Engineering an IIPA

[Rumplemintz]

I would like to give a try at engineering an Iperial IPA
I want somewhere between 80-95 IBUs
9-10 ABV
Hops: Columbus, Northern Brewer,Ahatanium, Cascade and Simcoe
Malts: Pale Carmel and crystal
Yeast?
Any takers out there?

[MootsLnbKing]

Northern Brewer for bittering(say 30%)and Columbus @10 min(70%) and Athunum and Simco for Dryhop.

[vance71975]

I would like to give a try at engineering an Iperial IPA
I want somewhere between 80-95 IBUs
9-10 ABV
Hops: Columbus, Northern Brewer,Ahatanium, Cascade and Simcoe
Malts: Pale Carmel and crystal
Yeast?
Any takers out there?

Ill give it a shot here is what i have to offer up.Based on 30 days in Primary, After 21 days of fermenting, Hit with all the dry hops and let set for the last 9 days. Be sure to make a Big Starter OR use about 3-4 Smack Packs of yeast(yes i know its the lazy and expensive way but it works lol) If you cant get the Golden Promise, Feel free to use whatever Pale Malt you can easily get. But i Hit it right in your numbers Estimated 88.3 IBU Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 10.28 % Of course this one will prolly need 6 to 12 months in the bottle to really shine.


IIPA "The Hop Cracker"
Imperial IPA


Type: All Grain
Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Boil Size: 8.00 gal
Boil Time: 90 min :

Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU
17.00 lb Pale Malt, Golden Promise (3.0 SRM) Grain 94.44 %
1.00 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 5.56 %
0.25 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] (90 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops 11.6 IBU
1.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (Dry Hop After 21 days) Hops -
0.25 oz Northern Brewer [8.50 %] (90 min) Hops 6.9 IBU
1.00 oz Ahtanum [6.00 %] (Dry Hop After 21 days) Hops -
1.00 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] (Dry Hop After 21 days) Hops -
0.25 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] (90 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops 11.7 IBU
1.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (30 min) Hops 12.9 IBU
1.00 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] (21 min) Hops 24.7 IBU
1.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (20 min) Hops 10.1 IBU
1.00 oz Ahtanum [6.00 %] (10 min) Hops 6.6 IBU
1.00 oz Ahtanum [6.00 %] (5 min) Hops 3.6 IBU
1.00 oz Ahtanum [6.00 %] (0 min) Hops -
1 Pkgs London Ale (Wyeast Labs #1028) Yeast-Ale



Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.102 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.024 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 10.28 %
Bitterness: 88.3 IBU
Est Color: 12.5 SRM


Mash Profile

Single Infusion, Light Body
75 min Mash In Add 22.50 qt of water at 161.4 F 150.0 F
10 min Mash Out Add 14.40 qt of water at 200.2 F 168.0 F

[Rumplemintz]

Could you use Rahr instead of Promise?
Does it matter if you use whole or pellet hops?

[Tronathon]

Your utilization will be lower with fresh hops, also they will soak up some wort.

Otherwise you might get a slightly better flavor out of the fresh hops over the pellets.

I use pellets pretty much all the time, they're cheaper and store better.

[vance71975]

Could you use Rahr instead of Promise?
Does it matter if you use whole or pellet hops?

Ya use rahr no prob and as Tron said, other than the utilization being lower IE lower IBU with whole hops, and the wort absorbing issue there is not reason on why you couldn't. If you do use Whole Hops you will come in with lower IBUs but other than that i see no problem.