Hop Bombadier IIPA

Richard · November 20, 2011, 05:08:21 PM

6 gallons into fermenter, 5.5 into keg.

15lbs 2-Row.
1lb Sucrose.
4oz Crystal 110
4oz Cara-Foam

4.5oz Magnum 10% @ 120
1.5oz Palisade 6% @ 60
1.3oz Magnum 10% @ 45
1oz Simcoe 12% @ 20
1.5oz Palisade 6% @ flame-out
1oz Simcoe 12% @ flame-out

Dry-hop (14 days total):
2oz Simcoe
1oz Palisade

Mash 5 gallons @ 152, Sparge 5 gallons @ 168.

2 x S-05

edit: I changed the recipe around a bit, dropping down the crystal/caramel malts in favour of more base by a half. I've been slightly turned off by the round flavours from the crystal malts in some IPAs I've had lately (Pumphouse, Yippee, Punched in the Eye) and wanted to go for something drier/sharper.

Richard · March 08, 2012, 12:31:53 PM

1.080 into the fermenter - was actually aiming at 1.070 but the increased sparge jacked up the efficiency above what I'd normally get. Had to do a 120 minute boil versus the originally planned 90 to get rid of some of the volume. The gassing from the carboy smells bloody beautiful; this one's gonna be a winner...

JohnQ · March 08, 2012, 02:16:50 PM

Really Love the Pallisade, looking forward to tasting this one.
JQ

fakr · March 08, 2012, 05:08:46 PM

Sounds delicious! Once again, I'm adding one of your recipes to my "future brew" list.

Richard · March 15, 2012, 12:36:41 PM

Time for the first dose of dry-hops

Richard · March 28, 2012, 07:18:09 PM

Well this one finished at 1.010, so that's 9.2% ABV...

... on kegging, my entire kitchen smells like mangoes. Tried the sample; bloody fantastic. The bittering is perhaps a little unbalanced, but the sample is always more bitter than the cold-crashed result (the suspended yeast has bittering clinging to it). This one will be at the meeting on Saturday.

Still think I've got a winner here... verrrry tasty

Kyle · March 28, 2012, 08:25:52 PM

looking forward to trying it. The "house IPA" has so far eluded me, since its my favourite style, I'm extremely picky, soulds like this might help me along.

JohnQ · March 28, 2012, 08:26:30 PM

It's gonna be a IIPA kinda meeting now!!

fakr · March 29, 2012, 11:55:13 AM

Dang-it, I always miss the wrong meetings...

Richard · March 29, 2012, 07:08:47 PM

I'll get a few more opinions on this, but the main upshot is that simcoe + palisade = omfg mango explosion. Handed the glass to my wife and asked her what she could smell, and she said mangoes. Neither palisade nor simcoe really smells like mangoes on its own, but the combination, well... yeah.

Bloody beautiful drink, this one.

carmstrong · March 30, 2012, 12:53:06 PM

Bloody beautiful - I second that.

Bloody strong too - I swear I was still a little under the influence this morning. Still, it was a nice walk to work

HappyHax0r · March 30, 2012, 12:57:24 PM

It iz nummy

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Richard · March 30, 2012, 01:07:46 PM

Thanks guys

Kyle · March 30, 2012, 01:17:16 PM

suprisingly balanced bitterness, probably due to a combination of low utilization and the massive amount of malt. Well made, a little more bitter than I'd do, but I know it will be a big hit with the fierce hopheads in the group.

Richard · March 30, 2012, 01:26:16 PM

Quote from: "Kyle"low utilization.

I'm pretty sure that this one is about as saturated with bitterness as you can get... the remainder of the hops give the resinous quality you get on the middle of the taste... that said I will try doing the same recipe on propane and we'll see if it's even possible to get more bang for my hoppy buck.

This one's definitely going on regular.