Date: Special Issue: IPA Style Guide
Hop Hammer
Vinnie Cilurzo of Russian River Brewing Company in Santa Rosa, California brews what is arguably the world’s best example of this style, Pliny the Elder. Despite the huge hop levels and higher alcohol strength, it is superbly drinkable. Vinnie very generously shared his recipe with the brewing community and just about everyone interested in this style has seen his recipe. The recipe inside, while a little bigger in starting gravity than Vinnie’s, is a descendant of his original.
Very Small Modern IPA
Very Small Modern IPA (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain) OG = 1.037 FG = 1.009 IBU = 27 SRM = 7 ABV = 3.6% Ingredients 7 lbs. (3.2 kg) Maris Otter pale ale
Modern British IPA
Modern British IPA (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain) OG = 1.056 FG = 1.012 IBU = 45 SRM = 8 ABV = 5.9% Ingredients 11 lbs. (5 kg) Golden Promise™ pale ale malt
1868 East India Pale Ale
1868 East India Pale Ale (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain) OG = 1.067 FG = 1.015 IBU = 100+ SRM = 6 ABV = 7.1% Ingredients 14 lbs. (6.4 kg) Maris Otter pale
Brunhilde India Red Ale
Recipe from professional chef and culinary consultant Mark Molinaro. Pairs with the Hop Rubbed Beef Brisket.
Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA clone
This innovative IPA employs Dogfish Head’s method of adding hops continuously over the entire boil. Showcasing a big US Northwest hop bill, 60-Minute is the session beer sister of 90-Minute IPA.
Stone Ruination IPA (1.0) clone
This recipe is for the original formulation of Ruination, a West Coast IPA that defined the style with resinous pine, a big malt backbone, and a lovely orange amber color.
Stone Brewing Co.’s IPA clone
According to Stone Brewing Co.’s website, “. . .this golden beauty explodes with tropical, citrusy, piney hop flavors and aromas, all perfectly balanced by a subtle malt character. This crisp, extra hoppy brew is hugely refreshing on a hot day, but will always deliver no matter when you choose to drink it.”
Wheat IPA
This recipe for Wheat IPA is a web-only recipe from Jamil Zainasheff’s “Style Profile” on specialty IPAs.
Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA clone
Sierra Nevada designed this beer to showcase their innovative “hop torpedo,” which is a dry hopping device that controls how much hop aroma is imparted into the beer without adding additional bitterness. This beer features a big citrus, pine, and tropical fruit hop profile.
Smuttynose Brewing Company’s Noonan clone
Many consider Greg Noonan and his Vermont Pub and Brewery as the birthplace of the modern day black IPA. Here is their tribute recipe to the Vermont Pub and Brewery’s Black Watch, black IPA, a truly unique beer.
Imperial Stormtrooper IPA
Foam Ranger Jimmy Paige took first place in the 2000 Dixie Cup with an Imperial IPA which he claims was more “like an American Barleywine at the time it was judged.” Aged approximately 7 months old at judging, Jimmy claims he named the beer Imperial Stormtrooper because “that was the only thing I could think of with the word ‘Imperial’ in it.”