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

[Yooper]

another thing ive wondered about is the ibu calculated with beersmith. how accurate is the ibu given you cant set up the recipe for continuously hoppped wort with beersmith.

It's not accurate. You can calculate with the bittering hops, adding half of them at 60 minutes and the rest at maybe 40 minutes into Beersmith, and sort of guestimate that way. The flavor hops are added continuously from 35-0, so the software isn't helpful in determining that. One guy I know just input .15 sized additions every 5 minutes, or whatever the size was to use up the simcoe/amarillo hops because he wanted to have a better grasp of the IBUs but I never really cared all that much. I like the beer, and it tastes pretty good regardless of what the actual IBUs are, so I never worried about it. I do add at least 1/2 of the bittering hops at 60 minutes, so there is a firm bitterness behind it to balance it but otherwise I don't concern myself too much with it.

 

[gmtech825]

i might have made a mistake on brew day, i think i continuosly added the warrior instead of adding half at 60

 

[Yooper]

i might have made a mistake on brew day, i think i continuosly added the warrior instead of adding half at 60

That still should be ok- I've done it both ways. The vast majority of the warrior would have been added before 45 minutes, and all of it before 35, so it all went for bittering. Maybe just a few less IBUs, but still fine.

 

[nootay]

I plan on ordering the ingredients for this pretty soon. The extract recipe calls for a 2.5 gallon boil, id like to start with about 6.25 gallons of water (so i end up with 5 gallons), how would this change the recipe? Mainly, the hops. I read through the 25 pages or so of this and didnt see where anyone had modified the recipe for this type of boil. Also, should i add all 8lbs of DME at the beginning of the boil? Or put some in the beginning and some towards the end? Sorry if i missed the answers to my questions!

 

[Yooper]

I plan on ordering the ingredients for this pretty soon. The extract recipe calls for a 2.5 gallon boil, id like to start with about 6.25 gallons of water (so i end up with 5 gallons), how would this change the recipe? Mainly, the hops. I read through the 25 pages or so of this and didnt see where anyone had modified the recipe for this type of boil. Also, should i add all 8lbs of DME at the beginning of the boil? Or put some in the beginning and some towards the end? Sorry if i missed the answers to my questions!

If you're doing a full boil, you can add all of the extract at the beginning, and follow the hopping for the AG batch. That should give you exactly the correct amount of hopping.

 

[nootay]

sounds good, thanks for the quick reply!

 

[nootay]

crap, one more question. The LME is Pale LME, i assume the equivalent DME is just light DME? sorry for the dumb question!

 

[Yooper]

crap, one more question. The LME is Pale LME, i assume the equivalent DME is just light DME? sorry for the dumb question!

Yes, or extra-light is fine too!

 

[dummkauf]

I plan on ordering the ingredients for this pretty soon. The extract recipe calls for a 2.5 gallon boil, id like to start with about 6.25 gallons of water (so i end up with 5 gallons), how would this change the recipe? Mainly, the hops. I read through the 25 pages or so of this and didnt see where anyone had modified the recipe for this type of boil. Also, should i add all 8lbs of DME at the beginning of the boil? Or put some in the beginning and some towards the end? Sorry if i missed the answers to my questions!

Here's the recipe I used to make this one with a full boil and extract. Note that I used more hops in the secondary than Yooper's recipe because I am still buying hops in 1oz bags and I didn't want to have any left overs, so I just threw all the hops that didn't go into the boil into the secondary and it was delicious

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Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Boil Size: 5.72 gal
Estimated OG: 1.071 SG
Estimated Color: 12.0 SRM
Estimated IBU: 62.3 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: - %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
8.00 lb Light Dry Extract (8.0 SRM) Dry Extract 88.89 %
1.00 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 11.11 %
0.50 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] (Dry Hop 8 days) Hops -
1.50 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (Dry Hop 8 days) Hops -
0.25 oz Warrior [15.00 %] (Dry Hop 8 days) Hops -
0.75 oz Warrior [15.00 %] (60 min) Hops 34.8 IBU
0.50 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] (35 min) Hops 16.6 IBU
0.50 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (35 min) Hops 10.9 IBU
1.00 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 15.0 min) Misc



Notes:
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Steeped grains for 60 min at 150F
Continually added 0.75 warrior hops for first 25 min
Continually added .5 Simco & .5 Amarillo leaf hops for 35 min.
Used starter for the pacman yeast.
Will dry hop with remaining hops when racked to secondary.

 

[nootay]

Here's the recipe I used to make this one with a full boil and extract. Note that I used more hops in the secondary than Yooper's recipe because I am still buying hops in 1oz bags and I didn't want to have any left overs, so I just threw all the hops that didn't go into the boil into the secondary and it was delicious

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Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Boil Size: 5.72 gal
Estimated OG: 1.071 SG
Estimated Color: 12.0 SRM
Estimated IBU: 62.3 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: - %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
8.00 lb Light Dry Extract (8.0 SRM) Dry Extract 88.89 %
1.00 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 11.11 %
0.50 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] (Dry Hop 8 days) Hops -
1.50 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (Dry Hop 8 days) Hops -
0.25 oz Warrior [15.00 %] (Dry Hop 8 days) Hops -
0.75 oz Warrior [15.00 %] (60 min) Hops 34.8 IBU
0.50 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] (35 min) Hops 16.6 IBU
0.50 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (35 min) Hops 10.9 IBU
1.00 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 15.0 min) Misc



Notes:
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Steeped grains for 60 min at 150F
Continually added 0.75 warrior hops for first 25 min
Continually added .5 Simco & .5 Amarillo leaf hops for 35 min.
Used starter for the pacman yeast.
Will dry hop with remaining hops when racked to secondary.

Looks good, thanks!

 

[jamie3]

I peeked in the IPA today just to be curious.

What the heck is going on? Did aliens abducted my yeast?

 

[gmtech825]

i pulled a sample after this has been on the gas for almost a week, it taste great but it is a lot lighter than the pictures others have posted. it also has some chill haze that im hoping will wear off soon.

 

[nootay]

I peeked in the IPA today just to be curious.

What the heck is going on? Did aliens abducted my yeast?

my wheat ale looks similar after a week in primary. its my first beer so i figured it was just normal. interested to see what the verdict is!

 

[pernox]

I got my first somewhat-clean sample of this today.. I have had it on gas about a week now, and have pulled a 1/2cup measure or so each day to get the skank out of the bottom of the keg and see how it's doing (I'm a pretty new brewer - gotta experience everything, y'know? ) and in that week it's gotten itself to being one madman of a brew. This, folks, is one serious beer. It's not nearly clear yet, but with my questionable process I'm not surprised. I hit a big efficiency and attenuated well with the 22g of Nottingham I (over)pitched, and wound up with a 7.5% ABV beer. Can't imagine how good this is going to be after it's been cooling for a couple weeks and had time to get itself into proper form. I bottled off four bombers, too, and I think I'll stash them 'til Independence Day to see what happens. I may just be on my third keg of the stuff by then... So it'll be nice to compare "keg-fresh" to "finely conditioned" and see how they compare.

Thanks again, Yoop.

 

[gmtech825]

i found out my thermometer was wrong when i brewed this so i mashed at like 145 ish, it still taste great though.

 

[tamoore]

Adding this one to the brewing schedule. It's a few brews out, but I love DFH60, and this one seems super popular. Thanks for the recipe, Yooper.....

 

[kuips]

I cant seem to take my nose out of the bowl of Amarillo and Simcoe... they smell so good together! I cannot wait for this brew!

 

[nootay]

ill be brewing this tomorrow! the hops smell terrific

 

[snail]

If this has already been asked fogive me, but the dryhopping is a little confusing. The all-grain recipe says to add warrior for the first 25 minutes a few pellets at a time. But the extract recipe says to add half the warrior at 60 mins and the other half a few pellets at a time until 35 mins left in boil. Why is the hopping schedule different for each process?

 

[raymcgill]

If this has already been asked forgive me, but the dry hopping is a little confusing. The all-grain recipe says to add warrior for the first 25 minutes a few pellets at a time. But the extract recipe says to add half the warrior at 60 mins and the other half a few pellets at a time until 35 mins left in boil. Why is the hopping schedule different for each process?

1. This isn't dry hopping, its... wet hopping during boil. Dry hopping is after its cooled.
2. Hopping schedule, its close enough. DFH does continuous add to the 35 min mark, I think. Why different? I don't know. I don't think it matters. Comments?

Raymond
who still hasn't brewed this...

 

[snail]

sorry i wrote that wrong. i didn't mean dry hopping....
I think it would matter though since there is a bigger amount going in right at the beginning of the boil. Wouldn't it give you more bitterness rather then adding a little at a time.

 

[lschiavo]

If this has already been asked fogive me, but the dryhopping is a little confusing. The all-grain recipe says to add warrior for the first 25 minutes a few pellets at a time. But the extract recipe says to add half the warrior at 60 mins and the other half a few pellets at a time until 35 mins left in boil. Why is the hopping schedule different for each process?

I noticed the difference also. I have made this four times now and have always added half the warrior at 60 minutes and then started the continuous hopping at about 30. One would probably never exactly repeat the continuous hopping twice anyway. I just add a pinch now and again and try to make sure I have a reasonable portion left for the last five minutes.

It has been great everytime!

 

[snail]

I was just confused about adding half the warrior right in the beginning or not since one version had it and the other didn't.

 

[dummkauf]

I made it by adding .75oz warrior hops continually for the first 25 and it worked great!!!

Brewing this one right now, my grains are steeping and I'm getting ready to plant my butt on a lawn chair on the deck and drink a brew and throw hops in the pot

Brewshop was all out of pacman so I'm using Wyest 1056 for this one and figured I'd try making it with Amber malt instead of light and upped the steeping grains 1/4 of a pound just to see what happens

 

[jarod7736]

Made this today. My OG was only 1.040-ish. I'm hoping that's just because the top off water hadn't mixed in yet & I took my sample from the very top of the carboy. I did the extract version with the Pacman.

 

[jim_reaper1066]

I couldn't resist and cracked a bottle of this last night even though it is nowhere near carbonated. And wow! during bottling the simco hops had taken over and it smelt and tasted really piney. After only a week in the bottles it developed a great fruity, almost grapefruit nose and taste. Defenitly going to put the all grin version of this on next

 

[eharper]

made my second 5gal batch of this last weekend. the first batch lasted less than two weeks. thanks again yooper!

-e

 

[jamie3]

i made the extract version of this and still cant get the FG past 1.040.

I've tried numerous things

- shaking the primary
- adding a new yeast packet of safale-05
- transferred to another primary and added nottingham

nothing i do will make this beer go past 1.040

did i screw something up?

 

[Beau815]

Just built my 1st keggle, just did this clone 3 months ago and it was AMAZING, my best batch so far although I have only done 13 or so. Anyways, I am going to do my first ten gallon batch. Maybe this is a dumb question....... do I just double everything? Also is Rahr 2-Row Pale from northern brewer ok for this? It seems like the only 2 row they have. Is it U.S.? Also what is the best specialty grain to use for this, Northern Brewer has a "crisp amber malt" That ok?

 

[Yooper]

Just built my 1st keggle, just did this clone 3 months ago and it was AMAZING, my best batch so far although I have only done 13 or so. Anyways, I am going to do my first ten gallon batch. Maybe this is a dumb question....... do I just double everything? Also is Rahr 2-Row Pale from northern brewer ok for this? It seems like the only 2 row they have. Is it U.S.?

Yes, Rahr is fine, and just doubling is fine. There is a slight difference in hops utlization, but not really enough to worry about.

Here's my 10 gallon batch recipe, doing a 12.5 gallon boil:

28 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 97.39 %
12.0 oz Amber Malt (22.0 SRM) Grain 2.61 %

1.50 oz Warrior [15.00 %] (60 min) Hops
1.00 oz Amarillo Gold [9.20 %]
1.00 oz Simcoe [12.00 %]

1.00 oz Simcoe [12.00 %] (Dry Hop 7 days) Hops
2.00 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (Dry Hop 7 days) Hops -