This is the last swap tasting video from our first round of exchanges. Many thanks to everyone that participated and to those that wanted in but we couldn’t accommodate you this round. Hang in there we will do more in the near future. This weeks Brew Dudes Homebrew Swap Exchange is an IPA double header from Benny in Gainesville, VA!!!

Benny sent us two beers this round. A session strength and an imperial strength IPA; 1.049 and 1.080 SG respectively. Both had a similar color hue with the imperial being a bit darker. Each of these beers had insanely well describe hop bills (I’ll put the recipes below).

The session IPA was slightly cloudy and with a hint of diacetyl on the nose (but just a hint barely noticeable). So much going on in this beer with the huge hop bill. A mild resinous and lingering mouthfeel from the hops, but a clean bitterness that wasn’t overpowering. The flavor was fantastic and was actually pretty well defined for having so many varieties of hops. Sometimes you’d worry about certain flavors getting lost or muddied in all the varieties. The beer was dry at 1.009 finish and had a clean tropical finish to it. John noted it as being pineapple while I thought it was more ripe green melon.

The Imperial IPA lived up to its stature at 1.080 OG. This beer almost presents as a really big hoppy red ale and it might score well in that type of category. I thought the hops presented with an interesting berry like blend dominated by ripe blueberries and maybe blackberries. John noted that the malt bill stood out strong enough too seem like Wheaties cereal almost.

You’ll see that Benny used whirlpool hop additions in both recipes. There are so many different ways to do whirlpool hop stands that it would be great to learn more…hint hint Benny (Maybe over on the YT channel comment section).

Overall both beers were really well fermented. He used Imperial Organic yeast strains in both beers. Which is cool because I haven’t seen any of those yet in my area and liked to explore them more.

Thanks so much for the side by side IPA comparison Benny. Keep on Brewin On!

Cheers

Recipes:
Obligation Session IPA
OG – 1.049
FG – 1.009
IBU – 93.5
SRM – 4.1
ABV – 5.2%
Grain – 10.5lbs
Rahr Two Row – 10lbs
Munich – 8.0oz
Hops – 9.5oz
Magnum .5oz @ 60
Simcoe 1.0oz @ 10mins
Amarillo 1.0oz @ 5mins
Citra 1.0oz @ 5mins
Mozaic 1.0oz @ 5mins
Motueka 1.0oz @ 5mins
Cascade .05oz @ 5mins
Centennial .05oz @ 5mins
Mosaic Whirlpool .5oz 15mins
Nelson Suavin Whirlpool .5oz 15mins
Yeast – Imperial Flagship A07
Ferment @62 degrees for 15 days
Citra Dry Hop .5oz 10 days
Mozaic Dry Hop .5oz 10 days
Nelson Suavin Dry Hop .5oz 10 days
Amarillo Dry Hop .5oz 5 days

Procrastination Imperial IPA
OG – 1.080
FG – 1.019
ABV – 8.1%
IBU – 93.4
SRM – 6.5
Grains – 18.5lbs
Rahr Two Row – 16lbs
Munich – 1.5lbs
Vienna – 1.0lbs
Hops – 11.75oz
Magnum .75oz @ 60
Amarillo 1.0oz @ 5mins
Chinook 1.0oz @ 5mins
Columbus 1.0oz @ 5mins
Simcoe 1.0oz @ 5mins
Citra Whirlpool 1.0oz 15mins
Mosaic Whirlpool 1.0oz 15mins
Motueka Whirlpool 1.0oz 15mins
Nelson Sauvin Whirlpool 1.0oz 15mins
Yeast – Imperial House A01
Ferment @62 degrees for 14 days
Citra Dry Hop 1.0oz 7 days
Motueka Dry Hop 1.0oz 7 days
Nelson Suavin Dry Hop 1.0oz 7 days