Hop Hammer Imperial IPA

[Chris Craig]

Recipe: Hop Hammer
Brewer: Chris Craig
Asst Brewer:
Style: Imperial IPA
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 7.22 gal
Post Boil Volume: 5.72 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.50 gal  
Bottling Volume: 5.25 gal
Estimated OG: 1.080 SG
Estimated Color: 8.4 SRM
Estimated IBU: 257.7 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 78.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 78.0 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt                   Name                                     Type          #        %/IBU        
12.66 lb              Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM)           Grain         1        85.9 %        
0.42 lb               Caramel/Crystal Malt - 100L (100.0 SRM)  Grain         2        2.8 %        
0.42 lb               White Wheat Malt (2.4 SRM)               Grain         3        2.8 %        
1.25 lb               Corn Sugar (Dextrose) (0.0 SRM)          Sugar         4        8.5 %        
2.00 oz               Chinook [13.00 %] - Boil 90.0 min        Hop           5        86.8 IBUs    
2.00 oz               Warrior [15.00 %] - Boil 90.0 min        Hop           6        100.1 IBUs    
1.00 oz               Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 45.0 min         Hop           7        37.2 IBUs    
1.00 oz               Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Boil 30. Hop           8        33.6 IBUs    
1.00 Items            Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 5.0 mins)         Fining        9        -            
2.25 oz               Centennial [10.90 %] - Boil 0.0 min      Hop           10       0.0 IBUs      
1.00 oz               Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 0.0 min          Hop           11       0.0 IBUs      
1.0 pkg               American Ale (Wyeast Labs #1056) [124.21 Yeast         12       -            
3.25 oz               Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Dry Hop  Hop           13       0.0 IBUs      
1.75 oz               Centennial [10.90 %] - Dry Hop 10.0 Days Hop           14       0.0 IBUs      
1.75 oz               Simcoe [13.00 %] - Dry Hop 10.0 Days     Hop           15       0.0 IBUs      


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 14.74 lb
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Name              Description                             Step Temperat Step Time    
Mash In           Add 4.2 gal of water at 164 F           150 F         60 min        

Sparge: Batch sparge with 2 steps (Drain mash tun, , 4.62gal) of 168 F water

[Madavascus]

2.00 oz               Chinook [13.00 %] - Boil 90.0 min        Hop           5        86.8 IBUs    
2.00 oz               Warrior [15.00 %] - Boil 90.0 min        Hop           6        100.1 IBUs    
1.00 oz               Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 45.0 min         Hop           7        37.2 IBUs    
1.00 oz               Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Boil 30. Hop           8        33.6 IBUs    
1.00 Items            Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 5.0 mins)         Fining        9        -            
2.25 oz               Centennial [10.90 %] - Boil 0.0 min      Hop           10       0.0 IBUs      
1.00 oz               Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 0.0 min          Hop           11       0.0 IBUs      
1.0 pkg               American Ale (Wyeast Labs #1056) [124.21 Yeast         12       -            
3.25 oz               Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Dry Hop  Hop           13       0.0 IBUs      
1.75 oz               Centennial [10.90 %] - Dry Hop 10.0 Days Hop           14       0.0 IBUs      
1.75 oz               Simcoe [13.00 %] - Dry Hop 10.0 Days     Hop           15       0.0 IBUs      

Wow! So many different kinds of hops! Where do you guys get all this stuff? Does the brewer shop in Fredericton carry all of this, or do you buy most of it online?

[Chris Craig]

Noble Grape sells some of this, but it's $3/oz.  Check out hopsdirect.com or labelpeelers.com.  We do group buys sometimes, but if you ship to Maine, and pick up, the shipping isn't bad.

[jamie_savoie]

 :mrgreen:

[HappyHax0r]

Oh christ. If Richard finds out that Cowbell is a type of hop we're all $#@!%'n doomed.

[Richard]

Uh; it's not.

[HappyHax0r]

You tried it?! .

[Chris Craig]

Brewing this one tomorrow morning.  If anybody is interested in tagging along, PM me. Brew day starts at 10.

[Chris Craig]

Wow!  That smells amazing!  

I was a little disappointed while brewing this one.  I was 5 points low on my gravity.  It was only when I was running it through the CFC that I realized I never added the 1.25lb of corn sugar!  I sanitized a 2L jug, added the corn sugar and water to dissolve.  Poured it in, shook the hell out of it for 5 minuttes, and took a reading.  1.078.  2 point low.  I can live with that.

[Chris Craig]

By the way...everybody seemed to LOVE this beer at the last meeting, and while it IS a great beer, I used one hop bag for the bittering hops, and one for the rest of the additions.

Just saying...hop bags aren't evil.

[fakr]

you mean hop bags are evil......NOT!

whole leaf hops guys....naturally filters for you.  Mind you, you require a separate freezer to store them in....

[Richard]

Well, just think what it could have been if you'd let your hops be free-range

I stand by what I've said re: hop-bags; I've seen (tasted) a side-by-side, and the difference is rather epic for pale ales. I suspect this recipe would have saturated the isomerised co/humulone regardless of the efficiency hit from the bag.

[chrismccull]

Would you make this again Chris?  I might make a batch this weekend.

[Chris Craig]

Yeah, I would.  Make sure you pitch enough yeast though.  2 packs.  There are a lot of resins in the beer.  Can't drink too many or you'll wake up the next morning with a sweater on your tongue.

[Richard]

Can't drink too many or you'll wake up the next morning with a sweater on your tongue.

Personal experience regarding the IIPA cottonmouth effect: drink a little fruit juice before bed, then some water. Water alone does very little to help.