Fruit IPA?

[Cavebrewer]

I was at my local homebrew store yesterday and got a really good deal on a 33lb jug of light LME. My plan is to make 3 separate 5 gallon IPA batches with 11lbs each. I want all 3 to be slightly different, so I'm thinking of maybe adding fruit of some kind. I've seen quite a few IPAs that use mango, but I'm wondering what else I could try. Any suggestions?

Recipe has 11lbs of light LME, 6oz of Falconer's Flight hops, and 1lb of crystal 60l steeping grains.

 

[Nosybear]

The first thing that comes to mind is citrus. Lemon or grapefruit would seem nice, especially since Citra hops, very grapefruity, are sometimes used to dry-hop. Given the bitterness, I'd think it would be hard not to get a vaguely poisonous tasting blend with fruit, particularly if the fruit ferments.

 

[Ozarks Mountain Brewery]

first most people are adding fruit peels not the actual fruit
grab a neutral type of beer, add some fruit stir and let it set for 3 hours, try 3 or 4

this can only be added to a secondary for flavor because all fruit ferments like crazy

 

[MrBIP]

I think I'd skip on adding fruit and just try a few different hop combinations.
Citrus, Pine, Tropical, Herbal, Spicey

 

[Cavebrewer]

I think I'd skip on adding fruit and just try a few different hop combinations.
Citrus, Pine, Tropical, Herbal, Spicey

I think I might skip the fruit. I want to experiment with adding the malt at different times in the boil. Every other brew I've done has been all malt in the beginning so I want to try some late additions and see how the batches change.

As for the hops, I've heard a lot of good things about the Falconer's Flight IPA, and I save a lot of money if I just buy it by the pound. These 15 gallons of beer are going to end up costing just under $15 a case, which is hard to beat for an 8% IPA.

 

[Nosybear]

You might still try some fruit peels - citrus in particular can be nice in beers. Wits use orange and coriander, for example, and I've tried some nice lemon wheats.

 

[7 Slot Brewing]

Maybe try different yeasts in all of them as well to mix it up and bring out different flavors.

 

[Cavebrewer]

I washed the yeast from my last batch (1st time trying it) so maybe I'll try washed yeast in 1, dry yeast in another, and buy a new liquid yeast in the 3rd. Maybe I'll throw some orange peels into 1 or 2 of them too, what's the worst that could happen?