Admittedly, my brewing schedule is way behind the planned brew-a-month pace. However, we do what we can, right? The latest foray was originally going to be a straight-up, American Pale Ale. Nothing over the top, just crisp and drinkable and most likely a session beer.
Oh well.
When I arrived at Southern Brewing and started talking to Ben Romano (a fine brewer in his own right), I found myself once again shifting to something little more hoppier. And then more so. And then before I could say lupulin, I had a recipe for a hopped-up West Coast IPA in my hands. Ben convinced me to up the Magnum and Chinook hops. Such is the burden of a hop-headed homebrewer.
Here is the recipe:
6.6 lbs Golden LME
2 lbs Golden DME
1 lb Crystal 65
8 oz. Vienna
1 oz Magnum (60 minutes)
1 oz Chinook (20 minutes)
1 oz Amarillo (15 minutes)
1 oz Centennial (10 minutes)
1 oz Simcoe (5 minutes)
1 oz Amarillo (end)
I used a dry yeast for the first time, the US-05 recommended by Ben. My O.G. was 1.07. According to my BrewPal app, I am expecting an ABV of about 7.2%, and an IBU of 92. We'll see. Does this rank as a Double IPA?
After less than 12 hours, the fermenter was bubbling away, and the wafting, bitter hoppiness was floating about. Going to secondary shortly. I wish I had some hops on hand to dry-hop with. Oh well.
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Looking forward to hearing your tasting notes on this. Looks like a great line up of hops!
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