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

[Ridenour64]

Brewing this beer this upcoming Sunday! Im substituting for the amber malt. I’ve read several pages and it seems that biscuit is the best sub for amber?

I have these malts laying around
-belgian biscuit
-Victory
-special B
-maris otter
-vienna

Any better subs than the biscuit?

Thanks Yooper!

 

[PandionExpress]

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.

Thanks Brew703. Ill bring the total hops up to 4 oz or so of the varieties included in the recipe.

 

[Quilter]

This is still one of my favorite recipes, I am not a fan of really hoppy beer-this is just right!

 

[‘03 Pirate!]

I know this is a 13 year old post, but trying this extract recipe tomorrow...wish me luck!

 

[bronc72]

I know this is a 13 year old post, but trying this extract recipe tomorrow...wish me luck!

Awesome, post a pic when it is done!

 

[Ridenour64]

I just drew my first glass from my keg. Definitely needs to age a bit though. Brewed January 12th. Sat in primary for 2 weeks including diacetyl rest, 1 week cold crash, closed pressure transfer to keg where it sat for an additional week. This is my first IPA. How long are you guys aging in keg before it’s drinkable?

 

[brew703]

I just drew my first glass from my keg. Definitely needs to age a bit though. Brewed January 12th. Sat in primary for 2 weeks including diacetyl rest, 1 week cold crash, closed pressure transfer to keg where it sat for an additional week. This is my first IPA. How long are you guys aging in keg before it’s drinkable?

What's wrong with it? Should be drinkable after being carbed.

 

[BrewCityBaller]

What's wrong with it? Should be drinkable after being carbed.

It looks like they only fermented for two weeks. That's a pretty tight turnaround for a non-NE IPA, six days shorter than the recipe recommends. I personally would have let it go at least another week. It will almost certainly be better in a couple of weeks.

 

[Ridenour64]

Just a little bland currently and very hazy. I’m confident it will be better in a few weeks so I’ll report back then.

I hit my FG of 1.010, I don’t think I ever let my beers ferment longer than 2 weeks before cold crashing.

 

[Ridenour64]

As noted I did make some substitutes -biscuit malt, safale 05, I added more hops than the recipe called for (.25 more on warrior @60 and .5 on Simcoe @35) because I didn’t want to store them in the freezer. Mine taste more like a blonde ale but a touch more bitter. I’m not sure I’m getting as much utilization out of the hops as I should because I wouldn’t say mine tastes like an IPA.

Can’t knock the recipe because I didn’t follow close enough. By all means, a good beer though and will have no problem finishing the keg.

 

[Ridenour64]

You know, these hop flavors keep developing as time goes on. I’m a fan [emoji1360]

 

[Beeru]

Has anyone figured out a good hop ratio for this one? Clearly the original recipe is way way way way way too low. I'm thinking about just doing 2-3 times that much amarillo and simcoe, but only 1 oz warrior. Do you know of any other clones, and what they've done?

I also notice that the extract version has twice the hops. Is the all-grain version just misprinted?

 

[tieflyer]

So Yooper, what are your thoughts, comments on this thread as far as people upping the hops etc. Are you still following your original recipe or not even brewing this anymore?