Sketching up an IPA
January 17, 2008 at 4:03 am Alex Leave a comment
I haven’t made this one yet, but I just sat down to formulate the recipe. I’m looking for some definite bitterness, but I’m more concerned with having some generous aroma and flavor hops. Here’s what I have this far:
my goal is an OG of 1.070 with BU’s around 45-50. This is going to be a definite American IPA.
Yeast: American Ale Yeast
Hops: Eroica or chinook for the boil (whole leaf) as shown in the chart below and cascade for the hopback (1 oz. whole leaf) and dry hopping (1-2 oz. pellet).
| Batch Volume (Gal) | 5.5 | Wort Gravity (O.G) | 1.07 | |
| Hop Weight (oz.) | Hop Alpha Acid (%) | Boil Time (min) | IBU | |
| Hop Addition 1 | 1 | 12 | 60 | 35.7 |
| Hop Addition 2 | 0.5 | 12 | 15 | 8.9 |
| Hop Addition 3 | 0.25 | 12 | 12 | 4.5 |
| Hop Addition 4 | 0.25 | 12 | 6 | 1.9 |
| Hop Addition 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total IBU: | 51 |
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Malt Bill:
7-8 lb Extra Light Dry Malt Extract
1.5-2 lb Crystal Malt (maybe half ligh, half darker for some added complexity)
.75-1 lb Malted Barley (toasted at 350° for ~10 min.)
I may reduce the malted barley and add .25 lb of chocolate to give it a richer color.
Now I just need to get to Hops and Berries and get my ingredients!
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