Dogfish Head 120 Min IPA Clone

[Jsmith82]

Bottled today, official finish 1.175 to 1.031 weighing in at a whopping 19.3% abv. In one word, well let's make it two. Amazing, and warm. I'll be brewing more this fall no doubt.

 

[jeepinjeepin]

Congrats on the attenuation. Hope it tastes good or will later.

 

[smuth10]

I have been drinking mine the last couple of days and I am surprised how good it is already. It is only going to get better with time. That is, unless I drink it all before I get a chance to bottle some of it.

 

[scottland]

Alright, I've got the itch. After my 90 minute clone turned out absolutely fantastic, I'm wanting to give this a try. Considering the 90 minute recipe and 120 minute recipes are very similar up to fermentation, I have high hopes.

Recipe:
I'm going to stick with my altered 90 minute recipe, and just up the hops. I want this to be VERY hoppy to balance the alcohol

16lb Pale Malt (2-row)
1lb Victory
4oz Crystal 60*

5oz Amarillo
4oz Simcoe
3oz Warrior
Mixed together and added every 10 minutes. Making for 13 total additions. Realistically this could be done with 10, or even 6 additions, but every 10 minutes is easier for me to keep track of on brew day.

I'm going to use WLP007, and whip up a 3+ QT starter, probably just shy of a gallon. It attenuated great with my 90min clone, and the amount of esters is fantastic. I'll let this go around 64-65* just like my 90min. Meanwhile whip up another 3+ QT starter of WLP099, and pitch that right as the WLP007 starts to slow. I'll be proceeding as normal from there with the sugar additions.

The other thing I'll be doing differently: Dry hopping
A. No warrior for me in the Dry Hop, Just Amarillo and Simcoe, 3oz each.
B. I'm not going to dry hop during fermentation. My plan is to dry hop towards the very end of the secondary. I figure I want as well treat this like all my other IPAs. So 7-14 days before I'll keg it, i'll dry hop.

I'm going to be out of town some in July, so I'll be brewing this in late July. Pretty excited. One of my only concerns at the moment is getting my hands on 7oz of Simcoe.

 

[smuth10]

Scottland - Let us know how it turns out. It looks like you are doing a bit of a different recipe so I will be curious to see what you think.

My 120 has been on tap now for a while and it is probably one of the best beers I have made to date. I'd better bottle some pretty soon or it will be gone before I know it. As for the recipe, I don't think I will change anything other than a little more hops in the boil to balance out the extra sweetness. Now that it has aged some it seems to get better every day.

Sorry to Thatguyryan and jsmith for not sending out your beers yet. I have been really busy with work and I should be able to bottle some up and send it out this week. I will definitely be making more of this in the winter. I only wish I had the system capable of making a 10gal batch.

 

[scottland]

It looks like you are doing a bit of a different recipe so I will be curious to see what you think.

Ya, i definitely took a few creative liberties. The Victory/C60 combo replicated the amber in 90minute pretty dead on, so not much different there. I'm using 2-row in this beer as well.

DFH definitely uses an english yeast for the 'minute' IPAs, so WLP007 was a perfect fit. It's very attenuative, the esters were great, and it's great for big beers. The only big change is, I'm hopping this much more, and waiting until the secondary to dry hop.

Austin HB had Simcoe leaf hops, so i went ahead and bought 8oz of those, and 8oz of Amarillo. I'll take some pictures of brew day here in about a month when i brew it.

 

[scottland]

Well I had a 2011 bottle of 120, and it tasted fantastic. I'm VERY excited to clone this now. I tasted it side by side with my 90 min clone, and it's very, very similar, which makes me enthusiastic. Obviously there were differences, but it was close. The 120 was drier than I expected. I'd guess it was lower than 1.035.

 

[smuth10]

It is definitely a lot of work, but I am really happy with the result and it was well worth the effort.

 

[rideincircles]

Someone needs to make this again. Still a little of my range with school keeping me busy and no major fermentation control.

 

[Jsmith82]

I still have about a case of my 2012 batch aging and hanging around - don't forsee brewing this again until maybe 2014.

Fun beer, but pricey and attention hogging.

Scotty if you're still around, did you kill off this batch or any still aging?

 

[scottland]

Still have like 12 bottles. I break one out every 4-6 months or so. It's aged nicely. It's got a big orange-marmalade character now. After my ruined batch from my mini-fridge dying, I haven't built up the energy to brew it again. Probably this fall.

 

[Pratzie]

Subscribing to this. If i ever get daring enough, i might try this.

 

[ThaBrewFather06]

I have spent the last 30 min reading all the posts. I would love to make this but I don't have a fermentation chamber and I can't keg beer yet, but i love super high grav beers. I have never tried the original but would love to if anyone would like to make a trade. Let me know thanks.

 

[DoctorJones]

subscribing - sounds like a winner!

 

[Hopper5000]

Hey All,

Not doing a direct 120min clone but something in that ilk as far as alcohol % goes. I have some questions that I threw up here:

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f163/wlp99-high-gravity-help-critique-process-433115/

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Bottoms_Up]

Subscribing. Listened to the radio show and might give this a try.

 

[noggins]

:rockin:

 

[mos13gman]

Has anyone with a grainfather set up tried this recipe as a 5 gallon batch?

 

[uncleben113]

Has anyone tried this batch along side a real 120 minute? I am going to brew this soon and want to know what, if anything I should tinker with to get it close

 

[Bottoms_Up]

Has anyone with a grainfather set up tried this recipe as a 5 gallon batch?

Can the Grainfather handle 17 pounds of grain?

 

[mos13gman]

Its advertized capacity is 19.5 Lbs (some say 20 Lbs); so, yes it can handle the grain bill. This makes me happy.

 

[Bottoms_Up]

Its advertized capacity is 19.5 Lbs (some say 20 Lbs); so, yes it can handle the grain bill. This makes me happy.

That's awesome - I don't think the Braumeister can handle that much grain (unless you go to their larger models)

 

[VB Cow Dog]

So I realize that this thread is quite old, but I saw a link to the recipe and tried to go to it but the page had been deleted. If there is any chance that Smuth10 still has the recipe and watches this thread I would love to see it (and perhaps try it!).

 

[Bottoms_Up]

So I realize that this thread is quite old, but I saw a link to the recipe and tried to go to it but the page had been deleted. If there is any chance that Smuth10 still has the recipe and watches this thread I would love to see it (and perhaps try it!).

You can still find it here:
https://web.archive.org/web/20120819094642/http://www.homebrewchef.com/120minuteIPArecipe.html

 

[VB Cow Dog]

T

You can still find it here:
https://web.archive.org/web/20120819094642/http://www.homebrewchef.com/120minuteIPArecipe.html

Thank you very much, I look forward to attempting this behemoth.

 

[Terpene slurpee]

T


Thank you very much, I look forward to attempting this behemoth.

I’ve been following and learning from this thread as well! So glad to hear somebody else is going to attempt. I brewed a 5 gal batch and it ended up too sweet. Didn’t use a starter cause I didn’t have a stir plate, just pitched extra viles of 099. Crapped out after 6lbs of dextrose. Should have stopped at 5. This was my first brew ever cause I’m an adventurous idiot. I have multiple years experience cooking fine dining and have followed recipes far more complex than this 120min recipe, but still didn’t nail this one. Was really just pleased to not create off flavors, and contaminate my beer. Please post updates of your brew!

 

[Viginesh Sankararaman]

Hi!

I've read multiple threads on this 120-min recipe and all the work that it needs. I'm an amateur brewer - brewed few easy beers. I'm really excited for brewing this one. There are few questions in the fermentation part.

1. Starter for pitching yeast
So, you take a gallon of the wort, pitch the yeast, swirl it and pour it back into the bucket?

2. Introducing Oxygen the first few days - how is this being done?

3. I read Bottle conditioning is not recommended and people are kegging it. Does that mean you just pour the final batch in a keg and let it sit? How do we get the carbonation?

If anyone has any additional information on these process, it'd be great! Thanks!