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

[abrew2u]

I brewed this last sat I opened the fermenter yesterday and this is what I found any one know what this is?

 

[Yooper]

I brewed this last sat I opened the fermenter yesterday and this is what I found any one know what this is?

It's hard to see in the picture, but it could be yeast clumps and/or hops debris.

 

[abrew2u]

Thanks yooper that's what I thought it was just wanted another set of eyes to look at it.

 

[cossacks19]

So when I brewed this yesterday my mash temp was a little high, at 158. The temp stayed there the whole hour that I mashed. How will this effect the final product?

Like I said earlier I got a good efficiency, 73-75%.

 

[Yooper]

So when I brewed this yesterday my mash temp was a little high, at 158. The temp stayed there the whole hour that I mashed. How will this effect the final product?

Like I said earlier I got a good efficiency, 73-75%.

Probably less fermentables, with a higher ending FG, and a heavier bodied beer.

 

[cossacks19]

Probably less fermentables, with a higher ending FG, and a heavier bodied beer.

Thanks for the quick reply, guess I'll have to adjust for my next batch.

 

[jmtwo]

Yooper,

Thanks for the recipe. I bottled this yesterday and it's the first brew I've made that I could drink green and flat!! The "sample" was so good, I can't wait for this to carbonate.

I think it might turn out better than the actual DFH.

 

[HBrew71]

Went to get a glass from the keg. Only to find out that the keg is empty. Finished it in little over a month. Time to gather ingredients again.

 

[tom_gamer]

Yooper,

Thanks for the recipe. I bottled this yesterday and it's the first brew I've made that I could drink green and flat!! The "sample" was so good, I can't wait for this to carbonate.

I think it might turn out better than the actual DFH.

How many brews have you done? Seeing if it tastes great out of the bottling bucket is the way is see if its good or not. If a beer doesn't taste great flat and at room temp then its not a good beer.

 

[jmtwo]

You mean I've been spending all this time carbonating, aging and cooling my beer for nothing?

I've been brewing for 3 years, and don't get me wrong, they've all tasted good at bottling. But I'm usually not going to sit down and drink a 6 pack of warm, flat, green beer.

This one I probably could.

 

[Br3wb1e]

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I brewed this last sat I opened the fermenter yesterday and this is what I found any one know what this is?

I had this happen to me on my last brew. It ended up halting in fermentation and only came out to like 4.5% when I expected 7%!!! Was a huge bummer :-(

 

[tom_gamer]

You mean I've been spending all this time carbonating, aging and cooling my beer for nothing?

I've been brewing for 3 years, and don't get me wrong, they've all tasted good at bottling. But I'm usually not going to sit down and drink a 6 pack of warm, flat, green beer.

This one I probably could.

Misunderstood then. I also agree that with 6 pack example, although I do drink about a pint through the bottling process if its good. I'll have to try this recipe if its that good.

 

[ScottSingleton]

I kicked a keg of this last night -- wasn't paying attention and had no idea I had gone through five gallons already. Now with none of it in the pipeline I'm definitely going to miss it for the next month.

I'm just glad I finally found some more Simcoe in stock so I can brew it up this weekend!

 

[medusa1066]

So sad, I had a week of this great tasting beer and had a bunch of friends over on Saturday. By Monday, they all tasted like bandaids/burnt rubber/grapefruit rind.

 

[the_kent]

I checked the gravity of my brew yesterday and it has dropped from a starting gravity of 1.084 to 1.017! I tasted the sample and I already LOVE it. I'll be racking today and dry hopping with the remainder of my hops and letting it rest for another week or so before I bottle.

My question is, how much more (if any) will my gravity drop over the next week or so?

 

[rmmepv]

Ok. I made this recipe with Munich LME instead of light. I was nervous how it would turn out but I have heard of many other IPAs brewed with Munich so I was not too worried and very intrigued with the IBUs matched with the malty backbone of munich. Well I am drinking now and this is the best brew I have made to date (>20 batches). The munich plays very nicely with the hops and the Simcoe is just a nose and tongue blast. Love it!

 

[mckay75]

Cracked a bottle of this last night as I was growing impatient and couldn't wait any longer. WOW! I'm ordering the ingredients to make this again ASAP because this one is going to go quick!

Thanks again Yooper for the recipe!

 

[Yooper]

We just kicked a keg of this last night. It's still one of my favorites and I make it often. I'm glad that you like it too!

 

[D_Nyholm]

Just put a 6 pack of this in the fridge and am going to have to wait a few days to try it. Looking forward to it as my first sample wasn't completely carbed. Then im going to compare it to the bottle of dfh 60 I have patiently waiting in the fridge as well

 

[Bigcorona]

Side by side comparison.
Color: DFH a little lighter.
Clarity: Neither too clear but DFH a little clearer.
Head: Clone has more head, a little over carbonated.
Aroma: Clone has more pronounced hop aroma.
Taste: Clone has more pronounced hop taste and better balance.
Head retention: Clone has better head retention.
Lacing: Clone has slightly more lacing.

Overall: Clone a definite winner.

 

[Yooper]

That's awesome! I bet the super freshness of the homebrew will always give the edge to the homebrew on hop aroma and flavor but it's always nice to do a side-by-side and think, "mine is better!"

 

[Bigcorona]

I agree, the freshness of the home brew gave it the edge. On the other hand I am thrilled that I can produce a beer that companies so favorably to a commercial brew. Only been home brewing for a year.
2nd batch is dry hopping and will be bottled next weekend. I have one bottle left of the first batch to use as a comparison. Yea, it goes fast!

Thanks for the recipe Yooper !

 

[cm_laflamme]

Just bottled a batch that I'm wicked excited for, however I have a couple of questions. My LHBS didn't have Amarillo hops so I substituted Centennial. Also due to circumstances I wound up dry hopping for 9 vice 7 days. So my questions are, for someone unfamiliar with the differences between hop varieties what differences should I expect from the centennial instead of the Amarillo? Also will the extended dry hopping make any difference?

I do say though awesome recipe, the half cup or so I wound up with after bottling was awesome. It was almost drinkable pre-carb!

 

[cossacks19]

I brewed this twice now. The second batch is currently fermenting. Only problem is the gravity is 1.019 after one week and doesn't seem to be moving for the last two days. When I mashed it was at a higher temp, by accident, at 158 the whole hour. Should I expect the gravity to drop at all? Or is it done due to the high mash temp?

 

[scientist_brewer]

I just racked this recipe (AG) to secondary. The OG was 1.057 and FG was 1.012. I used dry American ale yeast but made a starter and it took off and fermented like there was no tomorrow.
I took a taste pre-dry hopping and it is already tasting great.
Congrats to the original poster for the recipe. I can't wait to bottle and mature this bad boy.

 

[knuckledragger]

Going to rack to secondary/dryhop tonight. The sample tasted pretty darn good, however OG 1072 and a FG of 1018 is a little discouraging. I can't seem to get my extract brews to drop lower than 1018 even with good fermentation temps ~67 and rehydrating nottingham yeast. Would it taste a little less sweet even if I got my FG around 1015 or so or am I nitpicking over a few points...

 

[periwinkle1239]

Going to rack to secondary/dryhop tonight. The sample tasted pretty darn good, however OG 1072 and a FG of 1018 is a little discouraging. I can't seem to get my extract brews to drop lower than 1018 even with good fermentation temps ~67 and rehydrating nottingham yeast. Would it taste a little less sweet even if I got my FG around 1015 or so or am I nitpicking over a few points...

I think you are nitpicking a bit. However I somewhat agree with you about extract FGs. I get much lower FGs now that I switched to AG. But that's because I control the mash temps an how many fermentables are produced, whereas with extract, it is what it is.

But 1.018 is actually a fairly good FG for this brew. I'd call it a success!

 

[althea]

I just wanted to say I did slightly modified extract version of this and it came out absolutely delicious:

5.5 gallon Batch

9.9 lbs of Breiss CBW Golden Light LME (3 jars)
12 oz Crystal Malt -40L
8 oz CaraPils

I used Nugget for the 60 minute addition.

I clearly need to take better notes, but I think I did 1 jar of the extract at the beginning and added the other 2 jars at 5 minutes to go.

Just a great IPA...so fresh. I'd definitely suggest this extract recipe to anyone looking for a good IPA. My only problem is that it is rather expensive to do a big extract IPA.

 

[katbro75]

I plan on brewing the original all grain recipe from the first page but my LHBS didn't have amber malt so they gave me brown malt as a sub. I've never used brown malt before, has anyone tried it in this recipe? I also can't decide if I want to use Wyeast Ringwood ale yeast or S-05. Suggestions?

 

[ScottSingleton]

Just finished brewing my third AG batch of this recipe. I ended up subbing biscuit for the amber and wasnt as 'continuous' with my hopping as I was previously but all in all a good brew day!