MikeFallopian
Well-Known Member
I find that many British takes on American IPA have too much harsh bitterness, and not the balance that the good US examples offer, and as such I often feel that the style is quite boring. I was in the Euston Tap in London yesterday, which always has good IPAs on - I particularly enjoyed Arbor Yakima (a good English example) and Lagunitas IPA, on cask and keg, respectively.
Attempts at IPA by myself have also been too heavy on the bitterness and lack balance. Can anyone suggest a suitable hop schedule to achieve this?
My current IPA (23l batch, 5.3%abv) has the following hop schedule; it's nice but has too much of that harsh bitterness:
15.0 g Amarillo Leaf (8.6% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil) (0.7 g/L)
20.0 g Brewers Gold Leaf (5% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil) (0.9 g/L)
20.0 g First Gold Leaf (7.9% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil) (0.9 g/L)
15.0 g Amarillo Leaf (8.6% Alpha) @ 15 Minutes (Boil) (0.7 g/L)
10.0 g First Gold Leaf (7.9% Alpha) @ 15 Minutes (Boil) (0.4 g/L)
10.0 g Amarillo Leaf (8.6% Alpha) @ 5 Minutes (Boil) (0.4 g/L)
10.0 g First Gold Leaf (7.9% Alpha) @ 5 Minutes (Boil) (0.4 g/L)
20.0 g Nelson Sauvin Leaf (11.5% Alpha) @ 0 Minutes (Boil) (0.9 g/L)
I'm planning an IPA using Apollo and Bravo hops next, so any schedule suggestions for these hops would be welcome!
Many thanks!
Attempts at IPA by myself have also been too heavy on the bitterness and lack balance. Can anyone suggest a suitable hop schedule to achieve this?
My current IPA (23l batch, 5.3%abv) has the following hop schedule; it's nice but has too much of that harsh bitterness:
15.0 g Amarillo Leaf (8.6% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil) (0.7 g/L)
20.0 g Brewers Gold Leaf (5% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil) (0.9 g/L)
20.0 g First Gold Leaf (7.9% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil) (0.9 g/L)
15.0 g Amarillo Leaf (8.6% Alpha) @ 15 Minutes (Boil) (0.7 g/L)
10.0 g First Gold Leaf (7.9% Alpha) @ 15 Minutes (Boil) (0.4 g/L)
10.0 g Amarillo Leaf (8.6% Alpha) @ 5 Minutes (Boil) (0.4 g/L)
10.0 g First Gold Leaf (7.9% Alpha) @ 5 Minutes (Boil) (0.4 g/L)
20.0 g Nelson Sauvin Leaf (11.5% Alpha) @ 0 Minutes (Boil) (0.9 g/L)
I'm planning an IPA using Apollo and Bravo hops next, so any schedule suggestions for these hops would be welcome!
Many thanks!