Summit Horizon Red IPA

[tnnsstud12]

I came up with this recipe as a close clone for Summit's Horizon Red Ale. If you have had it let me know if you think this is close for a recipe you would use. Check out their beer specs on the site for more info. www.summitbrewing.com If you haven't had it, it's a hoppy but not too in your face IPA with a dark ruby color. The hops are pronounced but not over the top and it's balanced by a caramel malty taste. Let me know what you think if I can come close with this.


% LB OZ Malt or Fermentable ppg °L
34% 3 0 American Two-row Pale info 37 1
34% 3 0 Caramel/Crystal Malt - 10L info 35 10
23% 2 0 Carared info 35 20
6% 0 8 White Wheat Malt info 40 2
3% 0 4 Black Patent Malt info 27 550
8 12
Batch size: 5.0 gallons


Original Gravity
1.055
(1.049 to 1.058)
Final Gravity
1.013
(1.011 to 1.013)
Color
19° SRM
(Light Brown to Medium Brown)
Mash Efficiency
75%

hops
use time oz variety form aa
Boil 60 mins 1.0 Horizon info leaf 12.0
Boil 30 mins 2.0 Amarillo info leaf 7.0
Boil 30 mins 1.0 Cascade info leaf 5.5
Boil 15 mins 0.5 Summit info leaf 18.0

Bitterness
12.0 HBU
66.4 IBU
ƒ: Average
BU:GU
1.20

 

[permo]

I certainly think this brew is dry hopped: Here is what I came up with using your recipe as a template, I think using caramel 10 like a base malt might be a little much but I am not sure. :


Amount Item Type % or IBU
9.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 76.27 %
1.00 lb Carared (20.0 SRM) Grain 8.47 %
1.00 lb White Wheat Malt (2.4 SRM) Grain 8.47 %
0.50 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 30L (30.0 SRM) Grain 4.24 %
0.30 lb Black (Patent) Malt (500.0 SRM) Grain 2.54 %
0.50 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (60 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops 10.4 IBU
0.50 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (60 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops 16.1 IBU
0.50 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (Dry Hop 3 days) Hops -
0.50 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (Dry Hop 3 days) Hops -
0.50 oz Horizon [12.00 %] (30 min) Hops 15.9 IBU
0.50 oz Summit [17.00 %] (20 min) Hops 17.8 IBU
0.50 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (10 min) Hops 3.4 IBU
0.50 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (5 min) Hops 2.9 IBU



Est Original Gravity: 1.060 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.015 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.77 %
Bitterness: 66.6 IBU
Est Color: 19.1 SRM

 

[KaceMN]

Sorry to revive this old thread...just wondering if either of you (or anyone for that matter) has brewed either of these recipes. I'm thinking of taking a crack at it to see if it's close to Horizon Red. What a great beer!! Summit's best, hands down!

 

[tnnsstud12]

Kace,
I have reformulated both of these recipes and brewed it back in October. It turned out really well. I have since tweaked it some more and plan on brewing it again in a month or so. I will give you the latest version which I think should bring it really close to Summit's Version

malt & fermentables
% LB OZ MALT OR FERMENTABLE PPG °L
74% 8 0 American Two-row Pale 37 1 ~
9% 1 0 American White Wheat 39 2 ~
9% 1 0 American Crystal 80L 33 80 ~
7% 0 12 Carared 35 20 ~
1% 0 2 Black (Patent) Malt 25 500 ~
Total 10 14

Batch size: 5.5 gallons
Original Gravity
1.052 / 12.9° Plato
(1.047 to 1.055)

Final Gravity
1.013 / 3.3° Plato
(1.011 to 1.013)

Color
16° SRM / 31° SRM
(Light Brown to Medium Brown)

Mash Efficiency
72%

hops
USE TIME OZ VARIETY FORM AA
first wort 60+ mins 1.0 Cascade pellet 5.0
first wort 60+ mins 0.5 Amarillo Gold pellet 7.2
boil 50 mins 0.5 Columbus (Tomahawk) pellet 12.4
boil 30 mins 0.5 Columbus (Tomahawk) pellet 12.4
boil 5 mins 0.5 Centennial pellet 8.8
boil 1 min 0.5 Amarillo Gold pellet 7.2
post-boil 30 mins 0.5 Centennial pellet 8.8
dry hop 7 days 2.0 Cascade pellet 5.4

Boil: 6.0 avg gallons for 60 minutes

Bitterness
72.0 IBU / 15 HBU
ƒ: Tinseth

BU:GU
1.37

I used Nottingham Dry Yeast because I feel like Summit's house yeast is closer to an English Yeast than something like American Ale yeast. This gives it a little more fruity taste. You could probably use Wyeast 1272 or WLP051 too which would give pretty good clone. I fermented at 65 with it. Let me know how it turns out if you try it. Maybe together we can get it perfect. It is a fantastic beer.

 

[KaceMN]

Thanks for the update! Horizon Red with no Horizon hops? What made you decide against the original hop lineup?

 

[ztanner25]

Where did you manage to get your hands on Summit hops? I havn't been able to find any!

 

[tnnsstud12]

I left out Horizon and Summit because my LHBS did not carry them when I first brewed it so I substituted. Maybe this next time I will have to order some and tweak it a bit to include them.