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

[Espi]

Bottled it tonight...

I ended up at 1.010 and it had an alcohol bite to it, less hop flavor than I expected. That makes sense though I guess.

I hit my numbers and before pitching was just shy of 1.070. I was around 1.068

 

[bferullo]

Here's a comparison pic. A poured bottle of DFH 60 is on the right, and mine's on the left - still just a touch cloudy, but it's begun clearing nicely since being chilled over a week ago. Dare I say that, tasted side by side, the DFH actually tastes malty?! The first time I had DFH 60, I swore it was pure hop syrup. I have a completely different perspective now. I think I've outdone a commercial brewery at their own game!!!

Sam would actually be proud of you. I don't think he would take offense. Just saw this post while enjoying a DFH 60 and thinking about cloning it. I haven't had it in awhile and figured i would revisit.

 

[elproducto]

I agree, mine actually tastes better than the commercial version.

 

[rustym]

Hi Everyone,

This is my first post! I've been reading this thread with excitement. I have not seen these numbers for brewing this extract recipe on Full boil (5 gallons) I plugged these number in Beersmith and what I got is below. Has anyone tried this with a 5gal boil? Do these numbers look right?

Thanks in advance! I am so trying this!

Copy of Dogfish Head 60 Clone Full Boil
India Pale Ale


Type: Extract
Date: 1/30/2007
Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Brewer: Lorena
Boil Size: 5.72 gal Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: My Equipment
Taste Rating(out of 50): 35.0 Brewhouse Efficiency: -
Taste Notes:

Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU
9.90 lb Pale Liquid Extract (8.0 SRM) Extract 90.83 %
1.00 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 9.17 %
0.50 oz Simcoe [12.00 %] (Dry Hop 3 days) Hops -
0.58 oz Warrior [15.00 %] (60 min) Hops 26.7 IBU
1.00 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (Dry Hop 3 days) Hops -
0.46 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (35 min) Hops 10.0 IBU
0.46 oz Simcoe [12.00 %] (30 min) Hops 13.1 IBU
1 Pkgs Pacman (Wyeast Labs #1764) Yeast-Ale



Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.072 SG
Measured Original Gravity: 1.070 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.077 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.010 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: -0.61 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 7.84 %
Bitterness: 49.8 IBU Calories: 313 cal/pint
Est Color: 13.1 SRM Color: Color


Mash Profile

Mash Name: None Total Grain Weight: 9.70 lb
Sparge Water: - Grain Temperature: -
Sparge Temperature: - TunTemperature: -
Adjust Temp for Equipment: TRUE Mash PH: -

Steep grains as desired (30-60 minutes)



Mash Notes: -
Carbonation and Storage

Carbonation Type: Corn Sugar Volumes of CO2: 2.4
Pressure/Weight: 3.8 oz Carbonation Used: -
Keg/Bottling Temperature: 60.0 F Age for: 28.0 days
Storage Temperature: 52.0 F

Notes

Pacman yeast used. Hops were added as continous- first warrior for the first 25 minutes, then all mixed continuosly at 35 minutes.

 

[brew2enjoy]

A little over 1 week in the primary. It has finally slowed to a bubble every hour or so. Man does it smell great! i will be transferring to secondary this weekend, can't wait to test the hydrometer sample!!

 

[rapovt]

I just brewed an all grain batch. What is the best temperature for fermentation? I read the first 10 pages and only saw 63 degrees. What do you think?

 

[Yooper]

I just brewed an all grain batch. What is the best temperature for fermentation? I read the first 10 pages and only saw 63 degrees. What do you think?

It depends on the yeast strain you've chosen. The low end of the fermentation temperature range for the yeast strain is a good pick.

 

[rapovt]

I used Safale US 05. Temp range 59-75, so 63 is good? Thanks Yooper for this recipe and help for us rookies

 

[brew2enjoy]

I am racking to the secondary and dry hopping right now. I took a gravity reading and it is at 1.021? Will this thing finish in the secondary? It was in the primary for two weeks and I used packman yeast. (2 liter starter)

Edit: forgot to mention that this is the extract recipe. The sample tasted great.

 

[Espi]

I just cracked a bottle.. its good. I will go with the amber next time. Just a bit more in the bottle and it will be better.

 

[elproducto]

This was my first "hoppy" IPA that I dry hopped. Originally it was absolutely amazing, better than the original. Bottled it Nov. 11, and am almost done the whole batch. Really interesting how quickly the hop aroma and flavor dissapears. It is a TOTALLY different beer now, than it was 2 weeks in the bottle. I'd have to say the sweet spot was about 1 month in the bottle.

 

[Keninishna]

Its interesting, my friend was telling me originally india pale ale was so hoppy in the first place because it was beer being shipped to india. I'm guessing this was to preserve the beer or maybe it was the fact that the hops faded over time. According to wikipedia though some IPAs are aged over a year before shipping.

 

[dummkauf]

Its interesting, my friend was telling me originally india pale ale was so hoppy in the first place because it was beer being shipped to india. I'm guessing this was to preserve the beer or maybe it was the fact that the hops faded over time. According to wikipedia though some IPAs are aged over a year before shipping.

That's correct, I think the thing with IPA's is that people discovered them before they were shipped to India and discovered that they really liked the super hoppy pale ale. I would imagine that when IPA were originally being brewed to ship to the troops in India, that by the time they arrived, the hop aromas had pretty much faded.

And aging an IPA is a matter of personal taste. Personally I prefer my IPA's as young as possible, however there are those who like the hop aromas to fade before they drink them and claim you can't get the same beer by just brewing a less hoppy pale ale. The aging of IPA's, or even beer in general, seems to be a topic with lots of varying opinions, but if you like your beer aged or fresh I say just drink it how you like.

 

[brew2enjoy]

Bottled today. Gravity finished right at 1.020. Smells and tasted amazing. I bottled some into a Coors light home draft setup. Hopefully all goes well, I can't wait to try this beer carbed!

 

[Primo]

I like the looks of it, I have been ichin to make an IPA since I got my kit 2 weeks ago . . . haha. No really I have but I have been scared to do one I don't have the gear to do an all grain so when I saw your extract version I got all gitty. Have you done your extract version of this or did you make the recipe just for me???

 

[brew2enjoy]

I like the looks of it, I have been ichin to make an IPA since I got my kit 2 weeks ago . . . haha. No really I have but I have been scared to do one I don't have the gear to do an all grain so when I saw your extract version I got all gitty. Have you done your extract version of this or did you make the recipe just for me???

I did the extract version but I just bottled it on Sunday. I will say that it tasted really good warm & flat though

 

[Primo]

I did the extract version but I just bottled it on Sunday. I will say that it tasted really good warm & flat though

Awesome! do you mind sharing some of your info? What were your gravity readings? Did you follow it to the letter? ect. Any surprises?

 

[brew2enjoy]

Awesome! do you mind sharing some of your info? What were your gravity readings? Did you follow it to the letter? ect. Any surprises?

I followed the recipe from page 1 for the most part. I did 9.9 lbs of extra-light LME. It came in 3 3.3lb cans, so I added 2 cans at the beginning of the boil and the last can at flameout. I used pacman yeast with a 1 liter starter (made the starter about 5 days in advance, threw in the fridge a few days before brewing).

Did 2 weeks primary
1 week secondary (dry hopped during this time)

OG was 1.071,
FG is 1.020

I think I am going to order the ingredients again and just brew this exactly the same. I haven't even had a carbed/conditioned sample yet but just just tasting the hydrometer sample was enough for me to know that this is a great beer!

 

[Keninishna]

I gave my brother a sample of this beer 1 day after dry hopping. He drank the sample and wanted to drink more even though the beer had not carbed lol.

 

[mlopezaz]

This was my first AG batch last night, and my third overall so I'm really hoping I didn't jack this one up.

The temp on my mash cooler just seemed to be sticking around 163, and once the dial thermometer finally unstuck it jumped down to 155 with the lid open. It had to be sitting at 163 for over 20 min. It looked a little low on volume after the mash out, but I figured I'd roll with it anyways. Once it was in the primary I took a measurement of 1.062, but it was a about a gallon low so I added a gal to bring it to 5. Right while the wife was re-hydrating the Safl-05, the cup spilled right before time to pitch and it was well past the closing time of the HBS. We quickly put the lid on the primary, Airlocked it, and put a 1056 in this morning. The OG reading this morning looked to be about 1.052 before we pitched.

Talk about a calamity of errors. Now I'm just crossing my fingers, and hoping it'll work out.

Time to work on my mashing skills I guess.

 

[rustbucket]

i brewed this 3 weeks ago.. i just started to cold crash it today, but i took its FG reading and wanted to ask one thing.. my OG was 1.069 and my FG was 1.014 with Wyeast 1056 which is just about 7 percent ABV.

i wanted to ask, i had not dry hopped it, because im doing it in the keg wile force carb conditioning. but when i took a smell of my sample, it has some strong notes of alcohol, and i wondered if dry hopping would cover up those notes for the most part.

plus it felt really watery, but that might have been due to it being very light in carbonation/being flat

 

[brew2enjoy]

i brewed this 3 weeks ago.. i just started to cold crash it today, but i took its FG reading and wanted to ask one thing.. my OG was 1.069 and my FG was 1.014 with Wyeast 1056 which is just about 7 percent ABV.

i wanted to ask, i had not dry hopped it, because im doing it in the keg wile force carb conditioning. but when i took a smell of my sample, it has some strong notes of alcohol, and i wondered if dry hopping would cover up those notes for the most part.

plus it felt really watery, but that might have been due to it being very light in carbonation/being flat

Definately dry hop it! Im sure the hop aroma will help. When I bottled mine after dryhopping), it smelled like grapefruit.

 

[brew2enjoy]

9 days in the bottle, this beer is fantastic! Its still a little cloudy and needs to Carb up a bit more but wow! At this point its got more grapefruit notes than the DFH version but I like that.

 

[Yooper]

9 days in the bottle, this beer is fantastic! Its still a little cloudy and needs to Carb up a bit more but wow! At this point its got more grapefruit notes than the DFH version but I like that.

That looks great! It's one of my favorites- I love the simcoe/amarillo combination.

 

[brew2enjoy]

Thanks for the recipe yooper! I'll be doing this one again real soon.

 

[Keninishna]

My batch tastes similar to the original. However I think it needs more amarillo. When I drink the original I tend to smell the hops a lot more. The bitterness is spot on however.

 

[brew2enjoy]

My batch tastes similar to the original. However I think it needs more amarillo. When I drink the original I tend to smell the hops a lot more. The bitterness is spot on however.

I am hoping to get more of the piney flavor/aroma that the original has. Anybody know what i can do to get that? I like where its at right now though. I will definately try to remember to use irish moss next time too.

 

[RichBenn]

I tried DF60 for the first time today. So I'm curious how close this recipe is to the real thing.

First, I can't fathom that what I drank actually had Amarillo and Simcoe in it. Does anyone taste that hop difference in this recipe vs. DF60?

Second, the malt flavors in DF60 seems to not match what I wouild expect from this recipe. Does anyone else detect a difference?

It's always possible that I got an old bottle of DF.

I tried to go through this entire thread, but it is rather long. If anyone can speak to the differences, I'd appreciate it, because on paper, this recipe looks good. But I don't want to brew something like I just drank.

 

[brew2enjoy]

I tried DF60 for the first time today. So I'm curious how close this recipe is to the real thing.

First, I can't fathom that what I drank actually had Amarillo and Simcoe in it. Does anyone taste that hop difference in this recipe vs. DF60?

Second, the malt flavors in DF60 seems to not match what I wouild expect from this recipe. Does anyone else detect a difference?

It's always possible that I got an old bottle of DF.

I tried to go through this entire thread, but it is rather long. If anyone can speak to the differences, I'd appreciate it, because on paper, this recipe looks good. But I don't want to brew something like I just drank.

I can tell you from my experience using the extract version that its pretty close. Like I say a few posts back it lacks the "piney" aroma and flavor which I found out is a simcoe characteristic. So I might try dry hopping with more simcoe next time. I have Sam's book "Extreme Brewing" which has the DFH 60 minute IPA recipe. He uses the same hops called for in this recipe although the addition schedule is slightly different.

 

[elproducto]

Who cares if it's close or not. This is an AMAZING recipe, and I have yet to top it. It was my first AG, and my best by far.