I am a big fan of snake dog ipa and wanted to make an all grain version of it for fun so i sent off an email to flying dog. here is there response, the reformulated recipe is below but i dont know how much salt or gypsum to add any ideas
Dear Glynn,
Thank you very much for writing us. It is great to hear how much you love Snake Dog and that you are attempting to homebrew it! You actually have a really close recipe. I have a few suggestions:
· Increase your caramel malt a little bit
· Increase your total grain bill or try to better your mash efficiency so that you hit closer to your target gravity (a target of 1.066 is about right)
· Collect more in the kettle and boil for 90 minutes instead of 60
· Use American Ale 1056 instead of 1272
Your hop additions look pretty good. You may want to consider mashing at a slightly higher temperature to have a higher ending gravity. Do you use gypsum or any salts in your mash or boil? If not, I recommend using a little in the mash and boil. Hopefully this helps. Please let me know if you have any other questions. I look forward to hearing back from you on how it turns out. Thanks again for writing and for supporting Flying Dog.
Cheers,
Ben Sayler
Quality Manager
Flying Dog Brewery
[email protected]
cell-xxx-xxx-xxxx
"Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube." -Hunter S. Thompson
Message Body:
I just wanted to drop you a line and tell you how much i love your snake dog ipa. I been an avid home brewer since 1993 and would love to brew something similar to it. now I don't expect you to give me your exact recipe but if you could look at my recipe for it and give me some suggestion/direction i would be very appreciative
Snake Dog ipa
American IPA
Type: All Grain Date: 6/30/2012
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.50 gal Brewer:
Boil Size: 7.00 gal Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 90 min Equipment: Pot and Cooler (10 Gal/37.8 L) - All Grain
End of Boil Volume 5.30 gal Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Final Bottling Volume: 4.75 gal Est Mash Efficiency 85.1 %
Fermentation: Ale, Two Stage Taste Rating(out of 50): 30.0
Taste Notes:
Ingredients
Ingredients
Amt Name Type # %/IBU
13 lbs Rahr Pale Malt 2 row (1.8 SRM) Grain 1 94.5 %
12.0 oz Cargill Caramel - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 2 5.5 %
0.75 oz Warrior [15.00 %] - First Wort 90.0 min Hop 3 31.7 IBUs
1.00 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining 4 -
0.75 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 5 13.7 IBUs
0.75 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 6 10.0 IBUs
0.75 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 7 5.5 IBUs
1.0 pkg American Ale (Wyeast Labs #1056) [124.21 ml] Yeast 8 -
2.00 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days Hop 9 0.0 IBUs
Beer Profile
Est Original Gravity: 1.066 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.011 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 7.2 %
Bitterness: 60.9 IBUs Calories: 151.6 kcal/12oz
Est Color: 7.5 SRM
Mash Profile
Mash Name: Single Infusion, Light Body, Batch Sparge Total Grain Weight: 13 lbs 12.0 oz
Sparge Water: 4.35 gal Grain Temperature: 72.0 F
Sparge Temperature: 168.0 F Tun Temperature: 72.0 F
Adjust Temp for Equipment: FALSE Mash PH: 5.20
Mash Steps
Name Description Step Temperature Step Time
Mash In Add 17.19 qt of water at 159.1 F 148.0 F 75 min
Sparge Step: Batch sparge with 2 steps (Drain mash tun, , 4.35gal) of 168.0 F water
Mash Notes: Simple single infusion mash for use with most modern well modified grains (about 95% of the time).
Dear Glynn,
Thank you very much for writing us. It is great to hear how much you love Snake Dog and that you are attempting to homebrew it! You actually have a really close recipe. I have a few suggestions:
· Increase your caramel malt a little bit
· Increase your total grain bill or try to better your mash efficiency so that you hit closer to your target gravity (a target of 1.066 is about right)
· Collect more in the kettle and boil for 90 minutes instead of 60
· Use American Ale 1056 instead of 1272
Your hop additions look pretty good. You may want to consider mashing at a slightly higher temperature to have a higher ending gravity. Do you use gypsum or any salts in your mash or boil? If not, I recommend using a little in the mash and boil. Hopefully this helps. Please let me know if you have any other questions. I look forward to hearing back from you on how it turns out. Thanks again for writing and for supporting Flying Dog.
Cheers,
Ben Sayler
Quality Manager
Flying Dog Brewery
[email protected]
cell-xxx-xxx-xxxx
"Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube." -Hunter S. Thompson
Message Body:
I just wanted to drop you a line and tell you how much i love your snake dog ipa. I been an avid home brewer since 1993 and would love to brew something similar to it. now I don't expect you to give me your exact recipe but if you could look at my recipe for it and give me some suggestion/direction i would be very appreciative
Snake Dog ipa
American IPA
Type: All Grain Date: 6/30/2012
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.50 gal Brewer:
Boil Size: 7.00 gal Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 90 min Equipment: Pot and Cooler (10 Gal/37.8 L) - All Grain
End of Boil Volume 5.30 gal Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Final Bottling Volume: 4.75 gal Est Mash Efficiency 85.1 %
Fermentation: Ale, Two Stage Taste Rating(out of 50): 30.0
Taste Notes:
Ingredients
Ingredients
Amt Name Type # %/IBU
13 lbs Rahr Pale Malt 2 row (1.8 SRM) Grain 1 94.5 %
12.0 oz Cargill Caramel - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 2 5.5 %
0.75 oz Warrior [15.00 %] - First Wort 90.0 min Hop 3 31.7 IBUs
1.00 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining 4 -
0.75 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 5 13.7 IBUs
0.75 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 6 10.0 IBUs
0.75 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 7 5.5 IBUs
1.0 pkg American Ale (Wyeast Labs #1056) [124.21 ml] Yeast 8 -
2.00 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days Hop 9 0.0 IBUs
Beer Profile
Est Original Gravity: 1.066 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.011 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 7.2 %
Bitterness: 60.9 IBUs Calories: 151.6 kcal/12oz
Est Color: 7.5 SRM
Mash Profile
Mash Name: Single Infusion, Light Body, Batch Sparge Total Grain Weight: 13 lbs 12.0 oz
Sparge Water: 4.35 gal Grain Temperature: 72.0 F
Sparge Temperature: 168.0 F Tun Temperature: 72.0 F
Adjust Temp for Equipment: FALSE Mash PH: 5.20
Mash Steps
Name Description Step Temperature Step Time
Mash In Add 17.19 qt of water at 159.1 F 148.0 F 75 min
Sparge Step: Batch sparge with 2 steps (Drain mash tun, , 4.35gal) of 168.0 F water
Mash Notes: Simple single infusion mash for use with most modern well modified grains (about 95% of the time).
