Brew Day: Mad Hopper IPA #1

There is no perfect IPA, but there are some really good ones. And there are great ones. Then there are those IPAs made on a whim throwing in whatever fancies the brewer. The results could be great with perhaps a quick jotting down of the recipe, or they could be so bad that they may never be spoken about.

With the thought of making an IPA, I browsed through my hop collection and saw a good variation of both high alpha and low alpha hops and worked out a recipe in my head. The malt used was to be extract and the hops would vary based on what I had.

I call this the Mad Hopper IPA. And because this recipe could change based on what hops I had, I decided this should be part of a series called the Mad Hopper series. So technically, this would be Mad Hopper IPA #1.

I decided that I would have only 2 bittering additions but anything after that would be for aroma and flavor, and so I wrote down a quick recipe. After writing down the recipe, I tweaked the recipe a bit to rearrange the hops with their times. And then I calculated the quantities in an online recipe calculator so I could hit 35 or so IBUs.

Presenting Mad Hopper IPA #1

Mad Hopper IPA #1 (Tasting notes here)

Specifics

Batch size (litres): 8 litres
Type: Extract

IBU: 35

SRM: 25

OG: 1.064

Grains and Sugars
1.4 kg Malt Extract
 - 600 grams added at the start of boil
 - 800 grams at flame out

Hops
3 grams Aurora @ 60 mins
3 grams Columbus @ 45 mins
3 grams Northern Brewer @ 30 mins
3 grams Perle @ 15 mins
3 grams Cascade @ 10 mins
2 grams Goldings @ 5 mins
5 grams Goldings dry hopped for 7 days
5 grams Cascade dry hopped for 7 days

Yeast

Fermentis S-04 Ale Yeast

Schedules
Boiled for 60 minutes.