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[user 23602]

So now that I have a small grasp on what I'm doing, I will start adding to this.

Just placed an order for my first brew of 2020.

Going with a Passionfruit DIPA!

 

[user 23602]

4.5 kg MJ LME
1 kg brewing sugar
1 kg lactose
500 g extra light spray malt
20 g simcoe hop
20 g centennial hop
20 g columbus hop
25 g new england yeast
50 ml MJ passion fruit extract
25 ml isomerised hop extract

 

[Graz]

4.5 kg MJ LME
1 kg brewing sugar
1 kg lactose
500 g extra light spray malt
20 g simcoe hop
20 g centennial hop
20 g columbus hop
25 g new england yeast
50 ml MJ passion fruit extract
25 ml isomerised hop extract

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Do they sell that lot as a kit or is it your own recipe. Can't see it on their website?

 

[user 23602]

Do they sell that lot as a kit or is it your own recipe. Can't see it on their website?

Hi @Graz. It is their Experimental DIPA kit (linked for you) plus a few extras. I bought the passion fruit essence, extra light spray malt and lactose in addition to the kit.

 

[Graz]

Hi @Graz it is their Experimental DIPA kit (linked for you) plus a few extras. I bought the passion fruit essence, extra light spray malt and lactose in addition to the kit.

Thanks!

 

[user 18729]

That’s a lot of lactose. Going to be a sweet one

 

[user 23602]

That’s a lot of lactose. Going to be a sweet one

Sweet and strong. How I like them! Just hoping this passion fruit essence from mangrove jacks holds up, I've read good things about their essences.

 

[user 23602]

Passionfruit Milkshake DIPA 20L

4.5 kg mj lme
1 kg brewing sugar
1 kg lactose
500 g extra light spray malt
25 g new england yeast

The extracts to be added 2 days before bottling.
50 ml mj passion fruit extract
25 ml isomerised hop extract

The hops to be added 5 days before bottling.
20 g simcoe hop
20 g centennial hop
20 g columbus hop

12/01/2020
OG 1.100

 

[foxbat]

Passionfruit Milkshake DIPA 20L

4.5 kg MJ LME
1 kg brewing sugar
1 kg lactose
500 g extra light spray malt
25 g new england yeast

The extracts to be added 2 days before bottling.
50 ml MJ passion fruit extract
25 ml isomerised hop extract

The hops to be added 5 days before bottling.
20 g simcoe hop
20 g centennial hop
20 g columbus hop

12/01/2020
OG 1.100

That looks ace. I hope your yeast can cope with that gravity.

 

[user 23602]

That looks ace. I hope your yeast can cope with that gravity.

Thanks! And same, really hope that yeast cuts it, would make it a fantastic beer. I am now worried that what was meant to be a 8.5% beer could now be 10%+ ABV.

 

[Brew_DD2]

Have you upped the hop additions to match the higher gravity? I love the concept but feel this will turn out way too sweet otherwise. Also a kg of Lactose will leave the FG very high.

 

[user 23602]

Have you upped the hop additions to match the higher gravity?

I honestly didn't think of that. All I have in addition to the kit hops is about 30 g of mosaic? What do you think?

Also a kg of Lactose will leave the FG very high.

Maybe that will be a good thing and reduce the ABV then?

 

[Brew_DD2]

Have you put your recipe into beersmith or brewer's friend to calculate OG, FG and IBU?

I'd be more inclined to use the Columbus earlier and put the Mosaic in late.

 

[user 23602]

I'd be more inclined to use the Columbus earlier and put the Mosaic in late.

How much earlier would you suggest?

Have you put your recipe into beersmith or brewer's friend to calculate OG, FG and IBU?

I did try, but unfortunately there was no option from what I could see for the passion fruit extract or the isomerised hop extract, which is meant to bump up the IBU.

 

[Brew_DD2]

Just seen on the Geterbrewed site that the IBUs will be 100. Forget my comment on moving the hops. That is very bitter already. You'll maybe get away with a lot of Lactose. A kilo still feels like a lot. What FG did it calculate?

 

[user 23602]

What FG did it calculate?

FG 1.036, so maybe around 8.4% ABV then actually, which isn't far off what I wanted.

 

[Brew_DD2]

https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/homebrew-recipe/mango-maya-milkshake-ipa/

There is a recipe that is pretty similar to what you are aiming for.

 

[Graz]

The extracts to be added 2 days before bottling.
25 ml isomerised hop extract

Why are you only putting the isomerised extract in two days from the end? This is there to replace the hops that would have been added during the boil if doing a full mash and would therefore normally go into the wort at the start of fermentation.

 

[user 23602]

Why are you only putting the isomerised extract in two days from the end? This is there to replace the hops that would have been added during the boil if doing a full mash and would therefore normally go into the wort at the start of fermentation.

I'm only going by what others had done using this kit. Not something I was aware of. Should/could I add it now?

 

[Graz]

I'm only going by what others had done using this kit. Not something I was aware of. Should/could I add it now?

Actually don't worry, I was only going on what I've personally done when brewing the odd kit I've had that didn't have hopped wort but came with hop extract instead. With those the instructions have always said to lob it in at the beginning. But Google would suggest you can pretty much add whenever you like, even "to taste" prior to bottling: http://beersmith.com/blog/2016/08/31/using-hop-extracts-for-beer-brewing/