[therealdjbiglex]

Hey everyone, i need help in building an ipa from scratch as far as hops and malt build, thanks

[morticaixavier]

What kind of IPA do you like? east coast super bitter/malty? west coast super dry and late hoppy?

Extract is easy get the pale, golden light, or other very light colored extract. I prefer DME for no particular reason.

keep it simple at first and stick to light DME for malt and have fun with the hops.

You can save money (A bit) by getting some high alpha bittering hops for the 60 minute addition and get spendy with your late hops.

My favorite hop schedule is First Wort, whirlpool, and dry.

[HoosierBrew]

+1.  I always liked DME better - it has longer shelf life and often paler color. I find Briess DMEs to be the best, both in flavor and fermentability (~ 80%) -  I would use ~ 7 - 7.5 lbs of Briess Pilsen DME here for a 5 gallon batch. I know you mention using extracts, but you'll make a much better IPA by steeping 8 oz of crystal/caramel malt 40L in a couple quarts of 160F water for 30 minutes, then straining the liquid into your brewpot, to add along with the extract. It's very easy !

I would bitter your beer with an oz of Columbus hops for a 60 minute boil. There are many,many good choices for flavor and aroma hops - Cascade, Centennial, Amarillo, Citra, Simcoe are great choices, among many others. I would do some reading on the various types of hop flavors and aromas found in today's hops, decide what you like or want, and we can help you figure out a hop schedule. Good luck !

[Joe Sr.]

I'll second breiss dme. Highly ferment able and very light in color.

I've moved up to their golden promise from pils to see if I can get more body. Pils is almost too ferment able.


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[erockrph]

Here's a really easy starter IPA recipe:

For 5 gallons:

7.5lb Extra Light DME (I like Muntons)
0.5 lb Crystal 40

1 oz Columbus at 60 minutes
1 oz Simcoe at 10 minutes
1 oz Amarillo at 5 minutes
1 oz Citra at flameout
1 packet of US-05 yeast, ferment in the low 60's

Dry hop with an ounce each of Citra and Amarillo for 5 days after the krausen has fallen

That's a basic entry-level IPA. If you want to get more advanced, then keep the ounce of Columbus at 60 and save all the other boil hops for a hop stand. After the boil, wait until your wort gets to about 170F, then add in the Simcoe, Amarillo and Citra (you can go up to 2 ounces of each of you want to maximize the hop flavor). Give it a good stir until all the hops are mixed in. then let it sit at that temp for 30 minutes before chilling. If you do 2 oz of each hop in the hop stand, you can also use 2 ounces of each in the dry hop as well.

Good luck!

[therealdjbiglex]

Thanks guys you are all awesome, will follow the directions given