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Hop Mothra IPA by Jim Nielsen | 5 Gallon Beer Recipe Kit | Extract

Hop Mothra IPA by Jim Nielsen | 5 Gallon Beer Recipe Kit | Extract

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Description

  • Our Signature Series kits offer a selection of crazy, unique beers developed by MoreBeer! customers, associates, and homebrewing legends!
  • Beautifully pale to medium amber color in the glass with a spicy aroma and flavors of grape fruit and citrus
  • Includes Perle, Cascade, and Liberty hops
  • Estimated ABV: 6.5%
  • Estimated IBUs: 55
  • Makes 5 gallons of finished beer

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 10 lbs of Ultralight Malt Extract, 1 pound of Light DME, 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 included steeping grains will come milled.

 
Liquid Malt Extract (LME) vs. Dried Malt Extract (DME)
MoreBeer! recipe kits are offered in both Liquid Malt Extract and Dry Malt Extract so that our customers can choose the format that best suits their needs and brewing style. LME is a viscous liquid, similar in consistency to maple syrup. In addition to being the more affordable option, many brewers find LME easier to handle than dry extract. DME is more condensed and comes in a powder format that is similar to baking flour. Although it’s a little more costly, DME is naturally lighter in color and stays fresher for longer. We highly recommend DME when brewing light colored beers.
 
 

 

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looked cool
Michael M on Jul 9, 2022
Sounded good!
Jestin S on Nov 29, 2020
looked cool
Michael M on Jul 9, 2022
I wanted to something new
Eric M on Mar 24, 2021
Sounded good!
Jestin S on Nov 29, 2020
I love Mothra, and I love IPAs, so HAD to!
Richard Van E on May 14, 2020
sounds good!
Kevin R. O on May 5, 2020
Sounded good
Jason K on Apr 10, 2020
I love hops!
Andy H on Sep 9, 2019
Just for fun.
Gary S on Apr 3, 2019
I want to do a Hopzilla clone
Jonathan B on Dec 27, 2018
I wanted to something new
Eric M on Mar 24, 2021
I love Mothra, and I love IPAs, so HAD to!
Richard Van E on May 14, 2020
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Rated 5 out of 5
Not my favorite
I brewed this once. I don't really have any desire to brew it again. There isn't anything bad about it but it doesn't fit into the category of beers that I drink.
May 3, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5
Great Beer
This is only my second brew. I followed the recipe and then dry hopped with four ounces of whole Williamette hops for about two weeks. I am absolutely in love with this beer. I would like to do it 3, 4, 500 more times and experiment with it to dial it in some more to my tastes. Great recipe; I am a self diagnosed hop head and this beer, while slightly lacking in bitterness for my tastes, kicks butt. I will be brewing this one again soon.
January 30, 2013