Ransack IPA Clone

[DocksideBrewing]

I am trying to make a beer that emulates Ransack The Universe IPA by Collective Arts Brewing. I only have some basic information to get me started with that being:
ABV: 6.8
IBU: 85
Hops: Galaxy and Mosaic
Light malt body - which I would assume would be a light to medium temp mash

For malts I'm thinking: 2 row, Honey, and a light caramel/crystal ??

Yeast - ??

Anyone have any suggestions?

[know1]

2-row, wheat and oats, toss the honey and crystal, maybe a couple % light crystal if you are shooting for a more orange color. Consider marris otter or a portion of munich if you want a little more malt character

Probably vermont or similar yeast although its listed as an american IPA its similar to NE style. London III is another good one.

go easy on boiling hops, shoot for around 25ibus max from bittering and get the rest from flameout/whirpool hops, and plenty of them along with a hefty dose of dry hops. Some go for the hops during active fermentation biotransformation mumbo jumbo on the NEIPA style, I.m not yet convinced. I like a good few oz at fermentation slow down then another dose about 4 days before packaging for the aromatic punch in the face.

[DocksideBrewing]

2-row, wheat and oats, toss the honey and crystal, maybe a couple % light crystal if you are shooting for a more orange color. Consider marris otter or a portion of munich if you want a little more malt character

Probably vermont or similar yeast although its listed as an american IPA its similar to NE style. London III is another good one.

go easy on boiling hops, shoot for around 25ibus max from bittering and get the rest from flameout/whirpool hops, and plenty of them along with a hefty dose of dry hops. Some go for the hops during active fermentation biotransformation mumbo jumbo on the NEIPA style, I.m not yet convinced. I like a good few oz at fermentation slow down then another dose about 4 days before packaging for the aromatic punch in the face.

Thanks, I'll give that a try! I have a couple other batches to make first but I like the sounds of this. Appreciate the advice!

[PMackie]

2-row, wheat and oats, toss the honey and crystal, maybe a couple % light crystal if you are shooting for a more orange color. Consider marris otter or a portion of munich if you want a little more malt character

Probably vermont or similar yeast although its listed as an american IPA its similar to NE style. London III is another good one.

go easy on boiling hops, shoot for around 25ibus max from bittering and get the rest from flameout/whirpool hops, and plenty of them along with a hefty dose of dry hops. Some go for the hops during active fermentation biotransformation mumbo jumbo on the NEIPA style, I.m not yet convinced. I like a good few oz at fermentation slow down then another dose about 4 days before packaging for the aromatic punch in the face.

Thanks, I'll give that a try! I have a couple other batches to make first but I like the sounds of this. Appreciate the advice!

He knows his stuff! Go with what he said.

[DocksideBrewing]

I've never used a White Labs yeast, and I'm seeing that it says "best before date is 4 months after bottling". What exactly does that mean? Is it saying that the beer will be best drank within a 4 month period? Not that that is ever really a problem, but I just wasn't sure.

[ackes]

I've never used a White Labs yeast, and I'm seeing that it says "best before date is 4 months after bottling". What exactly does that mean? Is it saying that the beer will be best drank within a 4 month period? Not that that is ever really a problem, but I just wasn't sure.

I’ll defer to others, who definitely know more about this than I.
But .... pretty sure the yeast vial is referring to the health or viability of the yeast. The older the vial the ‘less healthy’ all those little yeast cells are. So you won’t get as good a fermentation depending on your OG (especially if it’s > 1.050).
You usually have to make a yeast starter to get numbers back up. OR pitch more than 1 vial (I’m too cheap for that).
This is a great site for estimating cell counts and giving you starter info:
http://www.brewunited.com/yeast_calculator.php

Hope that helps and hoping someone corrects me in case anything there is wrong or there’s a better way to explain.

Cheers,


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[Awigg1]

Just curious how this turned out? looking to do something similar..

thanks