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 |
5 gal |
90 min |
46.983330 |
8.960578 |
1.060 |
1.014 |
6.193746 |
Fermentables
Name |
Amount |
% |
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 % |
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 |
Irish Moss |
0.07 oz |
15 min |
Boil |
Other |
Yeast
Name |
Lab |
Attenuation |
Temperature |
White Labs WLP001-California Ale |
|
77% |
32°F – 32°F |
Mash
Step |
Temperature |
Time |
Rest at |
154.4°F |
60 min |
Fermentation
Step |
Time |
Temperature |
Aging |
0 days |
32°F |