Brew Dog

[earthwormgaz]

Anyone have any idea what their secret is? As far as bottled ale goes, their stuff is right up there, maybe the best I've had.

Trashy Blonde, and Punk IPA are amazing. Is it that they've dry hoped 12 bells of s&*@ out of it?

My own Christmas ale just doesn't have that same ... kick?

 

[shearclass]

I love brewdog beers.

I believe for beers like Punk Pa they use an insane amount of hops. I would guess a higher proportion than normal of their hops go in towards the end of the boil, or whatever the commercial equivalent is.

Trashy Blonde is less hoppy, to me, but i assume a lot of hops are used none the less.

 

[Dunfie]

Loads of American and Kiwi hops at every stage.

I did a Punk IPA clone last year. It was about as subtle as being hit in the face with a shovel and was quite close.


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[earthwormgaz]

Interesting, I dry hoped my Yuletide ale hoping that'd give me some of that kick. Maybe I'd need to use double the amount of hops!

 

[Mark1964]

we have a recipe similar to theirs if anyone wants it very hoppy uses loads of american hops

 

[puravida]

Dunfie and mark1964
I'd love to take a peek at your recipes if you are happy to share?

I have a beer that has been in the FV for 2 weeks that uses columbus, cascade, centennial and ahtanum in an attempt to get that big US grapefruity hop aroma. I nly had Maris otter though so not sure how it will turn out.

I'm going to move it to a corny today and may bottle a few too so I will sample and report back!!!

 

[Mark1964]

sent you can use us 05 yeast but white labs san diego super yeast is best

 

[puravida]

Legend!!!
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[kev]

sent you can use us 05 yeast but white labs san diego super yeast is best

Can you send it to me please?

K

 

[Mark1964]

Sent Kev :thumb:

 

[adrianmole72]

Would love this too,please !

stephen

 

[earthwormgaz]

So hops grown in this country don't have the same strength of favour then?

 

[Mark1964]

recipe sent.

 

[adrianmole72]

Many thanks... ! : :thumb:

 

[Aleman]

So hops grown in this country don't have the same strength of favour then?

No they are just more subtle with their flavours.

Thing with Brewdog and a lot of American Craft beers is that subtle flavours are out of the window, which in may cases (particularly Brewdog) masks a lot of sins in the actual brewing . . . TBH any brewer can make a beer at 1.070 and 150IBU.

I find these beers to have an overpowering resiny marmalade flavour, and pretty much nothing else. If you add lots of hops late you get exactly the asme sort of flavour profile regardless of the hop variety used. I made a pilsner, and added 75% of the hops in the last 45 minutes of the boil (50% of the bittering came at 30 minutes) . . . Result . . . Resin and marmalade even though I used 100% Hallertau . . . . and it took 6 months to mellow and become reasonable.

So you can make a brewdog/American APA with Hops grown in England . . . . you just have to use loads of them late in the boil.

IPA's (Real IPA's not this modern so called IPA's) were brewed to around 1.070 and had 4Lbs of hops per BBL (Around 4oz of goldings per GALLON!!) . . . Then they were aged for 12 months before being shipped to India before being served . . . and damn fine beers they are . . . Incredibly subtle complex flavours that you would find hard to believe came from 100% pale malt and a single (large) hop addition.

 

[abeyptfc]

anyone got an extract version?!
do you have to make a starter with the white labs yeast?
are they the yeasts that come in the wee test tube thing? do they improve the flavour or work any better than normal packets?
cheers

 

[Swift Pint]

IPA's (Real IPA's not this modern so called IPA's) were brewed to around 1.070 and had 4Lbs of hops per BBL (Around 4oz of goldings per GALLON!!) . . . Then they were aged for 12 months before being shipped to India before being served . . . and damn fine beers they are . . . Incredibly subtle complex flavours that you would find hard to believe came from 100% pale malt and a single (large) hop addition

Wow, might have to try to brew a real IPA to leave for a couple of years before drinknig then....

 

[SamWise72]

Dry hopping will not get you that flavour profile, or indeed any, it contribute more or less exclusively to aroma. If you want the hops to come out and punch you in the face, 15 mins from the end of the boil is what you want. I haven't gone to anything like Brewdog extremes, but I made an ale using 100% pale extract, to 5.5%, no speciality grains, with 50g of Apollo at 15 mins, and another 50g at flame out. It came out wonderful, very hoppy, plenty bitter despite no 60 min hops, and praised by all who tried it. In retrospect, I wish I'd dry hopped instead of the late addition, to get a bigger nose, and I'll do that next time.

 

[RobWalker]

IPA's (Real IPA's not this modern so called IPA's) were brewed to around 1.070 and had 4Lbs of hops per BBL (Around 4oz of goldings per GALLON!!) . . . Then they were aged for 12 months before being shipped to India before being served . . . and damn fine beers they are . . . Incredibly subtle complex flavours that you would find hard to believe came from 100% pale malt and a single (large) hop addition

Wow, might have to try to brew a real IPA to leave for a couple of years before drinknig then....

Same, im tempted to do a 2 gal batch and forget about it until err...well, i move house or somethinf

 

[Dronfieldbrewer]

My Dronfield Redneck is exclusively Cascade driven

loads of it at the end of the boil, then dry hopped to death. Its just too much for me, the odd pint is fine but just gangs up and masks the malt and other additions