[AG] Big Boys & Girls Need Loving Too (IIPA)

[Hawaiibboy]

As a lover of big IIPAs I wanted to create my own rendition that could render a man or woman intoxicated enough after only a few beers to go home with the ugliest person in the room, while still tasting great. Quite a bit of research went into what makes a IIPA be good. Imbue with caution as when I drank my sample on an empty stomach I definitely was feeling the effects with out having really tasted the alcohol.

Big Boys & Girls Need Loving Too (IIPA)

Style: Imperial IPA OG: 1.090
Type: All Grain FG: 1.014
Rating: 0.0 ABV: 9.96 %
Calories: 289 IBU's: 99.18
Efficiency: 70 % Boil Size: 5.67 Gal
Color: 8.6 SRM Batch Size: 3.50 Gal
Preboil OG: 1.064 Boil Time: 60 minutes

Fermentation Steps
Name Days / Temp
Primary 14 days @ 66.0°F
Secondary 7 days @ 66.0°F
Cold Crash 5 days @ 35.0°F
Bottle/Keg 21 days @ 74.0°F

Grains & Adjuncts
Amount Percentage Name Time Gravity
12.00 lbs 87.27 % Pale Malt (2 Row) US 90 mins 1.036
0.50 lbs 3.64 % Cara-Pils/Dextrine 90 mins 1.033
0.50 lbs 3.64 % Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L 90 mins 1.034
0.75 lbs 5.45 % Corn Sugar (Dextrose) 60 mins 1.046

Hops
Amount IBU's Name Time AA %
0.25 ozs 12.02 Chinook 60 mins 11.00
0.25 ozs 10.55 Chinook 40 mins 11.00
0.50 ozs 14.27 Amarillo Gold 30 mins 8.50
0.50 ozs 18.47 Chinook 30 mins 11.00
0.50 ozs 11.25 Amarillo Gold 20 mins 8.50
0.50 ozs 10.19 Cascade 20 mins 7.70
0.25 ozs 3.37 Amarillo Gold 10 mins 8.50
0.50 ozs 6.10 Cascade 10 mins 7.70
0.50 ozs 8.72 Chinook 10 mins 11.00
0.25 ozs 2.40 Chinook 5 mins 11.00
0.25 ozs 1.85 Amarillo Gold 5 mins 8.50
0.50 ozs Cascade 7 days 7.70
0.50 ozs Amarillo Gold 7 days 8.50
0.25 ozs Chinook 7 days 11.00

Yeasts
Amount Name Laboratory / ID
2.00 pkg San Diego Super White Labs WLP090

Additions
Amount Name Time Stage
1.00 tsp Irish Moss 15 mins Boil
1.00 tsp Yeast Nutrient 05 mins Boil

Mash Profile
BIAB No Sparge 90 min @ 148.0°F
Add 24.85 qt water @ 155.6°F
Mashout 10 min @ 170.0°F
Heat to 170.0°F over 2 mins
Sparge
Sparge 0.42 qt ( 0.00 qt/lb ) of 170.0°F water over 60 mins

Carbonation
Amount Type Beer Temp CO2 Vols
2.16 oz Table Sugar - Bottle Carbonation 74.0°F 2.00

Notes
Add dry hops to secondary fermenter.
<3 (heart) on cap

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[Hawaiibboy]

So after the two weeks on dry hops it dried out just a little more &ndash; FG: 1.013 11%ABV. It also cleared up quite a bit as you can see.


I also didn't even cold crash this...

 

[Hawaiibboy]

An update after bottling:


So I cracked open a short bottle to check carbonation and this will need some more time in the bottle before it is fully ready. It tasted amazing though! It has a strong malt backbone that is rounded out nicely by a citrus and earthy pepper aroma/flavor. The bitterness is just where I was hoping it would be but it turned out more like a triple IPA or a thin barley wine. Here is a photo of it!