Hop Reactor Red IPA
Hop reactor is a red IPA powered by lupulin. Enjoy!
Nerd-dom comes in many forms. The first thing I nerded-out about was comic books. I spent so much money on my favorite books in high school I had a trunk full of books. When the Iron Man movies came out, I had an idea based on Iron Man’s arc reactor.
If you like the hop reactor symbol, I used it in a t-shirt design available for purchase.
Mash Bill
- 12 lb 2-row pale malt
- 2 lb Munich malt
- 1 lb crystal malt 40 L
- 0.5 lb crystal malt 120L
- 0.25 lb chocolate malt
Mash at 152 degrees Fahrenheit for 60 minutes, sparge as required by your system to reach a boil volume of 6.5 gallons.
Extract
For extract brewing, replace pale malt with 8.25 lbs of light liquid malt extract. Steep the specialty grains for 30 minutes at 160 degrees Fahrenheit.
Hops
- 1 oz Simcoe 13% AA – 60 minutes
- 1 oz Centennial 10.5% AA – 10 minutes
- 0.5 oz Citra 13% AA – 10 minutes
- 1 oz Centennial 10.5% AA – 0 minutes
- 0.5 oz Citra 13% AA – 0 minutes
- 1 oz Centennial 10.5% AA – Dry Hop
- 2 oz Citra 13% AA – Dry Hop
Dry hop after krausen has fallen back into the beer. Allow the hops to rest in the beer until fermentation is finished.
Yeast
Ferment with a clean ale yeast. I’ve used Safale US-05 with good results at 70 degrees Fahrenheit.
But my new favorite yeast is Omega Yeast Labs OYL-057 Hothead Ale Yeast. From the first batch I made with this yeast, the clean fruity character made me realize it’s a great complement to an aggressive hop schedule with American-style hops.