partial mash IPA recipe recommendation

joe6pack · 11-25-2008, 12:13 AM

Does anyone have a good one? Not really looking for an over the top style, just a nice, easy drinking IPA.

If they use some of these ingredients I have on hand, all the better...

- 1/2 lb Caramunich II
- 1/2 oz Cascade 5.9%
- 1/2 oz Willamette 5.1%

Thanks

**nukebrewer** · 11-25-2008, 12:42 AM

Here's the recipe I used for my first IPA, which turned out great, by the way. It's called Jacksnap IPA for those interested and it's mostly my own recipe:

4.5 lbs light DME
2 lbs pale 2-row
1.5 lbs Crystal 40
2.5 oz Amarillo (7.5%) for 60 minutes
2 oz Cascade (5.5%) for 5 minutes
1.5 oz Amarillo dry hop for 10 days
Wyeast British Ale Yeast

Best of luck

joe6pack · 11-25-2008, 01:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nukebrewer

Here's the recipe I used for my first IPA, which turned out great, by the way. It's called Jacksnap IPA for those interested and it's mostly my own recipe:

4.5 lbs light DME
2 lbs pale 2-row
1.5 lbs Crystal 40
2.5 oz Amarillo (7.5%) for 60 minutes
2 oz Cascade (5.5%) for 5 minutes
1.5 oz Amarillo dry hop for 10 days
Wyeast British Ale Yeast

Best of luck

Thanks for the reply. 5 gallon batch I guess? What temp did you mash at? What was the OG/FG?

**nukebrewer** · 11-25-2008, 03:40 AM

Yes, 5 gallon batch. My target mash was 153 F, but it was on a stove top, so I went a bit high for a few minutes or so. The highest I saw was 157 F. OG was, IIRC, 1.052 and FG was about 1.014.

joe6pack · 11-25-2008, 11:02 AM

Good deal. Thanks nukebrewer.

What would you recommend as a dry yeast substitute for the Wyeast British Ale?

Also, I've never done a dry hop... do you just throw them into the secondary?

**nukebrewer** · 11-25-2008, 11:14 AM

I don't have anything for you on dry yeast as I've never used it. Perhaps another member experienced with dry yeast an point you in the right direction. As for dry hopping, you can just throw them in there, but they might not all get into the wort. I recommend using a small grain bag to put the hops in with a couple sanitized ball bearings to keep all the hops in the wort. Just make sure the grain bag is large enough to allow the wort to get a hold of all the hops, not just the ones on the outer region of the grain bag. Good luck.

Bob · 11-25-2008, 11:14 AM

Try this for your mash:

3 lbs 2-row
1/2 lb Caramunich II
1/2 lb Crystal 60L

Mash at 152F for 1 hour. Sparge to collect three gallons. Kettle gravity ought to be ~1.036. Boil with the following hops schedule:

0.5 oz Cascades @ 5.9%AA - FWH
0.5 oz Willamette @ 5.1%AA - FWH
0.5 oz Challenger @ 8%AA - 60
1 oz East Kent Goldings - Flameout

IBU = ~43

Add light DME at flameout to make gravity ~1.055 (3.5 lbs?). Ferment with an English ale yeast. I prefer dry yeasts like Nottingham or S-04.

Dry hop with 1 oz East Kent Goldings for at least a week in the bright tank. If you dry-hop with pellets, make a thick hops slurry with hot water to the consistency of cream of wheat and add that to the bright tank before racking the beer from the primary. I've never had a problem with contact using that method.

Nice, easy-drinking English IPA. Please note that I haven't actually brewed this; I'm just thinking out loud.

Good luck!

Bob

joe6pack · 11-25-2008, 12:12 PM

Thanks nuke and bob.

I bet both recipes would be great...

Bob, Is that a 90 minute boil? I'm guessing the FWH means to put those hops in when the boil first starts?

bbrim · 11-25-2008, 01:11 PM

3 lbs extra light DME
.25lbs corn sugar
3lbs American 2 row pale malt
2lbs rye malt
.75lbs carapils
.25lbs special B

1 oz Columbus hops 12.2AA (60 minutes)
.5 oz kent goldings (12 min)
.5 oz willamette (12 min)
.5 oz willamette (1 min)
.5 oz kent goldings (added to secondary)
.5 oz cascade (added to secondary)

Safale s-04 yeast

I did a protein rest at 122 for the rye(to aid in clarity) then mashed at 155.

I did 10 days in primary at 65, then 11 in secondary at 65(dry-hopped). It has been in bottles 15 days, I tried on last night. Not yet fully carbonated so I haven't seen how the aroma will end up. Awesome hop flavor with a mellow bitterness. You could sub out the carapils and Special B for 3/4 lbs crystal malt to make things simpler. I didn't have any problems with sparge, I did a batch sparge, but it might be a good idea to throw in some rice hulls to prevent a stuck sparge.

joe6pack · 11-25-2008, 01:29 PM

Thanks for the recipe bbrim.

I don't have an MLT, so I'm using a big grain bag for mashing. Otherwise I'd just go ahead and do AG.