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

[bonecitybrewco]

Just wanted to say I brewed this recently and it turned out fantastic! Best of my brews so far and was adored by fellow beer drinking friends. I added my hops at 2 minute intervals as shown in my recipe below. O.G. was 1.065 and finished at 1.017. I just put down another version of this last Monday, using 2-row instead of MO and just did the more conventional additons of hops at 60,15,5 and 0. Can't wait!

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 30.84 l
Post Boil Volume: 25.84 l
Batch Size (fermenter): 23.00 l
Bottling Volume: 22.00 l
Estimated OG: 1.063 SG
Estimated Color: 11.6 EBC
Estimated IBU: 53.6 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 75.6 %
Boil Time: 75 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
7.00 kg Bairds Maris Otter (5.0 EBC) Grain 1 97.4 %
0.19 kg Amber Malt (43.3 EBC) Grain 2 2.6 %
12.00 g Warrior [15.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 3 18.2 IBUs
3.00 g Warrior [15.00 %] - Boil 55.0 min Hop 4 4.4 IBUs
3.00 g Warrior [15.00 %] - Boil 50.0 min Hop 5 4.3 IBUs
3.00 g Warrior [15.00 %] - Boil 45.0 min Hop 6 4.2 IBUs
3.00 g Warrior [15.00 %] - Boil 40.0 min Hop 7 4.0 IBUs
2.00 g Amarillo [9.50 %] - Boil 35.0 min Hop 8 1.6 IBUs
2.00 g Simcoe [14.00 %] - Boil 35.0 min Hop 9 2.3 IBUs
2.00 g Amarillo [9.20 %] - Boil 30.0 min Hop 10 1.4 IBUs
2.00 g Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 30.0 min Hop 11 2.0 IBUs
2.00 g Amarillo [9.20 %] - Boil 25.0 min Hop 12 1.3 IBUs
2.00 g Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 25.0 min Hop 13 1.8 IBUs
2.00 g Amarillo [9.20 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 14 1.1 IBUs
2.00 g Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 15 1.6 IBUs
0.50 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining 16 -
2.00 g Amarillo [9.20 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 17 0.9 IBUs
2.00 g Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 18 1.3 IBUs
2.00 g Amarillo [9.20 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 19 0.7 IBUs
2.00 g Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 20 1.0 IBUs
2.00 g Amarillo [9.20 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 21 0.4 IBUs
2.00 g Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 22 0.5 IBUs
2.00 g Amarillo [9.50 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 60. Hop 23 0.2 IBUs
2.00 g Simcoe [14.00 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 60.0 Hop 24 0.3 IBUs
2.0 pkg Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05) Yeast 25 -
28.00 g Amarillo [9.20 %] - Dry Hop 0.0 Days Hop 26 0.0 IBUs
15.00 g Simcoe [13.00 %] - Dry Hop 0.0 Days Hop 27 0.0 IBUs


Mash Schedule: 01 - Kens BIAB 69c
Total Grain Weight: 7.19 kg
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Mash In Add 33.44 l of water at 72.8 C 69.0 C 90 min

How did your version with the traditional hopping schedule turn out?

 

[bonecitybrewco]

My take on this was brewed this morning. Missed my efficiency a bit, but overall a good attempt and happy with the results. Went with Palisade FWH and then Amarillo, Simcoe, Centennial whirlpool at 170 for 30 mins and then the same for dry hopping planne. This has almost created a beer in and of itself, but thought I'd thank Yooper for the idea and original recipe.

Doesn't seem like a lot of hops til you put them all together...

First runnings out of the kettle to fermenter. Had to grab a sample because it looked too good.

Very happy with a sample after the hops and grub dropped. The colour is my favourite of all my batches so far.

This was my first time using my new base malt, Canada Malting Superior Pale Ale malt. That, combined with the Fawcett amber is fantastic. The DFH maltiness is there and the bitterness is in perfect balance. The fermentation process will likely change it a bit but I'm really happy with it so far.

 

[mcfire12]

Hi guys, I have wanted to do this brew for a year now and i'm finally getting to it this weekend! Little rusty as I haven't brewed for a year and I need some help. So I downloaded yoopers beersmith document and started from there. I want to do a 10 gallon batch of this. With my equipment I just batch sparge. I'm confused on the amount of water... on yoopers it says 4.18 gal mash in 60 min, then mash out 2.34 gallon 10 min, and then fly sparge with 1.86 gallon. Ends up with a set pre boil of 6.43

Now... I want to batch sparge. So how do I know what temp to do this at for batch sparge and how do I know how much water to use? Also, are people still doing the continuous hopping or is there another hop schedule for this now? Please help a newbie out, I really don't want to mess this one up, if I can make something remotely close to 60 min ipa i'd be in heaven!

 

[Yooper]

Hi guys, I have wanted to do this brew for a year now and i'm finally getting to it this weekend! Little rusty as I haven't brewed for a year and I need some help. So I downloaded yoopers beersmith document and started from there. I want to do a 10 gallon batch of this. With my equipment I just batch sparge. I'm confused on the amount of water... on yoopers it says 4.18 gal mash in 60 min, then mash out 2.34 gallon 10 min, and then fly sparge with 1.86 gallon. Ends up with a set pre boil of 6.43

Now... I want to batch sparge. So how do I know what temp to do this at for batch sparge and how do I know how much water to use? Also, are people still doing the continuous hopping or is there another hop schedule for this now? Please help a newbie out, I really don't want to mess this one up, if I can make something remotely close to 60 min ipa i'd be in heaven!

Those aren't really instructions- that's what my Beersmith settings came out with.

Generally, mash in with 1.25-1.5 quarts of water per pound of grain. Measure what comes out, and then sparge with enough water to get up to your boil volume.

For a 10 gallon batch, you may need 13-14 gallons of water to start. Depending on your system.

 

[JONNYROTTEN]

Hi guys, I have wanted to do this brew for a year now and i'm finally getting to it this weekend! Little rusty as I haven't brewed for a year and I need some help. So I downloaded yoopers beersmith document and started from there. I want to do a 10 gallon batch of this. With my equipment I just batch sparge. I'm confused on the amount of water... on yoopers it says 4.18 gal mash in 60 min, then mash out 2.34 gallon 10 min, and then fly sparge with 1.86 gallon. Ends up with a set pre boil of 6.43

Now... I want to batch sparge. So how do I know what temp to do this at for batch sparge and how do I know how much water to use? Also, are people still doing the continuous hopping or is there another hop schedule for this now? Please help a newbie out, I really don't want to mess this one up, if I can make something remotely close to 60 min ipa i'd be in heaven!

This is what I do. Start with 14 gallons and youll be close to 11 gallon in the fermenter. If your a little shy just top off fermenter

22 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) 96.7 %
12.0 oz Amber Malt (22.0 SRM) 3.3 %

1.00 oz Warrior [18.20 %] - First Wort 60.0 min 34.5 IBUs
0.50 oz Amarillo [9.50 %] - Boil 15.0 min 3.7 IBUs
0.50 oz Simcoe [11.90 %] - Boil 15.0 min 4.6 IBUs
0.50 oz Amarillo [9.50 %] - Boil 5.0 min 1.5 IBUs
0.50 oz Simcoe [12.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min 1.9 IBUs
1.00 oz Amarillo [9.50 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 10.0 min 2.7 IBUs
1.00 oz Simcoe [12.20 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 10.0 min 3.8 IBUs
2.00 oz Amarillo [9.50 %] - Dry Hop 5 Days
1.00 oz Simcoe [12.00 %] - Dry Hop 5 Days

 

[mcfire12]

This is what I do. Start with 14 gallons and youll be close to 11 gallon in the fermenter. If your a little shy just top off fermenter

22 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) 96.7 %
12.0 oz Amber Malt (22.0 SRM) 3.3 %

1.00 oz Warrior [18.20 %] - First Wort 60.0 min 34.5 IBUs
0.50 oz Amarillo [9.50 %] - Boil 15.0 min 3.7 IBUs
0.50 oz Simcoe [11.90 %] - Boil 15.0 min 4.6 IBUs
0.50 oz Amarillo [9.50 %] - Boil 5.0 min 1.5 IBUs
0.50 oz Simcoe [12.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min 1.9 IBUs
1.00 oz Amarillo [9.50 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 10.0 min 2.7 IBUs
1.00 oz Simcoe [12.20 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 10.0 min 3.8 IBUs
2.00 oz Amarillo [9.50 %] - Dry Hop 5 Days
1.00 oz Simcoe [12.00 %] - Dry Hop 5 Days

So i'll end up with 14 gallon to boil then. What temps and how are you adding water to batch sparge? Also, my 12oz of other malt I ordered english maris otter melt for some reason, thought I read earlier in this post that it was what I was supposed to use. Now, beersmith is putting it at a pretty light color. I have caramel 10 here, should I use that instead?

 

[JONNYROTTEN]

So i'll end up with 14 gallon to boil then. What temps and how are you adding water to batch sparge? Also, my 12oz of other malt I ordered english maris otter melt for some reason, thought I read earlier in this post that it was what I was supposed to use. Now, beersmith is putting it at a pretty light color. I have caramel 10 here, should I use that instead?

You start with 14 gallons strike water,youll have less water after grain absorption for the boil and even less after boil off.Youll end up around 11 gallons. I just add tap water to my fermenter to bring me up to my desired levels..I have good water though

 

[bonecitybrewco]

So i'll end up with 14 gallon to boil then. What temps and how are you adding water to batch sparge? Also, my 12oz of other malt I ordered english maris otter melt for some reason, thought I read earlier in this post that it was what I was supposed to use. Now, beersmith is putting it at a pretty light color. I have caramel 10 here, should I use that instead?

The 12oz is supposed to be Fawcett Amber malt. Crystal 10 wouldn't be dark or toasty enough. The Fawcett Amber is pretty roasty. I used 8 oz in my 5 gal batch and it comes through nicely. I love this beer. A lot. My buddy asked me if it was a "commercial" craft beer. So if you can find some of that it fits. If you only have some crystal available, I'd be looking at the darker ones. And even then it's not the same.

 

[RyPA]

Edit: Disregard my questions, I already brewed it. No extra hop additions, followed recipe exactly as it is in post #1.

Hey guys,

I'm relatively new to homebrewing. I did a few Mr Beer kits around 5 years ago and recently bought a 5-gallon extract kit. I am prepping to do my second batch which is this DFH 60 clone.

My first batch was an amber ale kit that came with my brewing kit. The amber ale kit came with 6 lbs of liquid malt extract. This DFH kit calls for 9.5 and I wanted to make sure I am reading this correctly since it seems like a lot more LME for the same batch size.

For LME I went with the Superstructure from Northern Brewer, 3 x 3.15 lb cartons.

Please let me know if you think my ingredients look ok. Also bought a immersion chiller because the ice bath on my first batch was brutal, and I want to try to get clear beer. Speaking of clear beer, what do you guys think of Polyclar?

I was planning on brewing as per the instructions doing a continuous addition of hops. I realize I will have around .75 oz of Warrior and 0.5 oz of Simcoe left over. Do you guys think it's safe to toss in a little extra into the boil or as a dry hop?

 

[luizffgarcia]

@Yooper, what is the water profile you use for this? I usually go with 55 chloride to 140 sulfate for american IPAs, but this is an East Coast IPA, right? Should i up the chloride for this one?

EDIT: Oh i just found in this thread you go 80 to 150. I will try that then

 

[Yooper]

@Yooper, what is the water profile you use for this? I usually go with 55 chloride to 140 sulfate for american IPAs, but this is an East Coast IPA, right? Should i up the chloride for this one?

EDIT: Oh i just found in this thread you go 80 to 150. I will try that then

I've made only a few changes away from the original recipe for my "House IPA". I still use about the same water, as for some reason I don't enjoy this beer as much with a higher sulfate. I guess it's because there is no crystal in it, so it's already dry and when I upped the sulfate for a firmer bitterness, I didn't like it as much.

To make it my House IPA, I just added a few more hops and I usually do that at whirlpool. To simplify it, I just add the warrior at FWH, and then the amarillo/simcoe blend at 10 and 0 and whirlpool (and more of them). I still really love this beer, especially with those changes. I'm going to brew it again sometime this week.

 

[shoengine]

I haven't read through all 2300-some posts in this thread, but are the directions and ingredients list for the extract recipe still accurate? Would I need to change anything if I did a full 5gal boil? What is the best yeast to use?

 

[shoengine]

I picked up the ingredients and the yeast is coming from morebeer on Monday. We'll see if I can do it. Thanks for the recipe!

 

[Yooper]

I picked up the ingredients and the yeast is coming from morebeer on Monday. We'll see if I can do it. Thanks for the recipe!

It's a nice beer, I promise! I still make it fairly often.

 

[JONNYROTTEN]

It's a nice beer, I promise! I still make it fairly often.

Its a great beer actually. I thought I read you were using more hops and later lately. I'm surprised. I tried the whole "late addition mega hop" craze and found I like the classic hop (mid boil) and "normal" amount better., I get to much vegal lawn grass flavor the newer way

 

[lightweight]

First time brewing this beer, just tapped the keg. Thanks Yooper for an awesome beer! Mine came out to about 6.5%, couldn't be happier. Will definitely be brewing this again. I added my dry hops on day 4, left it in for about 7 days. Cold crashed for a couple days, tapped it on day 14.

 

[SHbrewing]

Brewing this weekend! Thanks Yooper!

 

[shoengine]

Mine came out great, but quite a bit darker than the recipe should have. Not sure why.

 

[user 246304]

Awesome. Thanks Yooper!

 

[shigadeyo]

Any thoughts on substituting something like 4 oz of Thomas Fawcett brown malt (I happen to have some leftover) for the 6 oz of amber malt in the original recipe?

 

[thehaze]

Brown malt is quite different than amber and will certainly add a bit of something you do not want in the beer. Maybe get some Melanoidin or some Crystal 20-30 L.

 

[brew703]

What would be the water profile used for this recipe?

 

[hipHOPapotamus]

I used the Yellow Dry profile in Brun Water and brewed the recipe as listed on page 1... and it’s delicious!

Mine has less pine than DFH60 but the simcoe/Amarillo dry hop aroma is much better. Next time I will up the bitterness slightly to 1oz warrior at 60.

 

[OzarkPA]

Just curious about this recipe.. Beer memory isn't perfect... but dfh60 has been showing up in our parts on tap in several places, and after trying it a few times, I was very underwhelmed. I seem to recall it was a good brew in the past, but memory could be foggy, recipe could have changed (mass market production?), etc. Is it just beer senility??

 

[brew703]

I brewed this and IMO it's no where near the commercial brand. Taste and hops are off. Could have been my process. Could have been my water profile. Don't get me wrong, it's good. My wife liked it so that's a plus. The color is really close however for me the hops are off.
I have started increasing my IBU's by a min of 10 to get close to what the commercial breweries show. Same for this clone. Had I increased my IBU's by 10-15 I may have been in the ball park.
FWIW, I didn't really care for the commercial DH60- I just wanted to brew it because of the way they add in the hops and to see if it makes any difference.
I would probably brew this again with some changes.

 

[hipHOPapotamus]

Yeah I agree, this isn't quite a clone anymore but I believe that is because commercial DFH60 has changed over the years. I found my homebrewed version to have a much fruitier aroma and balanced flavor versus DFH60 which tasted more bitter and lacked the Simcoe/Amarillo aroma. The recipe on page 1 also clocked in at 7% ABV for me, whereas DFH60 is 6% I believe. Although not a spot-on clone I much prefer the homebrew version.

IMO if you want an up to date DFH 60 clone I'd cut the grain bill by a pound, eliminate the dry hops altogether and mix more Warrior in throughout the boil.

 

[dandw12786]

This was my second brew back after taking a couple years off. Followed the recipe exactly (though I didn't use the same brand of amber malt), dry hopped for 5 days and kegged it Saturday night. Sat for 36 hours at 30 psi, and I purged the keg this morning and set to serving temp and let it sit all day. Pulled a pint tonight, and I'm impressed. Not the best beer I've ever tasted (though in fairness we got Dogfish Head in my state a couple weeks ago, a week after I brewed this, and I was actually underwhelmed by 60 minute. Just not as good as I remember it being back when I first tried it years ago), but this may be the best beer I've ever made. My wife likes beer sometimes, but isn't quite as into it as me, and has historically been "yeah, that's pretty good" about my homebrews (which is about the same enthusiasm she shows for most beer). This is the first time she's taken a sip and her eyes lit up, and she said "I'm going to have to remember that the kegerator is out in the garage, I might actually have a few of these". I'll count it as a win, and an early sign that I might still know what the hell I'm doing!

 

[Yooper]

This was my second brew back after taking a couple years off. Followed the recipe exactly (though I didn't use the same brand of amber malt), dry hopped for 5 days and kegged it Saturday night. Sat for 36 hours at 30 psi, and I purged the keg this morning and set to serving temp and let it sit all day. Pulled a pint tonight, and I'm impressed. Not the best beer I've ever tasted (though in fairness we got Dogfish Head in my state a couple weeks ago, a week after I brewed this, and I was actually underwhelmed by 60 minute. Just not as good as I remember it being back when I first tried it years ago), but this may be the best beer I've ever made. My wife likes beer sometimes, but isn't quite as into it as me, and has historically been "yeah, that's pretty good" about my homebrews (which is about the same enthusiasm she shows for most beer). This is the first time she's taken a sip and her eyes lit up, and she said "I'm going to have to remember that the kegerator is out in the garage, I might actually have a few of these". I'll count it as a win, and an early sign that I might still know what the hell I'm doing!

That's good to hear!

 

[PandionExpress]

Good day. I am new to HBT and all grain. Planning on doing this is my first batch. I am quite confused on the hop schedule.

.75 Warrior hops 16.4% AA (60 minutes) SEE NOTES ON HOPPING!
.50 Amarillo Gold 8.5% (35 minutes)
.50 Simcoe 12% (30 minutes)
.50 Simcoe 12% Dry hop
1.00 Amarillo Gold Dry hop

Am I breaking up the quantity of hops listed into time segments over the 60 minute boil? So a grand total of 1.75 oz of hops would be added over the entire boil? Doesn't seem like that much. Or are those the amounts I add every time i "continuously hop"? In which case the quantity would be significantly more hops.

Also, noob question - dry hopping takes place in the secondary fermented right?

 

[brew703]

Good day. I am new to HBT and all grain. Planning on doing this is my first batch. I am quite confused on the hop schedule.

.75 Warrior hops 16.4% AA (60 minutes) SEE NOTES ON HOPPING!
.50 Amarillo Gold 8.5% (35 minutes)
.50 Simcoe 12% (30 minutes)
.50 Simcoe 12% Dry hop
1.00 Amarillo Gold Dry hop

Am I breaking up the quantity of hops listed into time segments over the 60 minute boil? So a grand total of 1.75 oz of hops would be added over the entire boil? Doesn't seem like that much. Or are those the amounts I add every time i "continuously hop"? In which case the quantity would be significantly more hops.

Also, noob question - dry hopping takes place in the secondary fermented right?

I brewed this recipe and I can say the hop quantities are too low. It was still a good beer but no where near the commercial version. Next time I brew this I plan on adding 2-3x the hops, especially the late boil hops.

Dry hops go in the primary. No need to put anything in secondary unless you are aging your beer.