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

[Sirwood]

I don't think any sweetness will come, but maybe the perception of sweetness will be improved by the dryhopping.

There isn't any crystal malt in the AG recipe, as it's not a sweet beer at all to me, so I'm sure that's why.

I was tasting mine compared to a fresh 60 min and seemed like there was sweetness with the Dogfish but maybe your right about the perception part. I did the extract version though

 

[Brizzo]

So I have been drinking this from my keg for about a week now. This was my first ag and my og was 1.080 and I finished at 1.018. To make up for that higher gravity I upped my dry hopping amounts and now that It is carbed I can't stop drinking it. The hops aroma is out of control, the simcoe and Amarillo are amazing. There was a slight alcohol warming the first few pints but everything now has blended so well that you can only smell the hops, followed by the malt then a slight bitterness. Reminds me a lot of a dfh 75 ipa, not quite a 90 but my gravity was way over a 60. I think the 90 has a little more alcohol taste. Great recipe, I will keep this on tap.

 

[Red86yota]

Made this extract recipe on Friday. Had to leave town for Easter on Saturday, came home Sunday night and the bucket lid was popped off! Never knew that could happen. I put a fresh clean lid on it, hope it's going to be ok. The beer smells great already.

 

[ScottSingleton]

I've got one that's been in the fermentor now for about two weeks. Just need to find time to rack it into a second for the dry hops. Problem is I want to harvest the Pacman yeast bed so I have quite a bit of prep sterilizing water/mason jars prior to the rack.

Can't wait; loved the last two batches I made.

 

[Dcmpres]

Just returned to home-brewing after some years and I have dusted off my old gear. I have taken a couple of stumbles with my first two extract batches, but I am finding my groove again. So after reading 140 + pages dedicated to Yooper's (love your avatar) DFH 60 minute clone I was just incredibly excited to brew this recipe. It took a while to track down the hops, but MoreBeer came through for me. When brew day came I had my mise en place set up so I wouldn't miss a hop addition. Everything went well and I felt very comfortable with the whole process. My gravities were spot on, cooled to pitching temperature quickly and she was fermenting away the following morning with a gorgeous Kräusen, it reminded my of a perfectly roasted marshmallow that lasted for 8 days. Last week I moved her into the secondary and I will dry hop on Wednesday. Once it's ready I will bottle half and keg (3gal) the other as I just finished setting up my chest freezer. Anticipation never felt so good. Thanks to all the willing participant who have shared their wealth of information and insight to this thread, especially Yooper's. It's good to be back brewing again.

 

[tom_gamer]

Just returned to home-brewing after some years and I have dusted off my old gear. I have taken a couple of stumbles with my first two extract batches, but I am finding my groove again. So after reading 140 + pages dedicated to Yooper's (love your avatar) DFH 60 minute clone I was just incredibly excited to brew this recipe. It took a while to track down the hops, but MoreBeer came through for me. When brew day came I had my mise en place set up so I wouldn't miss a hop addition. Everything went well and I felt very comfortable with the whole process. My gravities were spot on, cooled to pitching temperature quickly and she was fermenting away the following morning with a gorgeous Kräusen, it reminded my of a perfectly roasted marshmallow that lasted for 8 days. Last week I moved her into the secondary and I will dry hop on Wednesday. Once it's ready I will bottle half and keg (3gal) the other as I just finished setting up my chest freezer. Anticipation never felt so good. Thanks to all the willing participant who have shared their wealth of information and insight to this thread, especially Yooper's. It's good to be back brewing again.

Because you took the time to actually read the entire post do you want to give a recap of what suggestions were made Anfang agreed upon?

 

[brew2enjoy]

I brewed this a few years ago when I first started homebrewing. I did the extract version and it came out great. Now that I am an all-grain brewer it may be time to re-visit this. I'll have to see if I can get my hands on some Thomas Faucett amber malt.

 

[Dcmpres]

Tom, Aller anfang ist schwer. ;0)

 

[tom_gamer]

Tom, Aller anfang ist schwer. ;0)

Stupid auto correct lol. Mine is bilingual

 

[Floydsview]

This was my third OG brew. The other two were just beer. But this one turned out great. I plan on another batch this weekend before the weather gets too hot. Thanks Yooper!

 

[mjmac85]

Ok going to kinda of try this. My LHBS was out of Simcoe for the year so the owner suggested a substitute of Summit. I decided what the hell it's still going to be beer and it will be a fun experiment. Now I did a quick search on the board here and saw a few threads saying that there is no good replacement for Simcoe. Ok I'm still going to give it a try and see what I get. I was going to try and do this as my first full boil. I was wondering does the hop schedule change at all for a full boil with extract?

 

[sivdrinks]

Haven't brewed yet but was wondering, doesn't seem like alot of hops for an IPA. Also, would Caramunich 2 or 3 be a good sub for TF Amber? Marries Otter doesn't seem to be dark enough. Thanks!

 

[ScottSingleton]

try the recipe as Yoop posted it first and experiment from there.. It's really darn close to the original

 

[Sirwood]

Just bottled this tonight...it's going to be hard to wait 2 weeks to get into this one

 

[Red86yota]

I brewed the extract recipe 9 days ago, and I think this thing is finally done fermenting!

Also picked up a little fridge that will fit a 6 gal bucket. Is it a good idea to stick the primary fermenter in the fridge for a day before racking to secondary and dry-hopping?

Can't wait to try this beer, it smells so good right now.

 

[ZombieBrew83]

I bottled my batch of this a little more than a week ago. I snuck a sample last night to see how it is. The beer was still undercarbed but the flavor was incredible! The dry hop aroma was heavenly. Thanks for posting this recipe, Yooper. Too bad the wings got eliminated so early this year. However, this beer helped to ease the pain a bit

 

[Bigcorona]

Drinking my 2nd batch now. Could not be hoppier, I mean happier. This one goes into the rotation for sure!

Anyone have ideas for substitute hops? Worried that Simco and Amarillo may not be available latter in the year.

 

[DustBow]

sorry, the Simcoe & Amarillo combo pretty much make/define this beer.....

 

[PJM]

Going to brew this on Saturday. I have 1056 on hand. Is that what most people are using? Thx.

 

[Yooper]

Going to brew this on Saturday. I have 1056 on hand. Is that what most people are using? Thx.

I've used 1056 with great results, but I've used other yeast strains that I happened to have also. I like Wyeast 1335 which is an English strain, but it's really neutral and clean and gives a dry finish.

 

[sivdrinks]

Would S-04 be better than S-05?

 

[PJM]

Thx Yooper. I'll go with the 1056 since I have it on hand. Looking forward to brewing this. Hope I can do the recipe justice.

 

[sivdrinks]

S-04 anyone? I have 05 if not.

 

[Yooper]

S-04 anyone? I have 05 if not.

Yes, s04 works great- IF you keep it under 64 degrees. Otherwise, it gets a bit fruity and doesn't work well with the grapefruity hops.

 

[Rhuarc]

I have added this to my To Brew folder in BeerSmith!

 

[sivdrinks]

Yes, s04 works great- IF you keep it under 64 degrees. Otherwise, it gets a bit fruity and doesn't work well with the grapefruity hops.

Thanks Yooper, I can not stay under 64 so I'll go with the S05. Sorry ya had to change your picture, my Devils will be out tonight also. They look terrible, Marty needs to go. Think y'all will go after Parise?

 

[homebrewhaha]

Is it possible to dry-hop this beer without racking to a secondary (I don't have one) ?

 

[D_Nyholm]

Is it possible to dry-hop this beer without racking to a secondary (I don't have one) ?

I did it that way, or you can dry hop in the keg if you go that way.

 

[Bigcorona]

I have brewed this twice and both times I dry hopped in the primary (no secondary). It worked out OK. My reasoning, you loose volume every time you rack, you also loose volume due to hop absorption. Dry hopping in the primary reduced this loss. I saw no ill effects. I did wait for 3 weeks to begin the dry hopping, and bottled 1 week later. Initial clarity in the bottle suffers a little, but it does clear in the bottle.

 

[homebrewhaha]

Thanks for the reassurance, guys. But, alas, it seems like anybody who is serious about home brewing uses a secondary (not a dig, I promise). I think I might order one to have ready just in time for this batch. Seems like there are several benefits that make it worth it.