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

[BigTerp]

Got this brewed up on Sunday along with a cream ale. Have both sitting in my spare bathtub at 61-62 degrees. The cream ale has been bubbling away since yesterday morning, but the 60 minute clone hasn't shown any signs of fermentation yet (36 hours). I know, I know..........airlock activity is not a sign of fermentation. But I would feel a lot better if the blowoff tube would give me a few bubbles. I used a 2 liter stepped starter of pacman for the 60 minute clone. Was a BUNCH of yeast in my flask when I pitched so I'm sure things will be fine. Anyone have similar experiences with pacman starting off really slow?? I'll give the gravity a check tomorrow if I'm still all willy nilly about this batch.

 

[dummkauf]

Just kegged up the most recent batch of this last night. The Amarillo/Citra combination is excellent, and it I am extremely happy with the brew. However, I am still in agreement with Yooper on the Amarillo/Simcoe combo. My citra version is good, but nothing compared to using Simcoe.

Also just ordered up a pound of Simcoe whole hop cones that should be here in a few days, will definitely have to brew this up once I empty the current keg as I will finally have pacman and all the hops!

 

[BigTerp]

The cream ale has been bubbling away since yesterday morning, but the 60 minute clone hasn't shown any signs of fermentation yet (36 hours). I know, I know..........airlock activity is not a sign of fermentation. But I would feel a lot better if the blowoff tube would give me a few bubbles.

I knew better, but still let the lack of bubbles from my blowoff tube give me worries. I popped the lid on the primary last night and nearly passed out from all the CO2. There was a nice white and brown foamy krausen. I replaced my blowoff tube with a 3-piece and it was bubbling away within 30 seconds. Now I just can't wait to get this baby dryhopped!!!!

 

[paulster2626]

Same thing happened to me - no blowoff activity at all - but krausen galore!

 

[chrisp522]

I couldn't wait 14 days for dry hopping, I cut it off at twelve and kegged it last nite. Being impatient, I sampled some tonite. Really, really good. Thanks Yooper!

 

[dummkauf]

I couldn't wait 14 days for dry hopping, I cut it off at twelve and kegged it last nite. Being impatient, I sampled some tonite. Really, really good. Thanks Yooper!

I think you should be ok, I usually don't dry hop more than 6-8 days, and this recipe only called for 7 days of dry hopping.

 

[Yooper]

I think you should be ok, I usually don't dry hop more than 6-8 days, and this recipe only called for 7 days of dry hopping.

Yeah, I usually dryhop for 3-7 days. 14 days is longer than I would ever do!

 

[boley]

Thanks for the recipe. I just brewed the extract version today. My first non kit brew.

All was well. However the continuous hopping schedule severely impacted my consumption of beer, hummus, and chips during the brew process. Lots of little containters floating around. I am pretty sure a chip ended up in the wort by accident. A hop pellet definatly ended up in my mouth during a moment of distraction.

Thanks again!

 

[cdubbaya]

This is definitely a recipe I'm saving! Sounds and looks great!

Maybe I missed this in the 112 pages of this thread, but is there an easy way to convert the extract recipe for a full boil? I typically do around 6 gallons.

I've had a hard time learning what "boil volume" does to the beer... any advice is greatly appreciated!

Thanks Yooper and everyone who contributed!

*EDIT* After reading the final 20 pages of this thread, I found the answer to my question above. Is it still advised to use the AG amounts for a 6 gallon boil? I'm excited about this one!

 

[Yooper]

This is definitely a recipe I'm saving! Sounds and looks great!

Maybe I missed this in the 112 pages of this thread, but is there an easy way to convert the extract recipe for a full boil? I typically do around 6 gallons.

I've had a hard time learning what "boil volume" does to the beer... any advice is greatly appreciated!

Thanks Yooper and everyone who contributed!

*EDIT* After reading the final 20 pages of this thread, I found the answer to my question above. Is it still advised to use the AG amounts for a 6 gallon boil? I'm excited about this one!

Yes, just follow the AG amounts for a full boil and it'll turn out great!

 

[cdubbaya]

Thanks Yooper! Can't wait to get it started. I put together my ingredients on Hopville. Does it look accurate? We're brewing our Double IPA soon, but this is next in line!

http://hopville.com/recipe/955138/american-ipa-recipes/dogfish-head-60-min-ipa

 

[benbradford]

HappyLoon,

change your number of post per page options in your options page under your control panel... You can go up to 320 posts per page, but it takes a little longer to load each page. I was at 40 for a long time, but am trying the 120 per page to see if i like it.

 

[dummkauf]

Just tapped the keg of my Amarillo/Citra version of this. Plus my pound of Simcoe just showed up today too, so I should be good to go with this brew all year assuming I can keep finding pacman

 

[bknifefight]

This beer won 3rd place in the IPA category of Wootown Brewer's BJCP Comp, Barely Legal 2.

 

[Yooper]

This beer won 3rd place in the IPA category of Wootown Brewer's BJCP Comp, Barely Legal 2.

That's great! I'm glad it turned out well for you.

 

[dummkauf]

This beer won 3rd place in the IPA category of Wootown Brewer's BJCP Comp, Barely Legal 2.

Don't suppose you know the brewers who got 1st and/or 2nd???? I'd be very interested in seeing, and brewing, the IPA recipe that beat this one

 

[bknifefight]

That's great! I'm glad it turned out well for you.

It's turned out well all three times I've made it.

dummkauf, it wasn't a local comp so I didn't know any other brewers who entered.

 

[raymcgill]

At this level of the competition, the recipe isn't the difference, its the technique. Good question though.

 

[bknifefight]

At this level of the competition, the recipe isn't the difference, its the technique. Good question though.

I agree partially. I always get great results using Nottingham in a swamp cooler in my basement. Fermenting in the upper 50's/low 60's gives me a really clean beer which was commented on by all three judges.

 

[raymcgill]

I was trying to say that the recipe wasn't the reason you earned a ribbon. KUDOS to you!!! Your process rocks! Keep it up.

Raymond

 

[BigTerp]

Just tapped the keg of my Amarillo/Citra version of this. Plus my pound of Simcoe just showed up today too, so I should be good to go with this brew all year assuming I can keep finding pacman

Wash that pacman!!!

I'll be dryhopping mine tonight and washing as much pacman and I can get out of my primary. OG got down to 1.014. Was hoping to get closer to .010, but I don't think I areated well enough. I have enough simcoe for only 3 more 5 gallon batches . Hopefully I can get my hands on some more!!!

 

[dummkauf]

Wash that pacman!!!

I'll be dryhopping mine tonight and washing as much pacman and I can get out of my primary. OG got down to 1.014. Was hoping to get closer to .010, but I don't think I areated well enough. I have enough simcoe for only 3 more 5 gallon batches . Hopefully I can get my hands on some more!!!

I got that bag from FreshHops, sure they'd be more than happy to sell you a couple pounds if you want

 

[BigTerp]

I got that bag from FreshHops, sure they'd be more than happy to sell you a couple pounds if you want

I checked Freshops and they seem to be out. Austin Homebrew has whole leaf and I'll probably pick some up with my next order.

I think pacman is only available starting in June (or somewhere around ther). I got my smack pack in October from AHS and it had a manufactured date of June, 2011. Do you ever wash your yeast? I got a TON of pacman from my washing last night. I ended up with 5 pint sized mason jars (probably could have gotten more) and this morning there looked to be about the equivalant of a smack pack worth of yeast in each. This is the first time I've used it, but I've heard so many good things about it I wanted to get some on hand.

 

[Brew_Meister]

Just waiting for my Simcoe to be delivered tomorrow to brew this. Probably wont get to it until this weekend, but had a question. I am following Yoopers recipe on page one that has 67 IBUs and Beersmith takes mine to 77 IBUs. The hops i must have higher IBUs, the Warrior are 16.7%AA and the Amarillo are 10.3%AA which seem higher than average for these hops. Should I just lower the amount of hops to add or not worry about the 10 IBU difference?

Cheers!

 

[Yooper]

Just waiting for my Simcoe to be delivered tomorrow to brew this. Probably wont get to it until this weekend, but had a question. I am following Yoopers recipe on page one that has 67 IBUs and Beersmith takes mine to 77 IBUs. The hops i must have higher IBUs, the Warrior are 16.7%AA and the Amarillo are 10.3%AA which seem higher than average for these hops. Should I just lower the amount of hops to add or not worry about the 10 IBU difference?

Cheers!

Don't worry about it! The IBUs are an estimate anyway, since the hops are added continuously. I did notice that the amarillo from last year were 4.5% and this year are over 10% AAUs!

 

[Brew_Meister]

Awesome, thanks for the reply Yooper! I should have figured that too much hops could never hurt a brew! My Simcoe just arrived this morning. I will be making my starter later today and brewing this weekend. Looking forward to my second AG!

 

[paulster2626]

Just bottled this up yesterday. I think I did a dumb move though - I put the dry hops in one of those stainless ball thingys, and I think this just prevented much of the aroma from getting in to the beer. It was packed way too tight for my liking when I racked to the bottling bucket.

The sample I tried is bitter as hell (like, REALLY bitter), with not a lot of hop aroma (if any). Hope I didn't bugger it up, and I hope the bitterness subsides a little after 3 weeks of carbonation and aging, and serving chilled.

 

[DubbelDach]

Got mine rockin' the other night. Added all the Warrior right at 60 minutes because I had other stuff to do. Subbed Honey malt in for the Amber malt and used S-04, not Pacman.



Added the Amarillo and Simcoe gradually from 35 mins to 0 mins (BORRRRING!!!). Since the Amarillo and Simcoe were leaf hops, I used my paint strainer worm clamped to a 4" PVC tube straddled by bungee cords to keep everything bagged:

 

[BigTerp]

Will be bottling up the extract version of this tonight. When I transfered to my 5-gallon carboy to dry hop it tasted pretty damn good. You can actually taste the continuous hopping. Pretty amazing!!!

I'll be ordering the ingredients to make this from all grain very shortly.

 

[blackbear219]

Thank you, Yooper. Thank you for teaching me how to brew the nectar of the gods! It came out AMAZING.