Description

Looking for a west coast IPA where you can dial in the bitterness levels, a beer that still delivers malt depth, clarity, and is jam packed with citrus and tropical fruit flavours, backed up with that resiny pine punch? Well look no further, we’ve got you covered.

We make use of using Flex Bittering addition (not included, as you might already have it at home or want to brew this time and time again) this means you can get precise levels of bitterness, our recommend using around 2g for just over 40IBU in this batch. This then means we can use all those wonderful flavours locked up in the hops purely whirlpool and dry hopping.

Using Eclipse for citrus mandarin pine notes, then Idaho 7 for the tropical almost pineapple fruit punch, and then final layering of Strata for extra piney resin.

 

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Ingredients Included

Crisp Extra Pale Maris Otter
Crisp Maris Otter
Crisp CaraGold Malt

6027g Total Malt bill

Strata T90 Hop Pellet (100 grams)
Idaho 7 Pellets (100 grams)
Eclipse T90 Pellet (100 grams)
WLP001 California Ale Yeast (1 packs)

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Method

Beer Style (main): American Ales
Beer Style (sub): American-Style India Pale Ale
Batch Size: 19ltr
Original Gravity: 1.063
Final Gravity: 1.012
ABV %: 7.0%
IBU: 40

THE MASH
Temperature °C: 66
Length (mins): 45
Out temp °C: 77
Out time (mins): 10

THE BOIL
Boil time (mins): 75

Additions and timing:

2g Flex @ 45 min (not included)

10 mins – 1tsp Irish moss & Yeast Nutrient (not included)

Whirlpool @80c for 20 mins
20g Strata, 20g Idaho 7, 20g Eclipse

Secondary additions and timing:

Once fermentation is complete, reduce temp to 14c and add dry hop. Contact time should be no more than 72hrs.

80g of Strata, Idaho 7, Eclipse

Yeast: WLP001
Fermentation temperature/steps: 20c until FG achieved, raise to 22c for D rest

Comments:

With this Recipe kit you get a liquid yeast, nitrogen flushed hops, and all your grain weighed out, to brew 19L of a smashing IPA, just watch out though as it still comes in at 7% and can catch you out.