Thursday, January 28, 2010

Brushfire Imperial IPA

What is a hop-bomb? Some people would define it different ways. I define it as a beer that has an outrageous amount of American hops with a nearly balancing amount of malt, but not that balanced.

I don't know if this counts as a hop bomb in most people's opinions, but it does for me.

Malt bill:
14.5 lb Briess Brewers 2-row Malt
1 lb Briess Caramel 40L Malt
0.33 lb Briess Victory® Malt

Hops bill:
1.5 oz Magnum (14% AA, Pellet) @ 60 min.
0.5 oz Centennial (8.5% AA, Pellet) @ 60 min.
1 oz Cascade (5.5% AA, Pellet) @ 30 min.
1 oz Amarillo (7% AA, Pellet) @ 20 min.
1 oz Centennial (8.5% AA, Pellet) @ 10 min.
1 oz Amarillo (7% AA, Pellet) @ 1 min.
1 oz Cascade (5.5% AA, Pellet) @ 1 min.

Dry hopped with Cascade and Amarillo

Yeast: WhiteLabs WLP001 California Ale

OG: 1.082 (70% efficiency)
FG: 1.016
ABV: 9
IBU: 116!
SRM: 15


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