looking for lawnmower ipa recipe

hey i been brewing for the past one year doing extract... have done hefeweizen, belgian triple, dry-hopped ipa (twice), hopweizen, and pumpkin ale.

now i am looking for a "house" beer thats light in alcohol but has the hops - aroma and all... i love IPA!!!!!

i was given this recipe... this guy call it grapefruit pale ale. he says its like 3.5 percent alcohol... should make for a great candidate to be a house beer!!! in addition to that i love grapefruit.

10 oz crytstal 10l
4 0z cara-pils

150-160 steep grain 30 minutes

3 lbs pils light
1 lbs amber

1 oz cluster
1 oz fuggles
1 0z goldings, kent

pitch american ale yeast

primary - 1 week
secondary - add 1 oz cluster

what do u think of this? will this work out to the way i want it? as am looking for a "light" dry-hopped IPA!!!! i plan on brewing a batch real soon!


markymark

 

I know if you are drinking a beer while mowing with a riding tractor you CAN get a DUI!!!!!

 

the EKGs and Fuggles are English hops and the cluster is old school english derived hop. If you were going for a west coast style IPA hop character it would use centennial, cascade, simcoe, amarillo or citra. Look at the Centennial blonde ale recipe and you can increase the hops a bit if you want. I have never made it but us is very popular and seems like what you are wanting to make.

link:
http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f66/centennial-blonde-simple-4-all-grain-5-10-gall-42841/

 

What!!! On private property?? Dosent sound right.

Regards to the OP. I would like to see a good recipe too. A session ipa.

Do ipa have to be a little higher abv to balance out the hops?? Don't know I'm new.

 

Heard Farley Mowat (Canadian Author, crazy old drunkard by most accounts) say once he ditched his ride one for a push mower because he didn't feel right with the hypocrisy of rideing a lawn mower while drinking, and he didn't want to mow the lawn without drinking either.

 

panthercity - yes good idea to go with the west coast character as thats more of what i am looking for.

so does everything else in the recipe look ok? 10 ozcrystal 10l, 4 oz cars-pils, 3 lbs pils light and 1 lb amber along with american ale yeast? or should i be changing it up a bit for a west coast ipa character? i plan on dry-hopping it too with pellets.

mark

 

Yes even on private property. If you are over the legal limit, it is illegal to operate anything other then your feet. It doesn't matter if it is a Bicycle, lawn mover, or a car. You are still getting a DUI. Whether or not you are convicted for the DUI on a bike is another question. I had a friend in College who was drunk riding his pink bike (yes it was his pink bike) get a DUI because the cop thought he stole it.