing/ aroma hops, that may be the key i'm looking for. I bottle my latest batch tomorrow, this is the first time I've tried adding oak chips, maybe that's the key. Thanks in advance for any suggestions. Root
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Re: searching for the perfect IPA
Sun, October 14, 2007 - 7:49 PMMy mouth is watering with all this talk. I've been brewing for a long time, but haven't dove into enough detail to track which were my favorite finishing hops. Warrior hops is one of my favs, but who doesn't like them?
I've got a brain fart right now, but I've got this awwwesssome pale ale recipe. Just right amount of ETOH, taste, and finishes with some dry hopping flavors. I make it like every 3 batch. Actually can't make enough of it. Let me see if I can find the recipe and look at the hops used for it.
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Re: searching for the perfect IPA
Mon, October 15, 2007 - 12:41 AMthanks in advance for the recipe, Stray. I haven't tried warrior hops yet so I'll give that a go. My results from the batch mentioned above are very good. The oak chips definitely make a positive difference. I must admit I don't know what ETOH means. -
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Re: searching for the perfect IPA
Mon, October 15, 2007 - 9:59 AMthe abbreviation is used often in the healthcare community. ETOH = Ethyl Alcohol.
We used abbreviations like they are going out of style.
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Re: searching for the perfect IPA
Wed, February 20, 2008 - 4:02 PMstray, give out that pale ale recipe. i am currently working on pale ales...have come close to the perfect ale (for me), but i feel like it can get better, like i need more or less hops or perhaps different hops.
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Re: searching for the perfect IPA
Mon, October 15, 2007 - 8:33 PMCascade and Willamette hops are my personal Favorites...
but look here:
homebrewzone.com/hops_varieties.htm
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Re: searching for the perfect IPA
Tue, October 16, 2007 - 6:14 AMNot sure if you have tried this or not, but put one of those hop pellets in your cheek or somewhere in the mouth and drink a beer. Yummy. The beer gets a nice dry hop right in your mouth. I remember some pub that would serve the beer as it had a final press through a vial of fresh hops. Talk about a hop head's dream.
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Re: searching for the perfect IPA
Sat, June 14, 2008 - 12:32 PMIn answer to my own question, I've found that besides using a lot of hops, one key is an extra long boiling time for my bittering hops - a full 2 hours. This still doesn't help with aroma but the depth of bitterness and flavor that I was looking for comes out.
