user 22118
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- Joined
- Jul 4, 2008
- Messages
- 2,023
- Reaction score
- 13
- Recipe Type
- All Grain
- Yeast
- US-05
- Yeast Starter
- no
- Additional Yeast or Yeast Starter
- no
- Batch Size (Gallons)
- 11
- Original Gravity
- 1.078
- Final Gravity
- 1.020
- Boiling Time (Minutes)
- 90
- IBU
- 50
- Color
- 12
- Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
- 14
- Tasting Notes
- Malty, Hoppy Aroma, Perfect Bitterness
So I set about to make an IPA that was hoppy enough for my friends and balanced enough for me. I like both of the Pliny IPA's by Russian River. I love their Younger when it comes out, but didn't follow either recipe at all (I don't know of one that really exists to match the taste precisely), so really this isn't a Pliny at all. It is the closest thing to their style that I have ever tasted though (since they are just down the street ). Really, I would call this a poor mans Pliny at around $50 for 5 Gallons, rather than the $100+ I see elsewhere.
I used a total of 10.5oz of hops (for 10gal) and think that I could get that down a smidgen more in order to keep the hops at less than $50. I also might see adding (for those of you that like to) about another two oz of Cascade at flameout or hopback for even more hop aroma. I don't really like my IPA overly bitter, so I set about creating enough bitterness to let you know it was an IPA, but really have all of the Hops go into the Aroma production.
After posting how this beer made a tear come to my eye and getting some responses, I decided to post the recipe official. Let me know what you think. Lastly is that the IBU's don't take the DH into consideration. So I have been told by a brewer friend that he counts the DH addition somehow and that is why I am only putting this guy at 50 IBU. Trust me though, there is enough bitter in this guy for even the most staunch IPA HopHead.
OG 1.070 / FG 1.020 / IBU 50 / SRM 12
11 Gallon Batch
13 Gallon Boil
Used the fan technique to help with boil off
Malts
22 lbs Golden Promise (British Two Row)
4 lbs Victory
1 lb Rye
1 lb Crystal 60L
Hops
2oz Chinook 11.8%AA (60 min)
1oz Cascade 5.7%AA (60 min)
3oz Cascade 5.7%AA (5 min)
1oz Irish Moss (15 min)
2oz Cascade 5.7%AA (Dry Hopped after 5 Days for 7 Days)
2.5oz Centennial 9.7%AA (Dry Hopped after 5 days for 7 days)
EDIT: Should you want to, you can up the base IBU's to closer to 60, however this amount of dry hopping really makes the beer be both malty and super aromatically hop driven. Also, you can always attempt to get 1.075 by adding two more lbs of base malt.
Mashed at 157 for an hour, sparged with 167* water, boiled 90 min, pitched at 78* with two packets of US-05.
Fermented at 63* for five days, added pellets directly into the primary fermenter and swirled gently to get them wet. Fermented another 10 Days and then racked into keg.
This beer is so freaking good. There is no other way to put it. Everyone that I tasted on this was a happy camper and had another pint. Even SWMBO liked it and she doesn't like IPA at all. It is a beast with Hop aroma and just flies out of the glass even before you see it. When you taste it, there is a nice malty/bitter balance that plays well off itself. Just watch out, I got 1.078 at 7.5% this is an easy beer to drink too many of
3/24/09 - I just brewed up a second version of this using only Chinook in the bittering to 50 IBU and no Cascade at 5min. Mashed at 153 and it came out at just 1.080, I will dry hop on the 29th with Chinook, Centennial and Cascade. I tweaked the malts a bit to get it a little lighter at 9 SRM instead of 12. Going to aim for lighter still next time, perhaps with some Crystal 20L instead of the 40L I used for v.2. I will keep you informed on v.2
3/29/09 - Dry hopped v.2 with half ounce of Chinook, half ounce of Centennial and an ounce of Cascade. It attenuated lower than v.1 and has a more balanced perception prior to the dry hopping. I think that it might end up a little thinner, but that can be fixed with a touch more rye or flaked something.
4/3/09 - v.2 is kegged. It is really nice and piney, crisp and well attenuated. Came in at...8.9% abv with FG 1.013 Will let you know when carbonated.
I used a total of 10.5oz of hops (for 10gal) and think that I could get that down a smidgen more in order to keep the hops at less than $50. I also might see adding (for those of you that like to) about another two oz of Cascade at flameout or hopback for even more hop aroma. I don't really like my IPA overly bitter, so I set about creating enough bitterness to let you know it was an IPA, but really have all of the Hops go into the Aroma production.
After posting how this beer made a tear come to my eye and getting some responses, I decided to post the recipe official. Let me know what you think. Lastly is that the IBU's don't take the DH into consideration. So I have been told by a brewer friend that he counts the DH addition somehow and that is why I am only putting this guy at 50 IBU. Trust me though, there is enough bitter in this guy for even the most staunch IPA HopHead.
OG 1.070 / FG 1.020 / IBU 50 / SRM 12
11 Gallon Batch
13 Gallon Boil
Used the fan technique to help with boil off
Malts
22 lbs Golden Promise (British Two Row)
4 lbs Victory
1 lb Rye
1 lb Crystal 60L
Hops
2oz Chinook 11.8%AA (60 min)
1oz Cascade 5.7%AA (60 min)
3oz Cascade 5.7%AA (5 min)
1oz Irish Moss (15 min)
2oz Cascade 5.7%AA (Dry Hopped after 5 Days for 7 Days)
2.5oz Centennial 9.7%AA (Dry Hopped after 5 days for 7 days)
EDIT: Should you want to, you can up the base IBU's to closer to 60, however this amount of dry hopping really makes the beer be both malty and super aromatically hop driven. Also, you can always attempt to get 1.075 by adding two more lbs of base malt.
Mashed at 157 for an hour, sparged with 167* water, boiled 90 min, pitched at 78* with two packets of US-05.
Fermented at 63* for five days, added pellets directly into the primary fermenter and swirled gently to get them wet. Fermented another 10 Days and then racked into keg.
This beer is so freaking good. There is no other way to put it. Everyone that I tasted on this was a happy camper and had another pint. Even SWMBO liked it and she doesn't like IPA at all. It is a beast with Hop aroma and just flies out of the glass even before you see it. When you taste it, there is a nice malty/bitter balance that plays well off itself. Just watch out, I got 1.078 at 7.5% this is an easy beer to drink too many of
3/24/09 - I just brewed up a second version of this using only Chinook in the bittering to 50 IBU and no Cascade at 5min. Mashed at 153 and it came out at just 1.080, I will dry hop on the 29th with Chinook, Centennial and Cascade. I tweaked the malts a bit to get it a little lighter at 9 SRM instead of 12. Going to aim for lighter still next time, perhaps with some Crystal 20L instead of the 40L I used for v.2. I will keep you informed on v.2
3/29/09 - Dry hopped v.2 with half ounce of Chinook, half ounce of Centennial and an ounce of Cascade. It attenuated lower than v.1 and has a more balanced perception prior to the dry hopping. I think that it might end up a little thinner, but that can be fixed with a touch more rye or flaked something.
4/3/09 - v.2 is kegged. It is really nice and piney, crisp and well attenuated. Came in at...8.9% abv with FG 1.013 Will let you know when carbonated.