American IPA My 2-time gold winning American IPA

[plainbrad]

If you brew, let me know what you think.

I brewed this a while ago and everyone, and I mean EVERYONE, who has had one, loves this beer. Thank you for the recipe.

 

[chrisp522]

I brewed this a while ago and everyone, and I mean EVERYONE, who has had one, loves this beer. Thank you for the recipe.

I'm transferring this to a secondary and dry hopping tonite I'm anxious to taste the final product

 

[mattyg]

I'm transferring this to a secondary and dry hopping tonite I'm anxious to taste the final product

Me too! Coincidences....

 

[mux]

To be brewed Friday.

 

[guelerct]

Brewing this on Sat but will substitute Breiss for Rahr due to inventory...it should be dead on though, right?

 

[dale1038]

Brewing this on Sat but will substitute Breiss for Rahr due to inventory...it should be dead on though, right?

Yes

 

[Spicemon1972]

This sounds exceptional - I can't wait to get the experience to tackle this one!

 

[mux]

Brewing this tonight.

 

[chrisp522]

Dry hopped. SG at 1.01 had to taste and it was good. I used MO as the base grain cant wait to keg it.

 

[chrisp522]

It's in the keg!

 

[Satisfaction]

Thank you for posting this, having a pint put of the keg now. It is not fully carbed, but the taste is awesome!

Sweet malt backbone with a very pleasant hop aftertaste. Extremely balanced..

 

[MacAztec]

Brewing this tomorrow, although I have a question about the yeast. I bought two vials of the White Labs California Ale, and I created an 800ml starter with only one of the yeast vials. I literally just made the starter, and I planned on brewing tomorrow.

My question is, is the starter sufficient for the beer, and I can save the 2nd vial of yeast? Or should I combine them? Any tips here would be appreciated.

Thanks!

 

[TrubHead]

Recently brewed this one and OG hit 1.070. Mash out looked and smelled great. Paying closer attention to strike temp appears to have paid off. Looking forward to taste test.

 

[chrisp522]

I used one vial with a 1.5 l starter and it took off in 4hrs and hit my target fg. Beer is nice I used mo as the base and hopped as per the recipe it's about a week in the keg not carb'd enough and still a bit sharp but definitely drinkable and an abv of about 8% next up is a dfh 90 or maybe a Belgian ale. Any suggestions on a Belgian recipe?

 

[MacAztec]

How long until my starter is ready? I did one vial of the California Ale in about 800mL of water, with 1/3-1/2 cup DME. It's been about 18 hours since I made the starter. Anyone?

 

[br1dge]

How long until my starter is ready? I did one vial of the California Ale in about 800mL of water, with 1/3-1/2 cup DME. It's been about 18 hours since I made the starter. Anyone?

18-24 hrs on a stir plate and you are good.

 

[MacAztec]

What if I let it go like 36 hours? Can I still use it?

 

[br1dge]

What if I let it go like 36 hours? Can I still use it?

Yes. Perfectly fine. 18-24 is just kind of a minimum to get maximum yeast growth.

 

[TrubHead]

Been 6 days fermenting and gravity down from 1.070 to 1.018. Tasted the hydro sample and the flavor is very good. Look forward to drinking the complete carbed version.

 

[DirtyDirty]

Brewed: 4/16/2012
Dry hopped: 4/23/2012
Bottled: 4/30/2012

This beer seems to be in its prime right now (5/19/2012). So far, at least. Very, very good. Thanks for the recipe.

 

[Satisfaction]

Thanks for posting this recipe, turned out amazing!

 

[Nemleu]

I’ve read yeast strains used have been WLP001, and Wyeast1056. Have any of you used US-05 with this beer?

 

[Satisfaction]

I’ve read yeast strains used have been WLP001, and Wyeast1056. Have any of you used US-05 with this beer?

The batch I made was with -05, it turned out pretty darn good. See the picture above your post on the end result.

 

[dale1038]

I’ve read yeast strains used have been WLP001, and Wyeast1056. Have any of you used US-05 with this beer?

That's all I ever use. I've experimented with all of them. No one will ever be able to convince they can actually taste the difference.

 

[Spicemon1972]

I just used BeerSmith to convert your recipe to extract with steeping grains and am planning on brewing this in two weeks. I'm going to use Wyeast 1056 - do you think it would be prudent to pitch two packages since I don't use a yeast starter at this point in my brewing career or will one smack pack suffice?
With all the glowing reviews, I am excited to make this recipe. Thanks a million for sharing!
Cheers!

 

[Stellarstar]

Can someone put this recipe up as extract for me
As I don't have access to a program that does this ? And I new to this game so I am not up to AG yet, small steps. Lol. Cheers

 

[Spicemon1972]

I just brewed an extract version of this beer. It turned out pretty good by the gravity turned out lower than I expected 1.060.
Grain:
9lb. Pale Malt Extract
4 oz. Wheat Malt Extract
Specialty Grains:
1 lb. Carapils
Hops:
30 Minute: 1.5 oz. Chinook, 2 oz. Cascades.
15 Minute: 2 oz. Cascade, 1 oz. Willamette
5 Minute: 1 oz. Willamette.
I will dry hop 14 days with 2 oz. Cascades

I used a starter of White Labs San Diego Super Yeast.

I almost decided to replace Willamette with Citra hops but couldn't find em' at my organic Homebrew store.

It's fermenting like crazy at 67 degrees.

Here's an extract version from earlier in the thread. It is really similar to what BeerSmith gave me when I ran the conversion from enochs original all grain recipe. Since I haven't brewed my extract version yet, I don't want to post it as it may need tweaks that will only be apparent once I have it brewed.
If you want a close approximation, I would go ahead and use what dougmaher434 posted (see above) and tweak it to your taste from there.
Cheers!

 

[Stellarstar]

Thanks mate should of looked at thread a bit closer cheers

 

[Spicemon1972]

No problem - post back with how it turns out. I have a pretty busy brew schedule coming up but I might have to squeeze this one in sooner rather than later.
Happy Brewing!

 

[Stellarstar]

Yeah will let u know how it goes.