I’ve had bad luck with all the IPA variations I’ve tried so far, so I wanted to take a shot at building my own recipe. I looked at some pale ale recipes that looked good, and then bumped up the grain and hops to push this into the IPA style. I started peppering in whatever leftover grains I had on hand (Victory, CaraMunich II, and Caramel 40L) and made due with the hops leftover from previous batches (Centennial, Citra, Falconer’s Flight, Cascade, and Columbus). I used a British Ale yeast strain (WLP005) which I already had a starter going for.
Since my main hop additions were Falconer’s Flight, I was hoping this would really highlight that hop, but it really didn’t. The British yeast took forever to flocculate, so during the peak freshness of the beer, it had a pretty severe yeast haze. I wouldn’t use this yeast again for that reason alone.
The name comes from my obsession with IPAs. I also hope it will be a mainstay of the brewery, so inserting the brewery’s name seemed like a good idea.
Overall, I really like this beer, and will be brewing it again switching the WLP005 for the WLP001, and also lessening the first hop addition to lower the overall bitterness. I also want to change the base malt from German Pilsener to 50% 2-row, and 50% Munich to give it some more body.
Brew Date: November 22, 2012
Kegged On: December 9, 2012
O.G.: 1.053
F.G.: 1.017
ABV: 4.7%
Recipe Details
Batch Size | Boil Time | IBU | SRM | Est. OG | Est. FG | ABV |
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5 gal | 90 min | 46.983330 | 8.960578 | 1.060 | 1.014 | 6.193746 |
Fermentables
Name | Amount | % |
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German Pilsner Malt | 7 lbs | 57.14 |
German Munich Malt | 4 lbs | 32.65 |
US Victory Malt | 12 oz | 6.12 |
US Caramel 40L Malt | 8 oz | 4.08 |
Hops
Name | Amount | Time | Use | Form | Alpha % |
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US Zythos | 0.5 oz | 90 min | Boil | Pellet | 10.9 |
US Simcoe | 0.5 oz | 20 min | Boil | Pellet | 13 |
US Mosaic | 0.5 oz | 10 min | Boil | Pellet | 11.6 |
Japan Sorachi Ace | 0.5 oz | 10 min | Boil | Pellet | 12.6 |
US Simcoe | 0.5 oz | 1 min | Boil | Pellet | 13 |
US Mosaic | 0.5 oz | 1 min | Boil | Pellet | 11.6 |
Japan Sorachi Ace | 0.5 oz | 0 min | Boil | Pellet | 12.6 |
US Amarillo | 1 oz | 0 min | Dry Hop | Pellet | 9.2 |
US Columbus(Tomahawk) | 1 oz | 0 min | Dry Hop | Pellet | 15.5 |
US Simcoe | 1 oz | 0 min | Dry Hop | Pellet | 13 |
Miscs
Name | Amount | Time | Use | Type |
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Irish Moss | 0.07 oz | 15 min | Boil | Other |
Yeast
Name | Lab | Attenuation | Temperature |
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White Labs WLP001-California Ale | | 77% | 32°F – 32°F |
Mash
Step | Temperature | Time |
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Rest at | 154.4°F | 60 min |
Fermentation
Step | Time | Temperature |
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Aging | 0 days | 32°F |