May competition American pale ale's

[Alside101]

IainM Black IPA

ABV. 5.8%

Aroma: 8.5 - 10
Appearance 9 - 10
Taste 7 - 10
Total 24.5 - 30

Notes.
Black in colour but clear in the light with a lasting head. Top marks for looks. The aroma of this beer is just lovely nice and fruity with slight roasted notes and mild chocolate. Citrusy and hoppy. The taste of this beer is good with a strong bitterness and good hop taste with the dark malts coming through nicely quite dry and a lingering roasted taste. A very nice balanced beer

 

[Alside101]

Brewhaha LBD black IPA

ABV. 5%

Aroma: 7 - 10
Appearance 8 - 10
Taste 6 - 10
Total 21 - 30

Notes.
A very dark black ipa definitely looks the part. Not much on the nose a slight fruity hop aroma. deffenetly getting the dark malts but very much like a stout. A hint of dark fruits maybe a little raison. As for the taste a nice roasty flavour but with not much hops coming through and very bitter. Its a very nice pint quite balanced but i think it leans more towards a stout than a black ipa

 

[Alside101]

RichardM Hop Fiction

ABV. 5.6%

Aroma: 8.5 - 10
Appearance 8 - 10
Taste 7 - 10
Total 23.5 - 30

Notes.
A dark copper colour with good head. Slightly hazy with good but not overpowering carbonation. The aroma of this beer is excellent. Sweet citrus punchy juicy aroma. A lot of orange and grapefruit with a slight malty aroma in the background. The taste differs from the aroma a lot. Very sharp and a very pronounced bitterness with almost no sweetness from the malt. Quite a strong after taste. All in all a very nice beer in its own as its aroma brings you one way then the taste takes you another. Very tasty indeed

 

[Alside101]

Dads_ale cryo gold

ABV 4.7%

Aroma: 7 - 10
Appearance 8 - 10
Taste 7 - 10
Total 22 - 30

Notes.
Golden slightly copper colour. Piney and slight citrus notes on the aroma very pleasant. Not much head. Good carbonation not over carbed. The taste is piney and citrus much like the aroma a nice malt back bone with little sweetness and a good but not overpowering bitterness. A very well balanced beer. Can't detect any flaws in the flavour of the beer.

 

[IainM]

Cheers Alex, glad you liked them. Both recipes were my own, the BIPA is the fourth iteration of a recipe I've been working on since I started AG, and got an honorable mention at the London and South East Craft Brewing competition. The NEIPA had a grain bill based on the crowd-sourced Average Perfect NEIPA, but a completely different hop schedule, which I brewed for the monthly Cambridge Hop Heads homebrew club competition. The theme was "hop monsters", so I duly obliged, and it came second.

NEIPA
20L, 1.060 - 1.008, 6.9% abv

Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2
148.1 7.8 73.4 149.9 79.8

60 minute mash at 65C
4.5kg pale
600g wheat
600g oats
180g caravienna

60 minute boil
20g citra (13.1%) pellet 10 mins
20g amarillo (8.9%) pellet 10 mins
20g simcoe (12%) pellet 10 mins
10g nelson sauvin (11.9%) pellet 10 mins
0.5 protofloc 10 mins
16g galaxy (13.1%) whirlpool
24g mosaic (11.5%) whirlpool
26g citra (13.1%) whirlpool
26g amarillo (8.9%) whirlpool
16g centennial (9.6%) whirlpool
16g simcoe (12%) whirlpool
16g nelson sauvin (11.9%) whirlpool
16g galaxy (13.1%) 12 day dry hop
25g mosaic (11.5%) 12 day dry hop
28g citra (13.1%) 12 day dry hop
28g amarillo (8.9%) 12 day dry hop
17g centennial (9.6%) 12 day dry hop
30g simcoe (12%) 12 day dry hop
38g nelson sauvin (11.9%) 12 day dry hop
16g galaxy (13.1%) 4 day dry hop
25g mosaic (11.5%) 4 day dry hop
28g citra (13.1%) 4 day dry hop
28g amarillo (8.9%) 4 day dry hop
17g centennial (9.6%) 4 day dry hop
30g simcoe (12%) 4 day dry hop
38g nelson sauvin (11.9%) 4 day dry hop

1x sachet Imperial Juice yeast, pitched and fermented at 18C

Black IPA
22.5L, 1.068-1.016, 6.8% abv

Ca 155 mg 4.7 na 77 cl 124 so4 125

60 minute mash @ 65C:
6kg Maris Otter
250g Midnight Wheat
100g Dark crystal

60 minute boil:
20g Admiral leaf 16.7% 60 mins
5g Admiral leaf 16.7% 40 mins (don't ask)
10g Nelson Sauvin pellet 11.9% 15 mins
10g Amarillo 7.9% pellet 15 mins
10g Nelson Sauvin pellet 11.9% 5 mins
10g Amarillo 7.9% pellet 5 mins
20g Centennial 9% pellet 5 mins
20g Nelson Sauvin pellet 11.9% flameout
30g Amarillo 7.9% pellet flamout
20g Centennial 9% pellet flameout
35g Centennial 7 day dry hop
30g Nelson Sauvin 7 day dry hop
100g Amarillo 7 day dry hop
11g Citra 1 day dry hop
25g Amarillo 1 day dry hop

2x MJ M44 West Coast IPA, pitched and fermented at 18C

 

[Alside101]

Cheers Alex, glad you liked them. Both recipes were my own, the BIPA is the fourth iteration of a recipe I've been working on since I started AG, and got an honorable mention at the London and South East Craft Brewing competition. The NEIPA had a grain bill based on the crowd-sourced Average Perfect NEIPA, but a completely different hop schedule, which I brewed for the monthly Cambridge Hop Heads homebrew club competition. The theme was "hop monsters", so I duly obliged, and it came second.

NEIPA
20L, 1.060 - 1.008, 6.9% abv

Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2
148.1 7.8 73.4 149.9 79.8

60 minute mash at 65C
4.5kg pale
600g wheat
600g oats
180g caravienna

60 minute boil
20g citra (13.1%) pellet 10 mins
20g amarillo (8.9%) pellet 10 mins
20g simcoe (12%) pellet 10 mins
10g nelson sauvin (11.9%) pellet 10 mins
0.5 protofloc 10 mins
16g galaxy (13.1%) whirlpool
24g mosaic (11.5%) whirlpool
26g citra (13.1%) whirlpool
26g amarillo (8.9%) whirlpool
16g centennial (9.6%) whirlpool
16g simcoe (12%) whirlpool
16g nelson sauvin (11.9%) whirlpool
16g galaxy (13.1%) 12 day dry hop
25g mosaic (11.5%) 12 day dry hop
28g citra (13.1%) 12 day dry hop
28g amarillo (8.9%) 12 day dry hop
17g centennial (9.6%) 12 day dry hop
30g simcoe (12%) 12 day dry hop
38g nelson sauvin (11.9%) 12 day dry hop
16g galaxy (13.1%) 4 day dry hop
25g mosaic (11.5%) 4 day dry hop
28g citra (13.1%) 4 day dry hop
28g amarillo (8.9%) 4 day dry hop
17g centennial (9.6%) 4 day dry hop
30g simcoe (12%) 4 day dry hop
38g nelson sauvin (11.9%) 4 day dry hop

1x sachet Imperial Juice yeast, pitched and fermented at 18C

Black IPA
22.5L, 1.068-1.016, 6.8% abv

Ca 155 mg 4.7 na 77 cl 124 so4 125

60 minute mash @ 65C:
6kg Maris Otter
250g Midnight Wheat
100g Dark crystal

60 minute boil:
20g Admiral leaf 16.7% 60 mins
5g Admiral leaf 16.7% 40 mins (don't ask)
10g Nelson Sauvin pellet 11.9% 15 mins
10g Amarillo 7.9% pellet 15 mins
10g Nelson Sauvin pellet 11.9% 5 mins
10g Amarillo 7.9% pellet 5 mins
20g Centennial 9% pellet 5 mins
20g Nelson Sauvin pellet 11.9% flameout
30g Amarillo 7.9% pellet flamout
20g Centennial 9% pellet flameout
35g Centennial 7 day dry hop
30g Nelson Sauvin 7 day dry hop
100g Amarillo 7 day dry hop
11g Citra 1 day dry hop
25g Amarillo 1 day dry hop

2x MJ M44 West Coast IPA, pitched and fermented at 18C

A NEIPA is on my to do list so i may just brew this. It is an outstanding beer

 

[RichardM]

RichardM Hop Fiction

ABV. 5.6%

Aroma: 8.5 - 10
Appearance 8 - 10
Taste 7 - 10
Total 23.5 - 30

Notes.
A dark copper colour with good head. Slightly hazy with good but not overpowering carbonation. The aroma of this beer is excellent. Sweet citrus punchy juicy aroma. A lot of orange and grapefruit with a slight malty aroma in the background. The taste differs from the aroma a lot. Very sharp and a very pronounced bitterness with almost no sweetness from the malt. Quite a strong after taste. All in all a very nice beer in its own as its aroma brings you one way then the taste takes you another. Very tasty indeed View attachment 14222

Thanks very much for taking the time to judge the entries and for the comments. The recipe I used was based on this https://brewdogrecipes.com/recipes/prototype-challenge-hop-fiction although I had to use a lot more of the 60 minuted chinook hops to get the suggested IBU

 

[brewhaha]

Brewhaha LBD black IPA

ABV. 5%

Aroma: 7 - 10
Appearance 8 - 10
Taste 6 - 10
Total 21 - 30

Notes.
A very dark black ipa definitely looks the part. Not much on the nose a slight fruity hop aroma. deffenetly getting the dark malts but very much like a stout. A hint of dark fruits maybe a little raison. As for the taste a nice roasty flavour but with not much hops coming through and very bitter. Its a very nice pint quite balanced but i think it leans more towards a stout than a black ipa View attachment 14221

Thanks for the review. I agree wholeheartedly with your comments. It has changed in the weeks since but the roasty flavours still kill the hops dead (especially considering it was Nelson & Citra!).

Recipe is attached. Unfortunately I had a major stuck mash issue so ended up topping up with nearly a kilo of DME just to get close to my target OG.

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