Oskar blues IPA clone

[Shenanigans]

Anyone have a recipe for the Oskar Blues IPA that came out about 2 years ago?
I never tasted it but it has good reviews and should be a bit different than your run of the mill IPA. I have all the hops here so that's why I'm interested in brewing it.
Ella, Galaxy, topaz etc.

Thanks!

 

[Shenanigans]

Anyone have a recipe for the Oskar Blues IPA that came out about 2 years ago?
I never tasted it but it has good reviews and should be a bit different than your run of the mill IPA. I have all the hops here so that's why I'm interested in brewing it.
Ella, Galaxy, topaz etc.

Thanks!

Nobody?
Are Oskar Blues known for being generous with sharing recipe information if you drop them a mail?

 

[filthyastronaut]

I can't find any clone recipes, but besides the hops the website description mentions use of "malt barley" (duh) and red wheat in the grist with 70 IBUs and 6.43% ABV. I'd probably use a 80/20 blend of Pale Ale malt and red wheat malt as the grist, shoot for that ABV, and arrange hops in a way that gets those IBUs and delivers a good IPA hop character. Neutral American ale yeast. It'll get you close, and will certainly produce a good beer regardless of how close it is to the original.

 

[Shenanigans]

I can't find any clone recipes, but besides the hops the website description mentions use of "malt barley" (duh) and red wheat in the grist with 70 IBUs and 6.43% ABV. I'd probably use a 80/20 blend of Pale Ale malt and red wheat malt as the grist, shoot for that ABV, and arrange hops in a way that gets those IBUs and delivers a good IPA hop character. Neutral American ale yeast. It'll get you close, and will certainly produce a good beer regardless of how close it is to the original.

Thanks, sounds like a solid approach.

I can't imagine they use one of the Aussie hops for bittering so I'll try Magnum or Nugget at 60 min to get about 35 IBUs and then 10 min, 5 min and whirlpool with a blend of the mentioned hops to get it to 70 IBUs. Then 1 oz of each in the dry hop or maybe a little less Galaxy as it is the most potent.

Will be something to try in the Fall.
Maybe before then more info will become available :fro:

 

[jessup]

Never had it?! It is excellent for sure. Good luck cloning it!!

 

[Shenanigans]

Never had it?! It is excellent for sure. Good luck cloning it!!

No I live in Europe so as far as I am aware it's not available here
Or if it is, it probably had a hard time getting here and be a shadow of it's original glory.

I was in NYC a few weeks ago but only discovered this beer a few days ago so I didn't try to seek it out.

I did however manage to go through a lot on my list of great American beers I wanted to try :rockin:

I should be in Denver in about 2 years so I'll try Oskar Blues IPA then for sure, if it's still available

 

[nods11]

Anyone have a recipe for the Oskar Blues IPA that came out about 2 years ago?
I never tasted it but it has good reviews and should be a bit different than your run of the mill IPA. I have all the hops here so that's why I'm interested in brewing it.
Ella, Galaxy, topaz etc.

Thanks!

Hey there, just had Oskar Blues IPA at a big event of 50 US beers & this was the best i tried. Wanna try a clone. Have u had any success with it? Cheers

 

[jessup]

85% pils 13% red wheat 2% dextrose & the mentioned hops should get you close.
Small FWH & pile hops into flameout & dry hop.
I find it similar to wicked weeds pernicious if you find that recipe.

 

[Shenanigans]

85% pils 13% red wheat 2% dextrose & the mentioned hops should get you close.
Small FWH & pile hops into flameout & dry hop.
I find it similar to wicked weeds pernicious if you find that recipe.

Sounds like a solid plan.
I did put together a draft recipe but need to check the hop additions again. Was thinking of equal amounts of the majority of the hops but cut the galaxy in half as it might overpower the others. Also include a 5 or 10 min addition of each hop to get some flavour. Will also have to sub or leave out the enigma. I have too many other hops to justify buying more. Maybe el Dorado, calypso, mosaic or belma.

 

[Shenanigans]

So I finally go to try the original.
Bought a 355ml can if for 3.99 euros in Hamburg.
That's about $4.5 but I just had to try it
Took a few sips to get used to it because I bought 5 other IPAs but it grew on me, quite nice.
Probably much better after not traveling over the Atlantic.
I have Galaxy, Topaz and Vic Secret getting old in the freezer so my next brew will be this but subbing the enigma with something else.

will probably report back in December or January coz I have 250 bottle of other beers to drink first

 

[nods11]

I tried the oskar blues on draft at another event here at the weekend. Definietely has given me the inspiration to make my own. I found a few wicked weeds pernicious recipes but seem very different from the hops the oskar blues website gives, so i've just ordered the enigma and topaz hops from Oz, for my mate to send over, as we cant get them here. I'll let u guys know how it turns out.

 

[Shenanigans]

I just put together a recipe for 14 litres (approx. 3.5 gallons)
I cant get red wheat here so will use pale.
I will also sub the Enigma with El Dorado because it's what I have.
For my whirlpool I usually cool down to 70oC and whirlpool for about 45 min including draining/filtering the Wort from the electric kettle.
Adding it as a 10 or 15 min whirlpool in BeerSmith usually give a good approximation.

Very difficult to keep about 70 IBUs with all these high alpha hops.



Type: All Grain
Batch Size: 14 L
Est Original Gravity: 1.060 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.011 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 6.4 %
Bitterness: 75.8 IBUs
Est Color: 11.8 EBC

3.70 kg Pale Ale (Dingemans) (6.5 EBC) Grain 1 88.1 %
0.50 kg Wheat Malt, Pale (Weyermann) (3.9 EBC) Grain 2 11.9 %
3.00 g Nugget [13.30 %] - 60.0 min Hop 3 7.6 IBUs
10.00 g El Dorado [14.70 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 4 9.2 IBUs
10.00 g Ella (aka Stella) [15.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 5 9.4 IBUs
10.00 g Topaz [17.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 6 10.6 IBUs
10.00 g Vic Secret [15.90 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 7 9.9 IBUs
7.50 g Galaxy [13.50 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 8 6.3 IBUs
10.00 g El Dorado [14.70 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 10.0 min Hop 9 4.6 IBUs
10.00 g Ella (aka Stella) [15.00 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 10.0 min Hop 10 4.7 IBUs
10.00 g Topaz [17.00 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 10.0 min Hop 11 5.3 IBUs
10.00 g Vic Secret [15.90 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 10.0 min Hop 12 5.0 IBUs
7.50 g Galaxy [13.50 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 10.0 min Hop 13 3.2 IBUs
1.0 pkg Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05) [50.28 ml] Yeast 14 -
15.00 g El Dorado [14.70 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days Hop 15 0.0 IBUs
15.00 g Ella (aka Stella) [15.00 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days Hop 16 0.0 IBUs
15.00 g Galaxy [13.50 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days Hop 17 0.0 IBUs
15.00 g Topaz [17.00 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days Hop 18 0.0 IBUs
15.00 g Vic Secret [15.90 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days Hop 19 0.0 IBUs

Will plan it for sometime early December and maybe have it ready for NYE

 

[nods11]

Hops arrived from Oz, so this is what I'm thinking. Any comments are very welcome, as we don't have the exact Oskar recipe to work off...

Type: All Grain
Equipment: Grainfather
Batch Size: 23 L
Boil time: 70 min
Est Original Gravity: 1.063 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.014 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 6.5 %
Bitterness: 69.5 IBUs
Est Color: 15.6 EBC


5.00 kg Pale Malt (Weyermann) (3.3 SRM)
1.20 kg Crystal Wheat Malt (Thomas Fawcett) (63.0 SRM)
20.00 g Ella [15.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min
20.00 g Topaz [17.00 %] - Boil 30.0 min
1.22 g Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) -
20.00 g Vic Secret [15.50 %] - Boil 10.0 min
15.00 g Enigma Hop Oz [15.00 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 0.0 min
10.00 g Topaz [17.00 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 20.0 min
1.0 pkg Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05)
2.00 tsp Yeast Nutrient
15.00 g Galaxy [14.00 %] - Dry Hop 5.0 Days Hop
15.00 g Vic Secret [15.50 %] - Dry Hop 5.0 Days

 

[Shenanigans]

Did anyone brew this yet?

I still didn’t get around to it but still want to do it sometime between now and the end of the summer.

Did another check on the internet to see if there were any recipes posted somewhere and discovered that BYO did a recipe for it.

I don’t have a membership can someone post it here?

Even if it’s only the hop schedule that would help.

 

[Shenanigans]

Anyone?

 

[cfkain]

5 Gal.
O.G. 1.059 F.G. 1.010
IBU 70 SRM 6 ABV 6.4%
11.4lb 2 Row (1.8L)
1.32lb wheat malt (2L)
0.33lb Simpsons Caramalt (25L)
0.25oz Vic Secret 18% FWH
0.6oz Vic Secret 18% 80 min.
0.25oz Vic Secret 18% 25 min.
0.48oz Vic Secret 18% 10 min.
0.9 oz Galaxy 14.5% 0 min.
0.45oz Ella 14.5% 0 min.
1.2oz Enigma Dry Hop
1oz Galaxy Dry Hop
0.8oz Ella Dry Hop
1 tsp. yeast nutrient 5min.
1/2 Whirlfloc tablet 5min.
WLP 001, Wyeast 1056, or Safale US-05
Mash in 1.3 quarts per pound of grain, & temperature of 156. Preboil volume is 7 gallons adding FWH as soon as wort covers the bottom of the kettle. Boil time is 90 min. Whirlpool or stir first before adding the 0min. hops for 10 min. Chill to 65, ferment at 68. At the end of active fermentation dry hop for 9 days in a purged secondary.

 

[Shenanigans]

5 Gal.
O.G. 1.059 F.G. 1.010
IBU 70 SRM 6 ABV 6.4%
11.4lb 2 Row (1.8L)
1.32lb wheat malt (2L)
0.33lb Simpsons Caramalt (25L)
0.25oz Vic Secret 18% FWH
0.6oz Vic Secret 18% 80 min.
0.25oz Vic Secret 18% 25 min.
0.48oz Vic Secret 18% 10 min.
0.9 oz Galaxy 14.5% 0 min.
0.45oz Ella 14.5% 0 min.
1.2oz Enigma Dry Hop
1oz Galaxy Dry Hop
0.8oz Ella Dry Hop
1 tsp. yeast nutrient 5min.
1/2 Whirlfloc tablet 5min.
WLP 001, Wyeast 1056, or Safale US-05
Mash in 1.3 quarts per pound of grain, & temperature of 156. Preboil volume is 7 gallons adding FWH as soon as wort covers the bottom of the kettle. Boil time is 90 min. Whirlpool or stir first before adding the 0min. hops for 10 min. Chill to 65, ferment at 68. At the end of active fermentation dry hop for 9 days in a purged secondary.

Great, thanks!


Think I'll brew this sometime this year but will sub Nelson in for the Enigma or if I want to keep it all Aussie then Topaz.
Their brewery site only mentions red wheat and pale malt but a dash of caramalt might do no harm.
However I'll probably leave it out because I only have European Pale Ale malt which is a bit more malty than American Pale Malt anyway.
I will probably go a bit heavier on the late and dry hops too

My Summer brews are already planned so I'll try fit this in for September sometime.