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Hop Mothra IPA by Jim Nielsen (All Grain Kit)

Hop Mothra IPA by Jim Nielsen (All Grain Kit)

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Description

If you have a monstrous craving for intense hop flavor, you’ll need a beast of equal proportion to do battle. Enter Hop Mothra! This liquid kaiju isn’t interested in saving (or destroying) Tokyo. Her only motive is to slake your thirst and leave you yearning for more – so much so that you’d swim to Infant Island for another taste. With a nice malt backbone (err thorax?) this beast will soar over your tongue and, with a flap of her wings, send a hurricane of hop flavor to assault your taste buds.

Jim Nielsen’s Hop Mothra IPA uses 2-row for the base and a trio of crystal malts that give this beer a beautiful pale to medium amber color. Perle, Cascade, and Liberty hops lend a spicy aroma with flavors of grape fruit and citrus.

Jim began home brewing in 1994, but it wasn’t until the Great American Beer Festival of ‘98 that he came across a beer that would alter the course of his hobby. Grant’s Brewing Company made a batch of beer especially for the festival – Hopzilla! This beer made such an impression on Jim that he decided to take his passion for home brewing to the next level, and he began his search for a brew system that would allow him to do everything the pros can do. He helped MoreBeer! develop one of our first digitally controlled brew sculptures, and not long after he had brewed his own version of Hopzilla that he (unsurprisingly) enjoyed more than the original – HOP MOTHRA! Raise a glass to Jim, and give thanks for this monster of an IPA.

  • Makes 5 gallons
  • Estimated Original Gravity: 1.066-71
  • SRM (Color Range): 11-14
  • IBUs: 55
  • Estimated Alcohol Percentage: 6.5%

 

Our recipe kits DO NOT include grain bags, yeast or priming sugar. To find our yeast recommendations, choose your preferred kit option above and then select the drop-down menu under “Yeast Options”.  For more info, click on the recommended yeast(s) below in the “You Might Also Need” section below. All grains will come milled, unless you select unmilled base malts.

 
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I love hoppy beers and this sounds like its right up my ally. I might drink it in the ally.
Mike C on Nov 4, 2020
I liked the name.
Lacie L on Dec 2, 2019
I love hoppy beers and this sounds like its right up my ally. I might drink it in the ally.
Mike C on Nov 4, 2020
Description sounds like something I’d like
Gary G on May 6, 2020
I liked the name.
Lacie L on Dec 2, 2019
I love IPAs and I love the name of this kit
Andres L on Jan 25, 2019
Itching to get a home brew in. Sounded good and I liked the name
Nathan Todd on Nov 17, 2018
Description sounds like something I’d like
Gary G on May 6, 2020
I love IPAs and I love the name of this kit
Andres L on Jan 25, 2019
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Fantastic Hoppy Beer!!
I was a little hesitant to buy due to lack of reviews, but this turned out to be an awesome beer and will defiantly be a go-to to satisfy my hop cravings. I have purchased twice. First time I used IYA07 - Imperial Flagship, second time I went with WLP001 California Ale. Prefer the WLP001. Do yourself a favor when making this beer, add 2 oz of sweet orange peels to the last 10 mins of boil.
April 10, 2020
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over 3 years ago