Beer Style: American IPA
(14B)
Recipe Type: extract
Yield: 5 US gallons
this IPA is by far the deepest in flavor and aroma that i have made in a while from the floral and spice notes in the aroma to subtel lemongrass flavor poking throught the hops and none of this gets lost to the 8.4% ABV
Original Gravity: 1.074
Final Gravity: 1.010
Alcohol by Vol: 8.38%
Recipe Type: extract
Yield: 5.00 US Gallons
In the brew pot with 2 Gal. water add 1 Lbs of Crystal Rye Malt. Steep grain for 15 min at 170f
Remove grains and sparge with 8 cups water.
Bring brew pot to a boil add LME and DME stir until wort returns to a boil
Add 3 oz. Cascade bittering hops and start 60 min boil timer.
With 20 min remaining add Irish Moss
With 10 min remaining add 1 oz. Willamette flavoring hops and Lemon Grass to brew pot.
After 60 min. remove brew pot from heat let stand for 10 min. then add 1 oz. Cascade aroma hops and Light Brown Sugar.
In the primary fermenter add the bag of ice and 2 tsp of Yeast Energizer then pour the wort over the ice to bring wort temp down to70f top off to 5 gal and pitch yeast
Cover and set air-lock in place
Allow for primary fermentation to take place (aprox. 7-8 days)
then rack to secondary fermenter and add 1 oz. Chinook hops (for dry hopping)
Allow another 10-13 days for secondary fermentation.
Move to refrigerator at 40f for 2 days for cold conditioning.
After cold conditioning is complete bottle or keg and condition for another week.
Source: Corey shaffer