Old style IPA

Steveruch

With all the weird IPAs being made these days I got to feeling nostalgic about a simple well balanced IPA with centennial and cascade, so I brewed one.

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friarsmith

1998 called and wants its beer back

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PberBob

Enjoying a pint of Firestone Union Jack. It’s definitely OG IPA. No tropical or even much citrus. Thinking a clone might be in order….

Northern_Brewer

You can't call it an old-style IPA unless it uses Goldings...

Gorm

I continue to brew pls school IPAs. Never did like mosaic and the other newish hops.
No milkshakes here.

GrogNerd

I'd drink dishwater if it was dry-hopped with Citra
but you put a pint of yeast starter in front of me, you'll end up wearing it

hout17

While aiming somewhere in the vicinity of 100-200 IBUs lol.

Gorm

I found a bottle of a brown ale I made last year in the beer fridge last night. Cascade and Centennial. Enjoyed it a lot.

kevin58

Agreed, shoulda said old school USA IPA.
I make the old UK IPA with goldings, but nowhere near 200 ibus, more like 50.

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friarsmith

The ones I make are 100+ years older than that. 1998 is more like the day before yesterday.

newjersey

I like a simple-ish American IPA with 2-row, a pinch of wheat or Munich, then assertive hopping with C-hops to 60-80 IBU’s. And some complimentary late kettle hopping.
Bracingly bitter, makes a point, then the finish makes you want another sip.
And doesn’t require a paragraph explanation

UdonPete

That looks better than all the new england hazebois

Miraculix

Agree, never use Citric or Mosaic - and leave Galaxy late in the boil

D.B.Moody

That looks very yummy.

bwible

I brew my "Summer Ale" every year and I'll be doing it again next month. It uses Centennial and Cascade hops. It's very American with Briess extract and US05 yeast. My IPA, however, uses Goldings, Munton's, and British yeast. On the other hand, I agree with your sentiment and @Miraculix is right: that does look yummy.
edit to correct typo

Steveruch

Sad when clear beer is considered odd these days and beer that looks like orange juice is all the rage and considered “normal”. People have lost their minds.

Steveruch

Well, it can't have it.

Steveruch

Old style American IPA.
How's that sound?

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hout17

I did one of those for a Zymurgy online extra. It took nine months of aging to become drinkable.

Dr_Jeff

Yes, a true India Pale Ale. You should've sent it out on a ship for a few months lol.

kevin58

Yep, when I got started homebrewing, if you were to hand someone a beer that wasn't clear (unless it was a dark beer, of course), they would look at you with this eww look on their face and be hesitant to drink it. Even if you explained that it is a Wit or a Hefeweizen and its supposed to be cloudy.

Miraculix

A few articles about very old style IPA...
Early IPA

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Early IPAI thought I'd give you a rest from beer in Holland during WW II. Fascinating though this topic might be. Instead it's IPA, in particular its...

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And even earlier IPA

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Even earlier IPAKnowing that I wouldn't find the term India Paler Ale earlier than the 1820s, I gave the search terms "Pale Ale" and "India" a whirl in the ...

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Dr_Jeff

I did a red IPA with C hops and Brewers Gold that was well over 100 IBU by mistake. Brewing on the hoof with a hang over, mental math mess-up plus flame out hops that added a lot of IBUs that I forgot to factor in iirc.

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Anyway, I drank an occasional bottle and kind of enjoyed it in a hard earned sort of way. But from 1 to 2 years it became one of my favourite beers I ever brewed. The last bottle at over 2 years was drunk in the kitchen at dusk as the light evaporated, a sad but beautiful experience! I should brew more beers this way and put them away. Something happens to heavily hopped aged beers I think. That one wasn't terribly strong. About 5.8% iirc.
And actually I did brew one last September, a strong bitter around 6%. 23 litres with 300g mostly English hops, but 40g were American. Again it's very bitter but I am drinking it, sometimes blended with a 6% old ale which is a bit average, under hopped. Together they make a very nice ale. I'll hold some of the bitter back for later consumption, as I intended.

MaxStout

Made the same experience with an overly hoppy ak. It wasn't drinkable for the first months but after half a year it got better and better. After about one year it got worse again, but the ibus were only about 60 or 70.

norrismj

I try to insure that all of my lighter colored beers are crystal clear.
Once I handed someone a Hefeweizen and they said, "It's too clear to be a Hefe", my response was, "OK, it's a Krystalweizen then." lol

norrismj

Sometimes I like to make a basic beer that's borderline between APA and Am. IPA in IBUs, just for a summer refresher. Keep it simple.
@Steveruch, that beer looks tasty.

NoCornOrRice

We brewed what we called a "Old style with a Twist". Turned out excellent, but did not take any photos. It was very clear and disappeared very fast. Probably my best brew to date as we are rebreeding it soon.

WesBrew

Forgot to mention the twist was we added 2 oz of Citra in Dry Hops instead of the Centennial.. Yum

Steveruch

Yup.
Cascade, Chinook, and Centennial are the holy trinity of IPA IMHO.

Bria

No simcoe love ?

Airborneguy

When I also have some amarillo.

Brooothru

So glad to find this thread. I literally can't find an IPA I like in the breweries right now. Good for the ol' wallet though I guess! Who's got recipe recommendations? Clean, bitter, piney goodness please. I've got the equipment for partial mash and BIAB currently.

day_trippr

I love amarillo. I worked up a recipe with amarillo last night. Can’t wait to brew it.

Steveruch

Yes, please.
Make mine Pliney the Elder. Don't need no hazy crap, so stay off my lawn, kid!

Northern_Brewer

^hahahahaha!^