Plinia the Sister – DIPA

Plinia the Sister – DIPA

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This is our take on the world famous Pliny the Elder by Russian River, its a big hoppy West Coast style DIPA that comes in around 9% abv



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Description

This is our take on the world famous Pliny the Elder by Russian River, its a big hoppy West Coast style DIPA that comes in around 9% abv and is not the easiest beer to get right as it can oxygenate easily, so not for a first time brewer. But when its done well this beer will keep you wishing you had brewed a bigger batch!


Ingredients

Weyermann® Carapils®
Thomas Fawcett – Pale Crystal Malt
Dingemans Pilsen Malt
Columbus Pellets (155 grams)
Simcoe Pellets (134 grams)
Centennial Pellets (63 grams)
Brewing Sugar (Dextrose) 1kg (1 packs)
Whitelabs WLP001(1 packs)


Method

Beer Style (main): American Ales
Beer Style (sub): American-Style Imperial or Double India Pale Ale
Batch Size: 19L
Original Gravity: 1.083
Final Gravity: 1.010
ABV %: 9.0
IBU:

THE MASH
Temperature °C: 66
Length (mins): 60
Out temp °C: 76
Out time (mins): 10

THE BOIL
Boil time (mins): 90

Add 340g of Destrose in the last 15 minutes of the boil

Additions and timing:

99g Columbus – 90 min
21g Columbus – 45 min
28g Simcoe – 30 min
28g Centennial – 0 min
71g Simcoe – 0 min

Secondary additions and timing:

28g Simcoe – day 6
28g Columbus – day 6
28g Centennial – day 6

7g Simcoe – day 14
7g Columbus – day 14
7g Centennial – day 14

Yeast: Whitelabs WLP001 ( we recommend building a starter or adding additional yeast)
Fermentation temperature/steps: 20c

Comments:

This is our take on the world famous Pliny by Russian River, its a big hoppy DIPA and is not the easiest beer to get right and it can oxygenate easily. But when its done well this beer will keep you wishing you had brewed a bigger batch!

Add 340g of Destrose in the last 15 minutes of the boil.

Special attention should be taken on water treatment and avoiding oxygen due to the volume of hops. This beer works well when fermented under pressure.

Cold crash for 2 days around day 19.

Note: Total grain bill is 6544g for this recipe

1 review for Plinia the Sister – DIPA

  1. David Blaikie (verified owner)

    The clone Pliny is a challenging beer to brew. 11 different hop additions. Target start gravity of 1.083, this is very big bitter beer.
    I chose to reduce the 90min boil to 60 mins and slightly decrease my sparge to compensate.
    The result was excellent, complex, surprisingly easy drinking at 9.1%
    The hop flavours are strong and bitter a bit like Fullers 1845 Celebration Strong Ale or Stone Arrogant Bastard.
    I like this style of beer but the West Coast IPA bitterness is not for everyone.
    The original Pliny is a much cleaner smoother golden beer, more like a strong hoppy lager.
    Both good beers.

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