If you give me 10 hops then I use all 10!

Double IPAs are just fabulous. I just can’t get enough of them. I’m a huge fan of the Stone Enjoy-by series. As far as I’m concerned it’s a win-win-win situation. Stone makes an incredible hoppy, fresh beer that needs to be distributed, served and drunk in the span of months. I’ve never tasted a fresher IPA than one I’ve brewed myself.

On that path, even though I just brewed an Imperial IPA, ff3k, there’s nothing wrong with following up with another one.  This recipe caught my eye after appearing on a list of beers that *must* be tried passed to me by a friend.  The first beer, Heady Topper caught my eye as I didn’t know it was an Imperial IPA and I had seen a huge thread on homebrewtalk.com  where many homebrewers had been working to clone the beer.

One can never be completely sure if the recipe isn’t shared from the brewery; and even if it is, the differences in equipment and process can definitely affect the final beer.  That means it’s a bit of a gamble if you’ll actually clone the beer.

None of that concerns me though as I know a good IPA recipe when I see one.  Thanks to a dedicated group on homebrewtalk.com and Signpost Craft Brewing, we’ve got something close to Heady Topper.

Here’s my take, note I couldn’t find the Pearl malt in large enough quantities, so I’m using Marris Otter.