60-Minute Tamarindia Ale

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DromJohn

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OG=?, 1.064ish
FG=?, 1.019isf
IBU=?, 60ish SRM=?, 6ish ABV=?, 5.8%ish

1.5lbs Organic Brewers 2-row
0.5 lb Maris Otter
3 lb Light DME (60 minutes)
1 lb Amber DME (60 minutes)
0.75 oz Northern Brewer (60-35 minutes)
0.25 oz Simcoe [whole leaf] (35-25 minutes)
0.75 oz Palisade (25-0 minutes)
2 lb Amber LME (15 minutes)
14 oz Tamarind concentrate (15 minutes)
1 tsp Irish Moss (15 minutes
0.25 oz Palisade (whirlpool)
0.5 oz Mt. Hood (whirlpool)
1 oz Cascade (dry hop)
0.5 oz Kent Golding (dry hop)
White Labs British Ale WLP005 (yeast starter)

Mash 152 degrees
Fermentation temp 74

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A variation of BYO Dogfish Head 60-minute IPA.
Substituted best guess replacements for grain. SWMBO likes organic.
Rounded amounts to half pounds and quarter ounces.
Substituted: 14oz of Tamarind concentrate for 14oz Amber LME;
Substituted: leftover hops.

The ished readings are from BYO.
I don't use software, and haven't taken the hydrometer out of the original packaging. Two strikes.

Third strike: mash rose to 160, slowly dropped to 150, then repeated. First brew at new house, and I'm disappointed with the electric range.

This is my first variation to a kit or recipe.

Best tasting wort to date. I'm a regular tamarind drinker, often taking Jumex for work lunches.
 
Drinkable, but the hops are a strange mix (not surprisingly) and the tamarind is there as a hint. I've had worse commercial IPAs.
Next time I'd use 150-200% of the tamarind (less equal amount of LME), hope for a better mix of leftover hops, and reduce the hops by 1/4 oz, (or go the proper Warrior, Simcoe, Palisade combo, with maybe 1/4 oz less Warrior).
 
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