Walker's IPA

**Yooper** · 01-17-2007, 08:54 PM

I bottled my "Walker's IPA" today. Wow- even uncarbonated it's GOOD! This is going to be a great beer. I ended up dryhopping with about 1 1/4 ounce of cascade leaf hops for 8 or 9 days. This ones going to go fast!

I'm getting a pretty diverse selection around here and I'm proud of it. Tonight, I'll have a beer and have a selection of English pale ales, ESBs, amber ales, brown ales, etc. to choose from. I love this hobby!

Lorena

zoebisch01 · 01-17-2007, 08:56 PM

cool deal. Sounds like fun, aint it grand?

**the_bird** · 01-17-2007, 08:57 PM

I'm going to chime in again - that's one awesome beer. Walker, you're the man, that beer kicks so much ass. I just made a pale ale over the weekend with the same Northern Brewer / Cascade combo, albeit only at the 35 IBU level.

Of course, *my* latest IPA was pretty MFT at bottling, as well....

RoaringBrewer · 01-17-2007, 10:49 PM

lor -

You mind posting up the recipe or a link to it? I've been around a few months and browse often, but never seen this so called "Walker's IPA" posted anywhere...

I'm 10 batches deep now and haven't done an IPA, so its about time.

**Yooper** · 01-17-2007, 10:58 PM

I "stole" it from Walker's signature- here it is- With credit to walker-san!

Walker’s Kaduva IPA
Grains 1.5 lb American Crystal 10°L Malt Extracts/Sugars
8 lbs Briess Extra Light DME Hops
(see note below about this hop schedule)
0.75 oz Chinook (12.8%) @ 60 minutes
0.28 oz Cascade (5.8%) @ 30 minutes
0.28 oz Norther Brewer (7%) @ 30 minutes
0.28 oz Cascade (5.8%) @ 25 minutes
0.28 oz Norther Brewer (7%) @ 25 minutes
0.28 oz Cascade (5.8%) @ 20 minutes
0.28 oz Norther Brewer (7%) @ 20 minutes
0.28 oz Cascade (5.8%) @ 15 minutes
0.28 oz Norther Brewer (7%) @ 15 minutes
0.28 oz Cascade (5.8%) @ 10 minutes
0.28 oz Norther Brewer (7%) @ 10 minutes
0.28 oz Cascade (5.8%) @ 5 minutes
0.28 oz Norther Brewer (7%) @ 5 minutes
0.28 oz Cascade (5.8%) @ flame-out
0.28 oz Norther Brewer (7%) @ flame-out
1.00 oz Cascade - dry hop for 10 days prior to bottling.
Note: for the flavor/aroma hop additions, I take 2 oz of Cascades and 2 oz of Northern Brewer and mix it all together in a big salad bowl. Then I divide the mixture into 7 equal parts. Starting at 30 minutes, and ever 5 minutes thereafter, I add one of the portions to the boil. The final portion is added at the end of the boil when the heat is finally turned off.
Misc
1 tsp Irish Moss added with 20 minutes left in the boil
Yeast
Wyeast 1056 - American Ale
Priming
1.25 cups DME in cups water. Boiled for 10 minutes.

I followed this exactly, except that I bought the correct AAUs of cascade for the bittering ( I don't think I'm man enough for chinook- too harsh to me), and I dryhopped with 1 1/4 ounce cascade (because that's what my friend had in her freezer!) And primed with priming sugar, not DME.

I hope you make this. I haven't even had one yet, and I know it's awesome. I think I'll do an AG version of this in the summer.
Lorena

RoaringBrewer · 01-17-2007, 11:31 PM

Looks great!!

Just one question; are those hop additions assuming a full 5 gallon boil? Always good info to have considering hop utilization. If so, looks like i'll be breaking out the turkey frier and suffering through the cold soon.

RoaringBrewer · 01-17-2007, 11:43 PM

I'm guessing it is based on a full boil... 65ish IBU with full boil based on my BeerSmith calc of the recipe. Would be much less with only a partial boil.

**Baron von BeeGee** · 01-17-2007, 11:52 PM

I'm pretty sure it's based on a partial boil since that's what Walker was doing before converting to AG.

It is a great IPA, that's for sure.

**the_bird** · 01-17-2007, 11:59 PM

I did mine as a 3 gallom boil (or maybe 2.5), and it was great.

**Walker** · 01-18-2007, 12:05 AM

Yup. Partial boil. I used about 3 or 3.5 gallons of water.

-walker