2012 American IPA

Recipe: AIPA
Brewer: Kevin Rimlinger
Type: All Grain
Recipe Specifications
Boil Size: 7.64 gal
Post Boil Volume: 7.02 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.50 gal
Bottling Volume: 5.00 gal
Estimated OG: 1.063 SG
Estimated Color: 8.8 SRM
Estimated IBU: 62.1 IBUs (+3 to 5 IBU)
Expected Brewhouse Efficiency: 65.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Ingredients:
9 lbs 8.0 oz Maris Otter Pale Malt 3.0 SRM (70.4%)
2 lbs Munich Malt 10.0 SRM (14.8 %)
1 lbs Caramel/Crystal Malt 40.0 SRM (7.4%)
28 g Chinook [11.80 %] – Boil 60.0 min 33.5 IBUs
28 g Centennial [8.50 %] – Boil 15.0 min 12.0 IBUs
28 g Centennial 8.7 [8.70 %] – Boil 10.0 min 9.0 IBUs
28 g Citra [13.40 %] – Boil 5.0 min 7.6 IBUs
38 g Homegrown Cascade [Unknown] – Boil 5.0 min 3-5 IBUs
1.0 pkg Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05)
1 lbs Table Sugar (Sucrose) (1.0 SRM) (7.4 %)
28.35 g Citra [13.40 %] – Dry Hop 5.0 Days 0.0 IBUs
Mash Schedule:
152.0 F 60 min
Batch sparge 168.0 F water
This American IPA is so named because of the hop character and not the grain bill. I find it to be well balanced with a big in your face floral citrus hop aroma. It’s very drinkable. For this recipe, I ferment the all-grain wort until it stops bubbling, then I add the pound of table sugar (sugar + 1.5 c water boiled until it is a syrup then cooled). When the sugar fermentation is complete I dry hop with the ounce of citra for 5 days. Finally I keg or bottle it.