From my HomeBrew kitchen comes my latest experiment; Grapefruit Peel IPA. I cooked up this batch in early October using a pretty straight forward recipe with as few ingredients as possible. It's aroma is forward and friendly with grapefruit leading the way. I've honestly never used grapefruit peel in a beer before so I'm quite happy with the results it contributes to the smell. I dry hopped it as well so it's difficult to tell how much aroma is hops and how much is peel.
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The head is frothy with a ton of retention that chases this beer down to the bottom of the glass. I added a small amount of rye to the grain bill (0.4oz) to help with the head and give it a little spice.
The body is nice and spicy but not quite as hoppy as I had hoped it would be. I'm guessing it's somewhere around 35-40 IBUs which falls drastically short of the 60-80 range that I was hoping for.
I'm still trying to figure this out so I compared hop additions to IPA style beer recipes I found online.
It's got a nice biscuity body from the Vienna malt, its translucent in clarity with a warm orange colour. It's refreshing with a bit of spice and lots of citrus wallop.
The recipe is below if you want to give it a shot or help me modify it to make it even better. It's a decent beer and I'll give it a C (61) for effort.
Grapefruit Peel IPA
1 Gallon Batch
1.3 lb Vienna Malt
.5 lb 2-Row Malt
.4 oz Rye Malt
.5oz Cascade @ 60 min
.25oz Cascade @ 15 min
.25oz Hallertau dry hop in secondary
1/2 Peel of Grapefruit in secondary
1/2 Packet of Safale US-05 yeast
10 days primary fermentation
10 days secondary fermentation
7 days bottled at room temp
14 days botte in the fridge
