Punk IPA Suggestions?

[krockett]

I just brewed this yesterday. Will be using the exact same dry hop schedule. I'll let you know how it turns out..

[molc]

The endless homebrew issue. We post all the details of the pain we go through to make our beer and then never follow up with if it was a success or not.

[fishjam45 (Colin)]

It did ok in the Galway IPA comp, 30 out of 50 I think.
Main issues were with oxidisation mainly, the beer itself was well liked by the judges.
It was my 2nd AG Brew (I think) so there was still some teething issues. I will be trying this recipe again.
I enjoyed it - hoppy as f*ck

[krockett]

Can you remember what was your FG?

[fishjam45 (Colin)]

Not off hand, will have a look tonight

[krockett]

Thanks - would appreciate it.

Have been mashing lower recently and getting drier, thinner results - suits some other beers well (my Gamma Ray clone dropped from 1056 to 1011). Bit worried how this will turn out.

[Paul B]

Wondering where you got the Nelson Sauvin?  I've been looking to do this clone for a while but can't get that damn hop!

[irish_goat]

Wondering where you got the Nelson Sauvin?  I've been looking to do this clone for a while but can't get that damn hop!

Can buy it from the UK shops.

http://www.the-home-brew-shop.co.uk/cgi-bin/sh000001.pl?REFPAGE=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2ethe-home-brew-shop%2eco%2euk%2f&WD=nelson&PN=Nelson-Sauvin-Hop-Pellets%2ehtml%23a254301#a254301

[Qs]

Can you remember what was your FG?

I think Brewdogs site has the OG and the ABV so you can work out the FG fairly handy.

[krockett]

Looks like for the old recipe (the 6%, 65 IBUs one which most of us will aspire to) the OG was 1053. This would mean the FG is 1008.

I mashed at 64degrees - will be interesting to see if I hit this.

[Qs]

By my calculations the current one (or the last one, I think they may have changed it again, anyway the 5.6% one) the FG is 1.013. To me that seems a lot more likely than 1.008, that seems like it'd be a bit too thin especially with just MO and a neutral yeast strain. Though my only real memories of the old Punk were that it was really, really bitter. Which a 65IBU beer would be if there were shit all dextrins to balance it.

[krockett]

Hard to know really - just checking again the 1053 seems to refer to new recipe only, cant find one for the 6% version. I have read that they mashed at 67 degrees though.

Seriously hoping I don't end up at 1008...still getting the hang of this mashing malarky.

[Qs]

Just stumbled upon this http://byo.com/stories/issue/item/3160-punk-ipa-clone

[irish_goat]

Just stumbled upon this http://byo.com/stories/issue/item/3160-punk-ipa-clone

That looks nowhere near hoppy enough for Punk, imo.

[Qs]

Its for the old 6% Punk which from what I remember of it was much more about bitterness than the current version thats more about the late hops.