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On Saturday, at Lo Rez Brewing's First Anniversary Fest, Hugh and I will be serving an IPA we made that mixes some qualities from England, Germany and the USA. If you're in Chicago, you should come and drink our beer - 21st and Carpenter, 3 - 9 pm Saturday June 9th. We'll be with other CHAOS members and also serving Steve Burkhart's Strawberry Blonde.
We're serving the IPA in a traditional English fashion - out of a pin cask. Naturally carbonated in the cask, we'll pound a spigot into it when the fest opens at 3 pm and serve it (via gravity) until its done.
Its an American-style IPA, a beer that has become kind of the iconic American artisanal beer. Dry, with a bracing bitter backbone and a prominant hop aroma and flavor, clean and easy to drink.
We used a trio of new-ish German hops which give a unique aroma and flavor profile. We've used this hop combination before in IPAs and love them. These hops are not the traditional 'noble' German hops, but have an 'American' quality to them, but they are also a little different. While they have some citrus quality, they also bring a tropical fruit, mango, strawberry, honeydew, and white wine character.
Grain Bill
Pale Malt 66%
Munich Malt (10L) 13%
Vienna Malt (4L) 13%
Wheat Malt 7%
Crystal Malt 60L 1%
Hop Schedule
1 oz Chinook (13% AA) First Wort Hopped, @ 60 minutes
1 oz Mandarina Bavaria (8%) @ 20 minutes
1 oz. Hallertau Blanc (7%) @ 10 minutes
1 oz. Huel Melon (6%) @ 10 minutes
1 oz. Hallertau Blanc @ 5 minutes
1 oz. Mandarina Bavaria @ 5 minutes
1 oz. Mandarina Bavaria dry hop in the cask
1 oz. Huel Melon dry hop in the cask
1 oz. Hallertau Blanc dry hop in the cask
Other
American Ale US-05 Yeast
Irish Moss fining
Mashed at 149 degrees F
Fermented at 65 degrees F for three weeks, cold aged for one week
Carbonated and conditioned in the cask (with three ounces of hops) for two weeks
The Numbers
Original Gravity 1.068
Final Gravity 1.012
Bitterness 74 IBUs
Color 7 SRM
ABV 7%
On Saturday, at Lo Rez Brewing's First Anniversary Fest, Hugh and I will be serving an IPA we made that mixes some qualities from England, Germany and the USA. If you're in Chicago, you should come and drink our beer - 21st and Carpenter, 3 - 9 pm Saturday June 9th. We'll be with other CHAOS members and also serving Steve Burkhart's Strawberry Blonde.
We're serving the IPA in a traditional English fashion - out of a pin cask. Naturally carbonated in the cask, we'll pound a spigot into it when the fest opens at 3 pm and serve it (via gravity) until its done.
Its an American-style IPA, a beer that has become kind of the iconic American artisanal beer. Dry, with a bracing bitter backbone and a prominant hop aroma and flavor, clean and easy to drink.
We used a trio of new-ish German hops which give a unique aroma and flavor profile. We've used this hop combination before in IPAs and love them. These hops are not the traditional 'noble' German hops, but have an 'American' quality to them, but they are also a little different. While they have some citrus quality, they also bring a tropical fruit, mango, strawberry, honeydew, and white wine character.
Grain Bill
Pale Malt 66%
Munich Malt (10L) 13%
Vienna Malt (4L) 13%
Wheat Malt 7%
Crystal Malt 60L 1%
Hop Schedule
1 oz Chinook (13% AA) First Wort Hopped, @ 60 minutes
1 oz Mandarina Bavaria (8%) @ 20 minutes
1 oz. Hallertau Blanc (7%) @ 10 minutes
1 oz. Huel Melon (6%) @ 10 minutes
1 oz. Hallertau Blanc @ 5 minutes
1 oz. Mandarina Bavaria @ 5 minutes
1 oz. Mandarina Bavaria dry hop in the cask
1 oz. Huel Melon dry hop in the cask
1 oz. Hallertau Blanc dry hop in the cask
Other
American Ale US-05 Yeast
Irish Moss fining
Mashed at 149 degrees F
Fermented at 65 degrees F for three weeks, cold aged for one week
Carbonated and conditioned in the cask (with three ounces of hops) for two weeks
The Numbers
Original Gravity 1.068
Final Gravity 1.012
Bitterness 74 IBUs
Color 7 SRM
ABV 7%