Bend Brewing's Hophead Imperial IPA clone - Brew Your Own

Bend Brewing's Hophead Imperial IPA clone - Brew Your Own

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Bend Brewing Company's 2007 GABF winning imperial IPA. The secret to a good Imperial IPA is dry-hopping. It can make or break this style. It is very important t

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Ingredients

  • 16 lbs. (7.3 kg) 2-row pale malt
  • 8 oz. (0.23 kg) crystal malt (30 °L)
  • 4.4 AAU Saaz hops (first wort hop) (1.1 oz./31 g at 4% alpha acids)
  • 19 AAU Chinook hops (90 min.) (1.6 oz./45 g at 12% alpha acids)
  • 16.2 AAU Northern Brewer hops (5 min.) (1.8 oz./51 g at 9% alpha acids)
  • 1.8 oz. (51 g) Cascade hops (0 min.)
  • 1 1/2 oz. (43 g) Cascade hops (dry hop)
  • Wyeast 1968 (London ESB) or White Labs WLP002 (English Ale) yeast (2.5 qt./~2.5 L yeast starter)
  • 3⁄4 cups corn sugar (if priming)

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