American IPA Magic IPA

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Recipe Type

All Grain

Yeast

Yasper magic IPA

Yeast Starter

no

Batch Size (Gallons)

5

Original Gravity

1.072

Final Gravity

1.010

Boiling Time (Minutes)

90

IBU

75

Color

5

Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)

14 days @ 64

Tasting Notes

This is a great dry, crisp, hoppy IPA. If you like West coast style IPA\\'s brew this.

12 lbs American 2 row
1.6 lbs Munich 10L

1.62 oz Mosaic- FWH @ 90 min
1.25 oz Centennial- Whirlpool @ 180 for 20 min
1.25 oz Mosaic- Whirlpool @180 for 20 min
1 oz Mosaic- DH for 5 days
1 oz Centennial- DH for 5 days

Yasper Magic IPA yeast/Giga yeast Vermont IPA yeast/SA05/WLP001

Mash @ 148 degrees F for 60 min
Ferment for 2 weeks at 64 degrees
Cold crash for 24-48 hours then keg or bottle @ 2.3 vol c02


I use a locally produced yeast strain by Yasper yeast but Giga Yeast's VT IPA yeast would work well too. If you can't get that then just use any high attenuating yeast like SA05 or WLP001. This is a low mashed beer so it will be very dry like a west coast style IPA.
I mill my own grain and I had a very close crush on this beer. My efficiency was high due to this so YRMV.

I've been brewing IPA's with simple grain bills and a low mash for a while now and I really dig them. The Munich in this beer gives it a bit of color, body, and sweetness to balance out the 70+ IBU's that go into FWH. Replace the Munich for Rye and you will have a totally different beer that is also very good. I think I brewed that one with Chinook for bittering and Simcoe for the whirlpool.

 

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Do you whirlpool both hop additions for 20 minutes at the same time? I may have to try this one.

 

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Do you whirlpool both hop additions for 20 minutes at the same time? I may have to try this one.

Hey Sorry... been mia for a while.

Yes, throw all the hops in the whirlpool at the same time.


I've had this beer kegged for about 4 days and man... it's amazing. Huge devastating hop character. Mine finished at 1.010 to make it 8.2% abv. Trying to drink it fresh... might be a long week

 

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another update on this recipe...

I had a party this past weekend and this beer was a huge hit. People couldn't get enough of it. My best friend, who's a beer guy and is very picky about ipa's, said this brew didn't taste like homebrew and he'd buy it in the store. Pretty much the ultimate compliment. He's been critical about my beer in the past so I know he was being genuine. That's what best friends are for!

this is another example of an IPA that has a ton of hop character and only has a fwh @ 90min addition, for all the ibu's, then a decent whirlpool addition at flameout. None of that "lets drop hops every minute for 90 minutes" or 30 and 20 minute addition stuff. Try it in your next IPA. It works.

 

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Update: This beer took first place at my homebrew club IPA bjcp competition tonight. At 19 or so days kegged too. It's a great IIPA that should please any crowd.