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Ransack IPA Clone
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 9:11 pm
by DocksideBrewing
I am trying to make a beer that emulates Ransack The Universe IPA by Collective Arts Brewing. I only have some basic information to get me started with that being:
ABV: 6.8
IBU: 85
Hops: Galaxy and Mosaic
Light malt body - which I would assume would be a light to medium temp mash
For malts I'm thinking: 2 row, Honey, and a light caramel/crystal ??
Yeast - ??
Anyone have any suggestions?
Re: Ransack IPA Clone
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2019 12:08 am
by know1
2-row, wheat and oats, toss the honey and crystal, maybe a couple % light crystal if you are shooting for a more orange color. Consider marris otter or a portion of munich if you want a little more malt character
Probably vermont or similar yeast although its listed as an american IPA its similar to NE style. London III is another good one.
go easy on boiling hops, shoot for around 25ibus max from bittering and get the rest from flameout/whirpool hops, and plenty of them along with a hefty dose of dry hops. Some go for the hops during active fermentation biotransformation mumbo jumbo on the NEIPA style, I.m not yet convinced. I like a good few oz at fermentation slow down then another dose about 4 days before packaging for the aromatic punch in the face.
Re: Ransack IPA Clone
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2019 8:11 am
by DocksideBrewing
know1 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2019 12:08 am
2-row, wheat and oats, toss the honey and crystal, maybe a couple % light crystal if you are shooting for a more orange color. Consider marris otter or a portion of munich if you want a little more malt character
Probably vermont or similar yeast although its listed as an american IPA its similar to NE style. London III is another good one.
go easy on boiling hops, shoot for around 25ibus max from bittering and get the rest from flameout/whirpool hops, and plenty of them along with a hefty dose of dry hops. Some go for the hops during active fermentation biotransformation mumbo jumbo on the NEIPA style, I.m not yet convinced. I like a good few oz at fermentation slow down then another dose about 4 days before packaging for the aromatic punch in the face.
Thanks, I'll give that a try! I have a couple other batches to make first but I like the sounds of this. Appreciate the advice!
Re: Ransack IPA Clone
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2019 11:14 am
by PMackie
DocksideBrewing wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2019 8:11 am
know1 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2019 12:08 am
2-row, wheat and oats, toss the honey and crystal, maybe a couple % light crystal if you are shooting for a more orange color. Consider marris otter or a portion of munich if you want a little more malt character
Probably vermont or similar yeast although its listed as an american IPA its similar to NE style. London III is another good one.
go easy on boiling hops, shoot for around 25ibus max from bittering and get the rest from flameout/whirpool hops, and plenty of them along with a hefty dose of dry hops. Some go for the hops during active fermentation biotransformation mumbo jumbo on the NEIPA style, I.m not yet convinced. I like a good few oz at fermentation slow down then another dose about 4 days before packaging for the aromatic punch in the face.
Thanks, I'll give that a try! I have a couple other batches to make first but I like the sounds of this. Appreciate the advice!
He knows his stuff! Go with what he said.
Re: Ransack IPA Clone
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2019 12:28 pm
by DocksideBrewing
I've never used a White Labs yeast, and I'm seeing that it says "best before date is 4 months after bottling". What exactly does that mean? Is it saying that the beer will be best drank within a 4 month period? Not that that is ever really a problem, but I just wasn't sure.
Re: Ransack IPA Clone
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2019 1:57 pm
by ackes
DocksideBrewing wrote:I've never used a White Labs yeast, and I'm seeing that it says "best before date is 4 months after bottling". What exactly does that mean? Is it saying that the beer will be best drank within a 4 month period? Not that that is ever really a problem, but I just wasn't sure.
I’ll defer to others, who definitely know more about this than I.
But .... pretty sure the yeast vial is referring to the health or viability of the yeast. The older the vial the ‘less healthy’ all those little yeast cells are. So you won’t get as good a fermentation depending on your OG (especially if it’s > 1.050).
You usually have to make a yeast starter to get numbers back up. OR pitch more than 1 vial (I’m too cheap for that).
This is a great site for estimating cell counts and giving you starter info:
http://www.brewunited.com/yeast_calculator.php
Hope that helps and hoping someone corrects me in case anything there is wrong or there’s a better way to explain.
Cheers,
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Re: Ransack IPA Clone
Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2020 3:42 pm
by Awigg1
Just curious how this turned out? looking to do something similar..
thanks