Oak Aged IPA
Oaked IPA
14-B American IPA
Original Gravity: 1.046 (1.056 – 1.075)
Terminal Gravity: 1.012 (1.010 – 1.018)
Color: 24.26 (6.0 – 15.0)
Alcohol: 4.51% (5.5% – 7.5%)
Bitterness: 59.2 (40.0 – 70.0)
Ingredients:
2.0 lb Crystal Malt
4.5 oz Crystal Malt 60°L
6.6 lb Liquid Amber Extract
1.0 oz First Gold (7.5%) – added during boil, boiled 5.0 min
1.0 oz Mt. Hood (5.0%) – added during boil, boiled 60 min
1.0 oz Pilgrim (9.0%) – added during boil, boiled 60 min
.5 oz Oak Wood Chips – added dry to primary fermenter
11.5 gr Fermentis S-04 Safale S-04
Notes
Started steeping grains @ 3:35 @ 168, will steep for 30 minutes
Added LME and 2 oz hops at 4:10 (used hop ball, hope it extracts enough!)
Boil started at 4:30
Will add the UK First Gold to last 5 minutes of the boil @5:25, adding immersiion chiller @ 5:20
Turned off boil & started chiller @ 5:25-5:30
Chill to 80 degrees then add top off water to fermenter
This was simply an extract kit, I just added a bit extra to use up what little I had, 2 row malt and 1oz of Mt. Hood hops. Bubbling away in the fermenter now. I thought this one a bit strange due to the oak chips addition but figured, what the hell, I’ll give it a shot! OG came in at 1.046, expecting the finishing gravity to be about 1.012.
IPA will be my next batch. I need to find a decent recipe. Of course I will be going pure extract again so I can get this brewing stuff somewhat down =)
I just picked up a Brewer’s Best kit dude, still highly recommend the Northern Brewer kits! The Tongue Splitter is an excellent IPA from them!
Yo, Sickpuppy,
You need to start using some Carapils or Malto-dextrin in your brews. Head, head retention, and a nice mouthfeel (i.e., not watery) are benefits to any style. Going to use a pound of Carapils in my next brew, which will be a Porter. Hey Dave, if you let me know if you can boil 6 gal. in your BK, I can give you some great recipes.
Cheers
Bill,
I am fine with the head retention on this beer, I have yet to need malto-dextrin as all of my batches have come out plenty carbonatated and lots of mouthfeel, all comes down to personal preference as brewers I guess! Thanks for your input!
Hey think Ebenshire Brewery can handle something like this : A strong beer straight from the Scottish Highlands. Subtle hops and a hint of peat smoked malt give this beer it’s complex character. Kit includes the most appropriate malt extract, hops (measured by HBUs, not just weight), priming sugar, caps, grains and a grain bag, and an appropriate liquid yeast culture (from White Labs). Because of its high starting gravity, this kit also includes an additional 1/2 pound of malt extract and instructions for making a 1/2 gallon yeast starter.
I’m especially concerned about the liquid yeast…….let me know…Hutch Jr……PS Chocolate Rain was bomb!
Hey Hutch! Thanks for the kind words on the Chocolate Rain. Is that a Northern Brewer kit you mentioned above? You should be fine with this. I try to use the White Labs liquid yeast exclusivley as I’ve always had great success with it and it’s readily available in our area.
Actually it was from South Hills, but Northern has it for 20 bucks cheaper now that I look….Wee Heavy