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Brew UK Forum » Tag: IPA - Recent Topics http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ Brew UK Forum » Tag: IPA - Recent Topics en Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:44:02 +0000 Barracuda on "Kit Enhancement - Black IPA" http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/kit-enhancement-black-ipa#post-29952 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:21:49 +0000 Barracuda 29952@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ Hey all. If I wanted to take an IPA beer kit (For example, Coopers) and steep some malts to make it into a pseudo Black IPA, would you suggest Dark Crystal or Roasted Dark malts to add the colour? Ralph on "Head Zinger IPA - Extract Recipe" http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/head-zinger-ipa-extract-recipe#post-24274 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:36:26 +0000 Ralph 24274@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ Hi Going to have a go at my first attempt of something other than a kit (well sort of), have already given the Amarillo extract kit a go. Now going to try something based very loosely on a recipe on the northern brewer website, but with a few tweaks not sure if they are all necessary, such as the gypsum and the Irish moss hoping someone will let me know. Made this using beerAlchemy. Grain - Preboil 500g Light crystal malt (crushed) 2 tsp gypsum Fermentable - boil 3kg Light malt extract 500g Spraymalt extra light Hops flavorings 25g Nelson sauvin (60mins) 1tsp Irish moss (20mins) 15g Cascade (20mins) 10g Nelson sauvin (20mins) 25g Cascade (end of boil) 15g Nelson sauvin l (end of boil) 225g light brown sugar (day 2) 20g Cascade dry hop (day 4-7) Yeast White Labs WLP001 –California Ale Anyway let me know what you guys think is this worth a shot, really into hoppy golden beers at the moment, so hopefully this should do the trick. themose on "Help with Green King Export clone" http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/help-with-green-king-export-clone#post-26374 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:54:16 +0000 themose 26374@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ Hi Guys, My first post on here, so here goes. After around 6-8 different extract kits Ive decided to try and start adding my own hops. The kind of beer I'd like to try and get near to is Green King's IPA export. I want to stick to a partial extract recipe if possible I'll take a shot in the dark here and propose these ingredients below as a starting point. Please bare in mind though I'm new to this game and I'm asking for your advice and suggestions - especially for hop amounts and boiling times 1 Can of Coopers Amber Malt Extract 1.5kg Challenger hops First gold hops Danstar Nottingham Beer Yeast Muntons Beer Kit Enhancer Am I going to be on or off the mark with this guys ? ? ? Please let me know Hot_Toddy on "St Peter's IPA... or is it?!" http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/st-peters-ipa-or-is-it#post-20913 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:34:56 +0000 Hot_Toddy 20913@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ Hello Forum! This is my first post on here, but I've been lurking and taking in your collective valuable advice for a while. It's been a real help for a beginner, so many thanks. I've just opened the first bottles of my first brew, which was the St Peters IPA kit bought through this site. My method was a hybrid of the kit instructions and the wisdom that I read on here: 10 days in primary, then racked into a second FV with a sugar solution to bulk prime, and bottled from there. I tried it before bottling, and it had quite a distinct tangy taste which wasn’t all that pleasant. After 4 weeks of bottle-conditioning it now tastes much better, and has a good fizz to it. However, I’m not convinced that it’s the IPA! It looks and tastes like a ruby ale, which just happens to be the other St Peters kit that is available. Maybe I’m being daft, but I’m wondering if the unmarked tins that came in the IPA box were in fact the Ruby Red Ale. I don’t mind, because it tastes nice and it’s all a big experiment anyway! I had some beer left after filling all of my galss bottles, so used a plastic bottle as well rather than pour it away. Photos below (if they work). Has anyone else here done a St Peters kit? Did your IPA look anything like mine? <img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-lIbp_YNWTu8/Tpg5MuQqwdI/AAAAAAAAAAg/SrlXC2MQrH8/s800/Beer.jpg"> <img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-jVs9w6JnVFU/Tpg5MhzusgI/AAAAAAAAAAk/qRs_l6FGjPc/s800/beer2.jpg"> I’ve just bought a big stock-pot, so it’s extract next... (walks before he can crawl). Toddy. Ralph on "Tweaking Coopers IPA" http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/tweaking-coopers-ipa#post-21087 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:10:28 +0000 Ralph 21087@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ Hi All Been browsing for a while and have got a couple of kits under my belt the St.Peters Ruby Red which i'm drinking and a Milestone Donnor and Blitzed conditioning ready for christmas, both have gone really well and taste great. Now I wanted to try something a little different a bit more e I was going to make up a Cooper IPA kit using 500g Light Spraymalt and 300g of Muntons Beer Kit Enhancer instead of the sugar. For a start will this work??? Then after the primary fermentation I wanted to dry hop in a secondary fermentation vessel for three days. Using either: 15g Nelson Sauvin, Saaz or Styrian Goldings. Which would anyone recommend. Then after three day in the secondary fermentor I was going to barrel this and leave it for 3-4 week before drinking. Anyway that my plan let me know what you think. Thanks Rhys on "Muntons Gold IPA ( Pimping Ideas?)" http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/muntons-gold-ipa-pimping-ideas#post-21903 Sun, 13 Nov 2011 17:04:07 +0000 Rhys 21903@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ Has anyone ever done the above kit? I've been gifted one by someone who had bought two and didn't like the results (plus the fermentation stuck) of the first kit. I was considering having a go at pimping it like people have mentioned doing to the Wherry kits! My plan was swap the Yeast for the White Labs Burton Ale Yeast and then Dry Hop with 20g of Golding (Worcester) Hops after the Krausen has died off. I've considered steeping some grains or adding a Hop tea but don't know if that would change the character of the IPA too much? Thoughts and Suggestions will be greatly appreciated! Rhys Pricey708 on "Coopers IPA incorrect?" http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/coopers-ipa-incorrect#post-12149 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 14:42:51 +0000 Pricey708 12149@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ Hi Guys again i have another query my latest brew in the fermentor is a coopers IPA i used 1KG of burton bridge beer kit enhancer and some mortons finishing hops golden. I set up the first fermention on saturday and got an OG 1058 and it fermemnted rather quick in room temperature of between 21-27 celcius so i took another hydrometer reading of 1007 is this correct because this is only my second brew and when i tried to work out the ABV i got a reading of like 6.6% surely none of this can be correct? Any help please? Also would you say this is ready for secondary fermention yet? sam87 on "Way To Amarillo stronger" http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/way-to-amarillo-stronger#post-11921 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 20:43:23 +0000 sam87 11921@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ Hi Guys This is my first post hear,have been a fan for a while and was hoping for a little advise. I have just finished my first Way To Amarillo brew and am plescently happy with the results and planning my next brews while waiting for this one to clear. I would like to make a stronger version of Way To Amarillo more like 6-7%ABV but keep the 21 litre size. would this just be a case of adding an extra kg of malt extract? and is this likely to affect the taste( making the malt more dominant than the hops) Also I've got some Galaxy hops on order pellets and flowers, which I was planning on using as a substiitute to Amarillo hops and maybe dry hop for a true hop monster of a IPA. Has any one worked with these hops? Sam Nath on "A couple of beers and pubs you gota try!" http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/a-couple-of-beers-and-pubs-you-gota-try#post-3111 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:01:17 +0000 Nath 3111@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ Well Im back after 9 days of hot sunny burning weather in Cornwall. Man I could have stayed down there. Everything was great and as it was my birthday while I was down there a few mates popped 200+miles down to go on a crawl! We started in Penzance and went to the turks head which is a free house and has at least 4-6 different ales on tap at any time. Its a proper old pub (ye olde pube) with ultra low celings and slopes about 4ft from front to back. I had a few pints of a nice IPA there but cant remember the name (good start). After a few more proper pubs we came across a pub on the sea front (navy inn rings a bell) which sold Exmoor gold which is another nice IPA. From there we went to Wetherspoons where I used up some of my vouchers with some amazing Brewdog Trashy Blonde, which is now my fave BD beer! A short trip back from penzance to my fave pub in cornwall - Logan rock in Treen (CAMRA pub of the year 2008). Its a st austel pub with all the norm ales - tribute, hsd etc etc which are all great but then I found Proper Job, a 5.5% IPA - really well hopped, it tasted amazing, really zingy, really floral. On from that I had a bottle of Admrils Ale. It won beer or the world (yeah baby world) award 2008 and to be honest I can see why. Its made with all cornish gold malt, gives it a great ruby colour, mega hopped and has a melon aftertaste. My missus loved it I loved it and so did all my mates, even the lager drinking one! I ended up getting a few bottles of each and walking with a mate totally inebriated over the cliff edge path a mile and a half back home....... and im still alive! Im gonna have to find some around here, seriously if you see proper job or admrils ale on offer (both from st. austell brewerry) then go get it. PS - Greg - I tried to bring some back for you but my mouth wouldnt let me so I went to the tescos in Penzance on the way back and both ales were out, spose it shows how good it is! <a href="http://www.staustellbrewery.co.uk/beers/bottled-beers.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.staustellbrewery.co.uk/beers/bottled-beers.html</a> - check them out! <a href="http://www.turksheadpenzance.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">http://www.turksheadpenzance.co.uk/</a> - The Turks head. Ta, Nath Greg on "Forum Brew" http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/forum-brew#post-1213 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:17:06 +0000 Greg 1213@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ I've started this new thread so we can discuss the proposed Forum brew. First thing is to see who's up for it then discuss the rules for the recipe plus decide on the recipe. I vote for a Pale Ale of around 6% with 60 IBU target. Ie Punk IPA type beer. Just because this is what I was thinking of next but we need to decide together. Definitely think it should be Pale Ale. Greg on "Rocker IPA" http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/rocker-ipa#post-1296 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:33:23 +0000 Greg 1296@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ Okay, here's mine. Had to do it again as lost it somehow from BeerSmith but not quite sure how that happened. Recipe: Rocker IPA Style: American IPA TYPE: All Grain Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Batch Size: 23.00 L Estimated OG: 1.062 SG Estimated Color: 5.6 EBC Estimated IBU: 61.9 IBU Boil Time: 60 Minutes Est Abv: 6.16% Ingredients: ------------ 6350.00 gm Pale Malt, Maris Otter Low Colour (2.0 EBC) 4.28 gm Rakau [12.00 %] (60 min) 5.80 gm Nelson Sauv [11.30 %] (60 min) 10.08 gm Rakau [12.0 %] (30 min) 10.08 gm Nelson Sauv [11.30 %] (30 min) 25.19 gm Rakau [12.0 %] (15 min) 25.19 gm Nelson Sauv [11.30 %] (15 min) 30.23 gm Rakau [12.0 %] (5 min) 30.23 gm Nelson Sauv [11.30 %] (5 min) Rest of the Rakau [9.50 %] (Steep 80c 30 min) Wyeast 1056 American Ale Yeast. Planning to brew a week on Sunday. Think I'm going to secondary ferment this one for 2 weeks after 4 days primary then bottle but haven't fully decided on that one yet.