The Best West Coast IPA | A Heavy Metal Homebrew | Grain to Glass

Two Homebrewers, one Mission: To create the hoppiest West Coast IPA yet. Armed with way too much Idaho 7 in three different forms, these outlaws are pushing the limits of common sense. Join our anti-heroes on a brewing journey involving malt samples, hop bale samples, cryo-hops, and a whole lotta heavy metal.

ALL GRAIN HOMEBREW RECIPE

OG 1.063 FG 1.009 7.1% ABV 71 IBU (calculated)

WATER PROFILE
Ca 123 Mg 8 Na 39 SO4 205 Cl 80

GRAIN BILL
6% Munich 1
31% Golden Promise
63% Pilsner

Mash at 149F/ 65C for 71 minutes

First Wort Hops: 71 IBU of Idaho 7
Flameout: 1oz (28g) Columbus 4oz (112g) Idaho 7 pellet
Chill to 170F/ 76C
100g (ish) of whole cone Idaho 7 (use a bag, for the love of god)

WLP 090 Super San Diego

DRY HOP
1oz (28g) Chinook Cryo
1oz (28g) Idaho 7 Cryo
1oz (28g) Columbus
3oz (85g) Idaho 7 Pellet


EQUIPMENT USED
Spike Kettles and Flex Plus Fermenter
Blichmann Hellfire Burner
Blichmann Beer Gun

Hops from Yakima Valley Hops, and various Yakima Chief Cryo/Bale samples

Malt Samples from Riverbend Malt

All other hops/grain/yeast etc purchased from Ferment Station in Knoxville TN

VIDEO EQUIPMENT
Panasonic GH5, Panasonic and Voightlander lenses

Edited on DaVinci Resolve Studio
Film Convert Nitrate Plug-in
Music from Epidemic Sound feat Under Earth, Carvings, and Marc Torch
Stock Images/Video from Adobe Stock