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

[RIT_Warrior]

Just put mine into secondary this morning. The sample tasted good, but not as hoppy as I was expecting. I did the extract (full boil with the all-grain hop schedule). This is just my second batch. Can't wait to see what the dry-hopping will add.

The sweetness of the wort always cuts the hops quite a bit, no matter how many hops you added in the boil. When the SG drops you'll taste them loud and clear.

 

[tnshurtm]

I have all of the ingredients in my online shopping cart but I can only find simco leaf hops. Is it alright to mix the leaf and pellet while adding them? Should I do anything different?

Thanks,

Marc

 

[Yooper]

I have all of the ingredients in my online shopping cart but I can only find simco leaf hops. Is it alright to mix the leaf and pellet while adding them? Should I do anything different?

Thanks,

Marc

Sure, that'd be fine!

 

[OlRed]

Hey Yooper,

I just brewed up this recipe last night (extract style) and I have a few concerns. My LHBS did not have Crystal 40 so I used 45 instead but otherwise everything else was the same. During the steep, my temp reached 165 for a minute or two before I was able to get it down to between 155 and 160. Also, I got the wort down to 74F (1.080 OG) before pitching nottingham yeast and then i put the fermenter into a swamp cooler with a wet shirt and a few frozen water bottles. I did this at around 10pm last night. This morning the temp on the fermenter is 61F and no bubbles yet. I was just wondering if this was too cold of a fermentation temp or will the yeast eventually kick in gear? Thanks for the recipe and any advice would be appreciated.

 

[paraordnance]

did anybody tried this recipe with wyeast 2565? I have it on hands and think kolsch yeast will really bring forward malt and hops profile

 

[Yooper]

Hey Yooper,

I just brewed up this recipe last night (extract style) and I have a few concerns. My LHBS did not have Crystal 40 so I used 45 instead but otherwise everything else was the same. During the steep, my temp reached 165 for a minute or two before I was able to get it down to between 155 and 160. Also, I got the wort down to 74F (1.080 OG) before pitching nottingham yeast and then i put the fermenter into a swamp cooler with a wet shirt and a few frozen water bottles. I did this at around 10pm last night. This morning the temp on the fermenter is 61F and no bubbles yet. I was just wondering if this was too cold of a fermentation temp or will the yeast eventually kick in gear? Thanks for the recipe and any advice would be appreciated.

I just saw this, so I'm sure the yeast is well underway (probably about finished) by now. Sorry about that!

 

[Jamison]

Just opened the first bottle yesterday. Fantastic! I had to make a couple minor tweaks due to only having 1 oz. of Amarillo. I wanted to see if I could improve the head over my first brew so I added a half pound of carapils and carbed with Munton's KreamyX. Head is great with pretty good lacing. I read after the fact that there is some debate whether steeping Carapils is beneficial or not. I would definitely use the Munton's again.

 

[OlRed]

I just saw this, so I'm sure the yeast is well underway (probably about finished) by now. Sorry about that!

Yes, the yeast are well on their way. Thanks for the recipe. Since I had a OG of 1.080, how long would you suggest letting it go in the primary? Primary is sitting at 63*F, by the way.

 

[Yooper]

Yes, the yeast are well on their way. Thanks for the recipe. Since I had a OG of 1.080, how long would you suggest letting it go in the primary? Primary is sitting at 63*F, by the way.

I always do about two weeks or so, before dryhopping.

 

[Warwick316]

I brewed this beer back in April and just poured the first pint. It's a little different than the original (since my LHBS didn't have simcoe), but man it is a great tasting IPA. I love this beer, I have never had a DFH brew (since we can't get it here in Utah), but I think that this could be better.... Thanks Yooper for this recipe. I will brew this again for sure...

 

[enohcs]

is this the 1000th reply or is the counter stuck at 999?

Edit: Nope...it was the 1,000th. Wohoo!!!!

 

[bknifefight]

I've made this beer a few times but most recently cut the DME back to 6 lbs to make it more sessionable for these summer nights. I think I prefer it a little lighter in the ABV.

 

[brew2enjoy]

I need to make this one again. I have brewed several beers since doing this one and none of them have been as good.

 

[PNuke]

I've been brewing something close to this for the past 5 or 6 years as my "house ale". Been using Pilsner instead of Pale and Palisades instead of Amarillo. Have to give this one a shot this weekend and compare.

 

[Vuarra]

Finally had a chance to taste the original while I was in Grove City, PA.

Wow.

Even the wife, definitely not a hophead, wants to try more of it... Thanks Yooper et al, I know what I'm fermenting this time around.

 

[MI_Craig]

Thanks, Yooper! Just cracked a couple bottles of this recipe tonight (first AG) and it is excellent!

 

[bknifefight]

Finally had a chance to taste the original while I was in Grove City, PA.

Wow.

Even the wife, definitely not a hophead, wants to try more of it... Thanks Yooper et al, I know what I'm fermenting this time around.

Did you hit up North Country Brewery in Slippery Rock? I hope so, that place rocks and you were only 7 miles north of it!

 

[OlRed]

just bottled the extract version of this recipe today. OG of 1.080, 10 days in primary, 7 days in secondary dry hopping, and an FG of 1.021. The FG seemed a little high to me but i've never brewed a bigger beer before. Does the FG sound ok or do I need to be watchful of bombs?

 

[bknifefight]

The FG is definitely high. It's hard to say if you can only expect higher carbonation or if you might have bottle bombs. You should have left it in the primary until you hit the FG. Never rack to the secondary without taking gravity readings.

 

[Vuarra]

Did you hit up North Country Brewery in Slippery Rock? I hope so, that place rocks and you were only 7 miles north of it!

I had never even heard of it

I was prolly even in the area, and my friends in the car "owed" me a side trip... ah, well, next time.

 

[MicroBrewMaster]

Just brewed this yesterday can't wait for bottling day already

 

[booradleyftw]

Dry Hopping this in secondary now. Damn that Simcoe smells amazing.

 

[Yooper]

Dry Hopping this in secondary now. Damn that Simcoe smells amazing.

I love it. I love it so much I decided to eat some.

It does not taste nearly as good as it smells.

I had "bitter mouth" for about a week.

 

[booradleyftw]

I love it. I love it so much I decided to eat some.

It does not taste nearly as good as it smells.

I had "bitter mouth" for about a week.

Haha, my girlfriend actually ate some too. I think she had a similar experience.

 

[ameliabrew]

Based on what my LHBS has for hops, I'm thinking of modify to this:

9.5 lbs Golden Light Liquid Extract
1 lbs Caramel/Crystal Malt 40L

1.29 oz Nugget - 14.5% (60 min)
1.3 oz Cascade (35 min)
1.4 oz Northern Brewer (30 min)
1.3 oz Cascade (dry hop)
.7 Norther Brewer (dry hop)

What do you think? Also, I have a 5 gallon carboy, should I cut the recipe down to 4 gallons or go with a spill over tube?

 

[FireRescueFL]

If you don't cut it down (I wouldn't), definitely go with the blowoff tube. I'm doing my second batch of this and it's on day two with krausen filling the bowl of my blowoff. Oh yeah, I'm using a repitched yeast cake of Wyeast 1056 and a 6.7gal fermentor!

 

[kapbrew13]

Blow off tube is always a hood idea. Cheap and easy. Made a 5 gallon batch in 6.5 gallon batch and stuff has been pouring out my tube for a couple days.

 

[bknifefight]

Based on what my LHBS has for hops, I'm thinking of modify to this:

9.5 lbs Golden Light Liquid Extract
1 lbs Caramel/Crystal Malt 40L

1.29 oz Nugget - 14.5% (60 min)
1.3 oz Cascade (35 min)
1.4 oz Northern Brewer (30 min)
1.3 oz Cascade (dry hop)
.7 Norther Brewer (dry hop)

What do you think? Also, I have a 5 gallon carboy, should I cut the recipe down to 4 gallons or go with a spill over tube?

Get all of your IBUs at the 60 minute addition and then focus on flavor/aroma additions from 20 minutes - flameout. With yours, you will have a lot of bitterness but not a lot of hop flavor.

 

[PNuke]

That's the "bad" thing about this recipe. It's really quaffable. But at 7.25+% ABV, it's really not a very good session beer!

My goal lately has been to take the same basic recipe, and turn it into a great 5-6% beer. It wouldn't really be a "clone" anymore, but I'm doing it about once a month to see if I can still get the same flavor and aroma in less ABV. The latest version is 5.75%. It's dryhopping now, so I don't have a final taste yet.

How did your 5.75% version come out? I would think its actually closer to a clone since DFH 60min is 6%. Making next weekend and was trying to decide between your higher % to the lower % version.

 

[Yooper]

How did your 5.75% version come out? I would think its actually closer to a clone since DFH 60min is 6%. Making next weekend and was trying to decide between your higher % to the lower % version.

OK. Not as great, as it lost much of the malt backbone. But it still was really good.

I'm still working on a way to make this really hoppy but lower ABV IPA and it's not as easy as it sounds!