American IPA Dogfish Head 60 Minute Clone (AG) & Extract

[Beau815]

I am thinking of buying the ingredients next week.

 

[Beau815]

I dont need to double the amber malt? 12 oz is ok? can i use the whole lb? Or i will have to toss it. Looks like extra 2 lbs of pale malt after doubling it? Another question is that brew calculator shows i need about 16.79 gallons. Ive never done 10 gal batches but i dont think im gonna lose almost 7 gallons with mash and trub am I? I only have two 5 gal carboys so having too much is going to result in a drain pour. Or more likely a lawn pour. Although i think i have liters written down and the calculator says quarts. ill try 8 gal mash/8 gal sparge. I wonder if 28 lbs of grain and 8 gals of water is going to fit in my 10 gal mash cooler???? seems a bit impossible. Anyone know?

 

[pernox]

I dont need to double the amber malt? 12 oz is ok? can i use the whole lb? Or i will have to toss it. Looks like extra 2 lbs of pale malt after doubling it? Another question is that brew calculator shows i need about 16.79 gallons. Ive never done 10 gal batches but i dont think im gonna lose almost 7 gallons with mash and trub am I? I only have two 5 gal carboys so having too much is going to result in a drain pour. Or more likely a lawn pour. Although i think i have liters written down and the calculator says quarts. ill try 8 gal mash/8 gal sparge. I wonder if 28 lbs of grain and 8 gals of water is going to fit in my 10 gal mash cooler???? seems a bit impossible. Anyone know?

http://www.rackers.org/calcs.shtml

Scroll down to "Can I Mash It?"

Doesn't look good for a 10gal cooler. :/

 

[Yooper]

I can't do this recipe in a 10 gallon batch in my 10 gallon round Igloo cooler with false bottom. It just doesn't quite fit.

The reason there is two more pounds of grain in my 10 gallon recipe is simply because my efficiency goes down in larger batches. If yours doesn't, a simple doubling will do. I did just double the amber malt, though. That's fine. Amber malt is very strong flavored, and noticeable. I've never done this recipe (the 5 gallon version) with more than 6 ounces of amber malt and 13 pounds of 2-row.

 

[Beau815]

ahh ok ok.... hmm maybe im gonna end up tweaking it for some weird 8 gallon batch... i would not mind splitting the mashes and doing two 14 pounds of grain mashes. Would that be ok? I know id have to mash for 2 hours instead of one but thats not a big deal. Is it ok for the 1st wort to sit there an hour while i mash the other 14 lbs?

 

[zymurgy101]

Question moved.

 

[chrispykid]

This thread is already 55 pages long so this comment is probably not necessary for anyone still sitting on the fence, but this is a great recipe. Brewed up an all-grain version exactly as originally written with Pacman and Maris Otter and while I wouldn't say that mine was a clone of Dogfish 60 it definitely is in the same lineage/flavor profile and to my palette the homebrew actually tastes better.

Big tip of the hat to YooperBrew.

 

[pernox]

This thread is already 55 pages long so this comment is probably not necessary for anyone still sitting on the fence, but this is a great recipe. Brewed up an all-grain version exactly as originally written with Pacman and Maris Otter and while I wouldn't say that mine was a clone of Dogfish 60 it definitely is in the same lineage/flavor profile and to my palette the homebrew actually tastes better.

Big tip of the hat to YooperBrew.

I agree. My keg of this was kicked a couple weeks ago, and it kept getting better right down to the last glass. I finally picked up a sixer of the real deal before the end of the keg, and the homebrew was superior, IMHO. The hops were more present, particularly in aroma. I bottled off a few bombers for portability, and have one left.. Saving for a special occasion. =)

 

[Beau815]

how do you delete a post? it says edit/delete but no delete button?

 

[Beau815]

I agree, this is the most craft beer tasting homebrew that I have made. No one answered on if I can just do 2 mashes one after another for th 28 lbs so ill just go ahead and try it. Hope I dont waste the $ cuz im on a tight budget and had to dave up the 90 bucks for my 1st 10 gal batch.

 

[beowulf]

Definitely my best batch thus far! I used Maris Otter as my base, as I had it available. Although I used Pacman yeast, it did not seem to dry out quite as much. I went from 1.072 to 1.022. This may be due to the Maris Otter, not sure... Anyway, definitely tastes more like a "professionally brewed" beer than any of my others. Love love love it. Even after only 2 weeks in the bottle, it was excellent. No funny flavors...excessive esters, phenolics, nothing. Just awesome.

Thanks so much, Yooper!

 

[jarod7736]

Just tried this tonight... The first couple pints were cloudy, but it's amazing.

 

[Yooper]

Glad you're enjoying it! I just made it again myself, and put it on tap yesterday. I just love the amarillo/simcoe mix!

 

[jarod7736]

I just picked up ingredients to do a wheat pale ale with Amarillo/simcoe. I think it'll be a good summer beer.

 

[Beau815]

Can I mash twice? Anyone? Is it ok to let first runnings sit for an hour while i fit the other 14 lbs into my mash tun?

 

[Yooper]

Can I mash twice? Anyone? Is it ok to let first runnings sit for an hour while i fit the other 14 lbs into my mash tun?

I don't know. I've never tried it. I would guess it would be better to bring those first runnings up to a boil first, then let it sit. But I don't know that for a fact.

 

[Beau815]

ok good idea, ill try it out

 

[dummkauf]

I have this one sitting in primary right now and it will be going to secondary either sometime this week or next weekend depending on when I have time to brew my next batch. I used Amber DME instead of light DME, and otherwise I followed the recipe as directed. Now, I am planning on brewing the same day I rack this one to secondary to fill up my primary, and the next batch of beer I am brewing will leave me with an extra 1/2oz of golding loose leaf hops. I don't have a vacuum sealer to seal up the extra goldings so I was thinking of tossing them into the secondary for the 60 min DFH clone along with the rest of the normal dry hopping hops.

I realize this will change the final taste, but I'm looking for opinions on whether or not this would be a good change or a bad change? There are no golding anywhere in this recipe so I'm not sure if tossing them in to dry hop would be a good idea or not. Thoughts?

 

[raymcgill]

@dummkauf:
It's really tempting to do this. IMHO, Ziplock them and put them in the freezer for a different brew. I must be the worst person for "evening out" my recipes. I buy in ounces and used to use everything because I don't want waste. I am tired of "OK" beer. I am attempting to actually follow the recipe these days.

Raymond in Portsmouth NH

 

[Beau815]

+1 i still have the 1/2 oz of warrior i believe it was. ziplocked it and its in freezer for future brews

 

[MilehighBrew]

I just did the extract version last night, I used 14# of PLME and it will have 8oz of hops in total when done. I'm throwing in some summit into secondary when I get there. OG came out at 1.082, glad I had a 2l starter going. I can't wait for this one to be done it smelled awesome as it went into primary.

 

[EarthBound]

I brewed a ten gallon batch of this recipe. However, I just realized that I only have about 7-8 gallons total in the fermenter! Ah!!!

What do I do? Do I add water? Top it off until 10 gallons? I feel stupid!

 

[Yooper]

I brewed a ten gallon batch of this recipe. However, I just realized that I only have about 7-8 gallons total in the fermenter! Ah!!!

What do I do? Do I add water? Top it off until 10 gallons? I feel stupid!

What's the OG?

 

[EarthBound]

What's the OG?

Feel free to call me stoo-pid cuz I forgot to measure it.

I used beersmith. I accounted for a loss of about 1 gallon from trub and about 1.5 gallons from boil. About 13 gallon boil volume total. I probably had too much heat during the boil and boiled too much, but 5-6 gallons in 60 minutes? I'm pretty sure I exceeded the brewhouse efficiency that I setup in the recipe cuz on was on temp and on time the whole way through with no mistakes... except for not checking the OG!

I'll check the FG and post it on my next post (if that'll even help at all!).

 

[Yooper]

Feel free to call me stoo-pid cuz I forgot to measure it.

I used beersmith. I accounted for a loss of about 1 gallon from trub and about 1.5 gallons from boil. About 13 gallon boil volume total. I probably had too much heat during the boil and boiled too much, but 5-6 gallons in 60 minutes? I'm pretty sure I exceeded the brewhouse efficiency that I setup in the recipe cuz on was on temp and on time the whole way through with no mistakes... except for not checking the OG!

I'll check the FG and post it on my next post (if that'll even help at all!).

I don't really have any good advice. If the OG was very high, you could add water to get the correct OG so that the volume is greater and the beer is balanced. If the OG was low, you don't want to add water and "water it down". That's why I asked. Without knowing, I just can't can't help with it. Sorry!

 

[MilehighBrew]

Well 2 days in and I had a huge blow off, took the top off of my bucket. Lots of overflow luckily I ferment in a tub. Got it cleaned all up and back in order. I hope I did not lose to much yeasties. It smells sooo awsome can't wait to start dry hopping this one.

 

[Beau815]

Yeah this beer is an absolute home run if you like dfh and their 60 min, i could brew this for the rest of my life.

 

[EarthBound]

I don't really have any good advice. If the OG was very high, you could add water to get the correct OG so that the volume is greater and the beer is balanced. If the OG was low, you don't want to add water and "water it down". That's why I asked. Without knowing, I just can't can't help with it. Sorry!

I do agree that without sufficient evidence, it is impossible to make an educated decision. However, if you were in my shoes (ew!), what would you do?

P.S. Let this be a lesson that taking the OG is required!

 

[Yooper]

I do agree that without sufficient evidence, it is impossible to make an educated decision. However, if you were in my shoes (ew!), what would you do?

P.S. Let this be a lesson that taking the OG is required!

I'd let it go. Taste it when done. If it's way too boozy and it needs some water, you could add more then at bottling time. Instead of adding 2 cups of water to your priming sugar, add 1/2 gallon for example. If it's too "thin", dry hop more.

I bet, though, that it'll be fine. You'll just have less beer, and wish you had more!

 

[Sea]

Hey Yoop, how long do you dry hop this recipe for?

Making it tomorrow.