Double IPA Hatch Green Chile IPA

[martyjhuebs]

Recipe Type

All Grain

Yeast

#WLP051

Additional Yeast or Yeast Starter

#WLP051

Batch Size (Gallons)

5

Original Gravity

1.086

Final Gravity

1.021

Boiling Time (Minutes)

60

IBU

127.5

Color

10.5 SRM

Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)

4 @ 68F

Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)

10 @ 68F

Tasting Notes

Subtle Green Chile Flavor with a kick or aromatic hops.

6.50 gal Purified Water
2 lbs Cara-Pils/Dextrine (1.5 SRM)
2.3 lbs Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L (20.0 SRM)
10 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (3.5 SRM)
1 lbs Sugar, Table (Sucrose) (1.0 SRM)
2.0 oz Citra [12.0%] - Boil 60 min
1.0 oz Nugget [13.0%] - Boil 45 min
1.0 oz Centennial [10.0%] - Boil 20 min
0.5 oz Nugget [13.0%] - Boil 15 min
1.0 oz Centennial [10.0%] - Boil 10 min
2 pkgs California Ale V (White Labs #WLP051)
2.00 cup Roasted Green Chile Juice (Secondary 10 days)
4.0 oz Zeus [14.0%] - Dry Hop 7 days
4.0 oz Cascade [5.5%] - Dry Hop 7 days

 

[MobyMD]

I for one am a huge fan of hatch green chiles!! Very creative recipe. I am afraid that the massive 8ozs of dry hop would distract from the nuances of the green chiles though. I like all the hop choices except citra for bittering. Is there a reason for choosing that? I would probably go with Zeus again. Would love to hear how it turns out.

 

[mdbrewer1]

Hatch chiles are wonderful. We made stuffed hatch chile cheeseburgers a couple times last year that were the best burgers I've ever had. I need to go find that recipe.

 

[martyjhuebs]

I forgot to add that the Zeus and Cascade were hops that I dehydrated myself. In my opinion, have the whole dehydrated hop while dry hopping kept it from being overwhelming due to the fact that I dont think all the flavor was pulled from them.

The hop choices I made for this beer were solely based on the Alpha percentage (minus the cascade). I wanted it very aromatic to balance out the roated chile flavors. It came out very crisp and hop forward with chile undertones.