What comes to mind when someone says “everything but the kitchen sink”? (Hopefully not crap)
For some time now I have been planning this brew. I have a refrigerator full of opened hops bags that have been used for previous beers and a few I bought but never got around to use. I figured what a great way to utilize leftover hops – experiment, and if it sucks….well then I won't do it again.
Well here is your chance to to help me clean out my refrigerator of leftover hops. I'm working on the malt bill for my…But the Kitchen Sink IPA and I need your help to provide the hop schedule.
Leftover Cascade Hops
Here are the hops I have to use:
- 2 oz Amarillo 8.2% Pellet
- 1 1/2 oz Cascade 7.5% Whole
- 1 1/2 oz Chinook 12.7% Whole
- 1 oz Columbus 14.4% Pellet
- 1 1/2 oz Galena 14.0% Pellet
- 1 oz Magnum 10.0% Pellet
- 1 1/2 oz Mt. Hood 5.2% Pellet
- 2 oz Sorachi 10.9% Pellet
- 3/4 oz Styrian Goldings 4.0% Pellet
- 1 oz Willamette 4.8% Pellet
Sorachi Hops
Here are the guidelines:
- The style is an IPA
- All Grain
- The batch will be 5-gallons
- 60 minute mash
- 60 minute sparge
- 90 minute boil
Now this where I need your help. I want you to prepare a hop schedule for me, using my leftover hops. Use as much or little as you want. Use all the varieties or just a few, it's your call.
Here is an example of a my Hop Schedule from my Yam-Tacu-Ale. It's pretty basic but it gives you an idea of what I'm looking for.
Hop Schedule
@ 60 minute 1oz of Fuggle Hops, pellet
@ 15 minute .50 oz Willamette Hops, pellet
This is what I need from you and what you get if your Hop Schedule is chosen:
- Post your Hop Schedule on the blog
- Be sure to be specific
- The Homebrew Academy bloggers will pick the winner (me excluded) on 4/4/11 <—Deadline is midnight PST 4/3/11
- I will brew the IPA using the chosen Hop Schedule
- And you (the chosen one) will get a 6-pack of …But The Kitchen Sink IPA shipped to you.
One thing to keep in mind, if it sucks….it's not all my fault!!!
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Billy B. says
March 28, 2011 at 10:13 amSo many possibilities here. Cleaning out your fridge has never been so rewarding! Looking forward to seeing what people come up with.
Robert French says
March 28, 2011 at 10:17 amThis is going to be fun.
Gavin says
March 28, 2011 at 10:22 am@ 60 minute – 1 1/2 oz Chinook 12.7% Whole
@ 45 minute – 1/2 oz Columbus 14.4% Pellet
@ 30 minute – 1/2 oz Columbus 14.4% Pellet
@ 15 minute – 1/2 oz Galena 14.0% Pellet
Dry Hop – 1 oz Galena 14.0% Pellet
It’s a bit of a hop bomb, but if you have a good malt backbone, it should hold up well as a double IPA. Say 11 lbs of 2 row, 1 lb crystal 60, 1 lb of Belgian Caramel pils.
Going to run about 95ish IBU’s
Maybe throw in half a pound of Roasted Barley get a black IPA going.
Matt says
March 28, 2011 at 11:40 pm@ 90: 1oz Magnum
@ 30: .5oz Amarillo
@ 30: .5oz Columbus
@ 15: .5oz Amarillo
@ 0: .5oz Columbus
@ 0: .5oz Sorachi
@ 0: 1oz Amarillo
Dry Hop: 1.5oz Cascade
Dry Hop: 1.5oz Chinook
This should give a super citrusy hop profile, with some piny notes from the Columbus. I’d aim for ~80 IBU, making up the difference with the Galena @ 90. I’d shoot for a starting gravity between 1.065 and 1.070 and aim for a relatively dry FG, around 1.014.
Great idea. I hope the beer turns out well!
Robert French says
March 29, 2011 at 4:28 pmWe extended the time to submit your hop schedules. Get them in by midnight 4/3/11 PST
James Hill says
March 29, 2011 at 6:21 pmCould you tell us which hops have been open and maybe for how long? It helps when picking the aroma and possible dry hop choices. Thanks.
Robert French says
March 29, 2011 at 6:50 pmGreat question James. I listed to the best I could when they were opened. The Magnum is the oldest (8 months) All the hops were stored in the frige & all sealed in ziplocks.
2 oz Amarillo 8.2% Pellet – Not opened
1 1/2 oz Cascade 7.5% Whole – Opened 1/11/11
1 1/2 oz Chinook 12.7% Whole – Opened 1/11/11
1 oz Columbus 14.4% Pellet – Opened 1/2/11
1 1/2 oz Galena 14.0% Pellet – Opened 12/10
1 oz Magnum 10.0% Pellet – 6/10
1 1/2 oz Mt. Hood 5.2% Pellet 12/10
2 oz Sorachi 10.9% Pellet – Not opened
3/4 oz Styrian Goldings 4.0% Pellet – 2/11
1 oz Willamette 4.8% Pellet – 2/11
Tim Brauhn says
March 30, 2011 at 11:22 amFWH: 2 oz Sorachi
FWH: .5 oz Chinook
@60 min: 1.5 oz Galena
@30 min: 1 oz Chinook
@30 min: 1 oz Columbus
@10 min: 1 oz Willamette
@10 min: .5 oz Cascade
@0 min: 3/4 oz Styrian Goldings
Dry Hop: 1 oz Cascade
Dry Hop: 1 oz Mt. Hood
I have no idea what this will do, but I could almost see adding some (a very small amount of) orange peel and/or lemon in the secondary to reinforce the citrus nature of this business. At first, I also wanted to add a clove or two, but that might be reaching. I think that slapping all that Sorachi onto the FWH will produce an oddly fruity undercurrent anyway.
-Tim
Sam says
March 30, 2011 at 1:08 pm@90 1.5 oz Chinook
@60 1 oz Magnum
@10 1 oz Galena
@10 1 oz Columbus
@5 1 oz Cascade
@0 1 oz Amarillo
Dry Hop 1 oz Amarillo & .5 oz Cascade
Timothy says
March 30, 2011 at 4:26 pmI did not see a target OG for your recipe so, I based my hop schedule on an OG of 1.065 which is in the upper range of the IPA style.
Bittering Hops : 60 minutes
0.316 oz. Chinook (8.96 grams)
0.279 oz. Columbus (7.91 grams)
0.287 oz. Galena (8.14 grams)
0.402 oz. Magnum (11.40 grams)
0.369 oz. Sorachi (10.46 grams)
Flavor Hops: 30 minutes
1/4 oz. Amarillo
1/2 oz. Cascade
1/4 oz. Mt. Hood
1/4 oz. Styrian Goldings
1/2 oz. Willimaette
Aroma Hops: 5-0 minutes
1/2 oz. Amarillo
1/2 oz. Cascade
1/2 oz. Williamette
1/2 oz. Mt. Hood
1/2 oz. Styrian Goldings
Dry Hops in Secondary Fermentor or in keg ( I use a mesh tea infuser ball) :
1/2 oz. Cascade
1/2 oz. Amarillo
1/2 oz. Columbus
Timothy Koch says
March 30, 2011 at 6:57 pmThough you did not specify a target OG I prepped this hop schedule with a target OG of 1.065 which is in the higher end of the range of the IPA style.
For a 5 gallon batch
Bittering Hops:60 minutes
0.316 oz. Chinook (8.96 grams)
0.279 oz. Columbus (7.91 grams)
0.287 oz. Galena (8.14 grams)
0.402 oz. Magnum (11.40 grams)
0.369 oz. Sorachi (10.46 grams)
Flavor hops: 30 minutes
1/4 oz. Amarillo
1/2 oz. Cascade
1/4 oz. Mt. Hood
1/4 oz. Styrian Goldings
1/2 oz. Williamette
Aroma Hops: 5-0 minutes
1/2 oz. Amarillo
1/2 oz. Cascade
1/2 oz. Williamette
1/2 oz. Mt. Hood
1/2 oz. Styrian Goldings
Dry Hops in Secondary Fermenter or in keg ( I use mesh ball tea infuser)
1/2 oz. Cascade
1/2 oz. Amarillo
1/2 oz. Columbus
Billy B. says
April 4, 2011 at 3:53 pmAnd the winner is Tim Brauhn! There wasn’t an obvious “best” hop schedule so we just did it randomly.
Thanks to everyone who entered and to Robert for coming up with this cool idea. I could definitely see us doing this again. Enjoy your beer, Tim!
Tim Brauhn says
April 4, 2011 at 4:20 pmAwesome! Thanks, folks. Can’t wait!