2nd all grain - Ranger IPA clone???

I am going to brew this one up on tuesday and I just wanted to get a check out on the recipe. I found a couple different ones online and I kind of changed them/ will change them to fit. Here is my recipe. What do you guys think. Using hopville:


9 lbs 2 row
2 lbs Cane sugar
4 oz crystal/carmel 120

5 gallon batch
7.5 gallon starting water BIAB
Mash with 4 gallons, sparge with 3.5.
assumed 72% effeciency (thats what I got last time).
Plan to mash at 152 for 60 to 75 minutes.
60 minute boil
US 05 my go to yeast

1.067 to 10.018 (I'm thinking it will ferment drier)

HOPS - I plan on adjusting when I get them depending on their AA. Shooting for 70 IBU's

1 0z Chinook @ 60 min 11AA
.75 oz simcoe @ 30 min 12 AA
.75 cascade @ 15 min 5.5 AA
.15 cascade @ 1 min 5.5 AA
1 oz cascade Dry hopped 7 to 10 days.

total IBU's = 69.3
BU:GU = 1.04
6.5 % alcohol
6 SRM

My first IPA too. Seams pretty straight forward.
What do you guys think?

Looks good. I don't really think you need to mash for 60-75 Minutes, you can save yourself time if you want to. Also may consider moving the .75 of cascade from 15 to 10. I have heard that will give you some better aromatics.

Cool. Yeah I'll probably start checking with Iodine around 45 min. I'll probably at least let it go an hour as I am still trying to time the sparge water correctly. Will this go quicker because it is mostly just base malt? Good thought on the 10 minute cascade addition. thanks.

I think two pounds of sugar is too much. I'd probably do that beer as an all-malt beer, or at least cut the sugar WAY down.

Yooper - Yeah I am skeptical about the sugar. I know the beer does have a dry finish and lacks a little in the maltyness. But almost all the recipes that I could find used sugar varying from 20 percent to 10 percent. I was thinking of maybe backing it down to about 1 lb. One recipe I ran across also had 1 lb of biscuit? Maybe I should sub that out for a lb of sugar?

Yooper said:

I think two pounds of sugar is too much. I'd probably do that beer as an all-malt beer, or at least cut the sugar WAY down.

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Agree completely. You don't need to add sugar - just up the malt bill. If you must add sugar, then keep it at 1 lb.

I would make better use of that simcoe too. 30 min seems like a waste, I'd want it at the end.

Now you guys have me re-working it. Maybe no sugar now and add another hit of simcoe in with the cascade at 10 min. either way I'm sure it will be a good IPA.

haha, thats what you get for asking, I think you're right, it''ll be some good beer in the end.

I made this exact recipe, as it was the one the brewer gave in BYO. Just kegged it on the weekend, and it's REALLY light. The 3oz. of c120 seemed to do nothing, but it's been a while since I've had Ranger, and can't remember the color.

It's all Grapefruit right now, so hopefully that will mellow out. The sugar really dried it out down to 1.009 from 1.060.

Did anyone finally get to sample this recipe or at least an outcome?
I am trying to create my own Ranger IPA hybrid but the sugar i thought was a weird addition. So I'm just wondering to you guys who kegged it already, how it came out?

I made this recipe as per the BYO recipe. As long as you are fermenting on the cool side (fermented @ 64*), the sugar does not leave any off taste; it just finishes a little dryer. I added 3lbs sugar for an 11 gallon batch. I tasted Ranger and my clone side by side, and they were very close. Same color, same malt flavor, the Ranger seemed hoppier though. The recipe I used:

Amount Item Type % or IBU
19.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 84.82 %
0.40 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (120.0 SRM) Grain 1.79 %
1.00 oz Galena [13.80 %] (60 min) Hops 20.8 IBU
1.00 oz Chinook [11.00 %] (60 min) Hops 16.6 IBU
3.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (Dry Hop 7 days) Hops -
1.50 oz Simcoe [12.20 %] (30 min) Hops 21.2 IBU
1.50 oz Cascade [6.90 %] (15 min) Hops 7.7 IBU
1.50 oz Cascade [6.90 %] (0 min) Hops -
1.00 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
11.00 gm Calcium Chloride (Boil 60.0 min) Misc
11.00 gm Calcium Chloride (Mash 60.0 min) Misc
3.00 lb Cane (Beet) Sugar (0.0 SRM) Sugar 13.39 %
1 Pkgs Denny's Favorite 50 (Wyeast Labs #1450) [SYeast-Ale
1 Pkgs SafAle American Ale (DCL Yeast #US-05) Yeast-Ale

I actually re-brewed this; it is still in the fermentor though. The new recipe:

Amount Item Type % or IBU
20.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 86.02 %
0.75 lb Victory Malt (25.0 SRM) Grain 3.23 %
0.50 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (120.0 SRM) Grain 2.15 %
1.00 oz Nugget [13.00 %] (60 min) Hops 19.7 IBU
1.00 oz Nugget [14.30 %] (60 min) Hops 21.6 IBU
2.00 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (Dry Hop 7 days) Hops -
1.00 oz Simcoe [12.20 %] (Dry Hop 7 days) Hops -
1.50 oz Simcoe [12.20 %] (20 min) Hops 16.8 IBU
0.50 oz Amarillo Gold [9.30 %] (15 min) Hops 3.5 IBU
0.50 oz Cascade [6.90 %] (10 min) Hops 1.9 IBU
0.50 oz Cascade [6.90 %] (5 min) Hops 1.0 IBU
1.50 oz Cascade [6.90 %] (0 min) Hops -
1.00 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
1.00 tsp Yeast Nutrient (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
11.00 gm Calcium Chloride (Mash 60.0 min) Misc
11.00 gm Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Boil 60.0 min) Misc
2.00 lb Cane (Beet) Sugar (0.0 SRM) Sugar 8.60 %
1 Pkgs SafAle English Ale (DCL Yeast #S-04) Yeast-Ale
1 Pkgs Safale -05 (Fermentis #S-05) Yeast-Ale

It's been a while, but I do remember this beer being pretty good, maybe a little thin.... From what I can remember I used 1 lbs of sugar and upped the 2 row to compensate. I used us05 and fermented in the high 60's. Turned out fine.

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Has anyone redone this Clone? I am a fan of the Ranger and am thinking of giving it a go.

One comment I would have is that I think the there is more hop needed late in the boil for aroma, very late, maybe at flame out, the aroma on the Rangers I have had, and currently have in my hand are very nice.

Any input would be appreciated.

Cheers