
Ball Busting Wrecker IPA
American IPA • All Grain • 5 gal
1st attempt at an IPA.
May 12, 2012 am 01:43am
Ingredients (All Grain, 5 gal)
- 3.5 lbs
Maris Otter Pale
Maris Otter Pale
An English thoroughbred and a favored choice of malt for many brewers. Simpsons' Maris Otter has a rich and nutty flavor and despite its small, berry size has a strong husk. This malt delivers predictable brewhouse performance with modest, yet consistent extracts. Brewers can expect good runoffs with clear wort.
- 13.5 lbs
Pearl Pale Ale Malt; Thomas Fawcett
Pearl Pale Ale Malt; Thomas Fawcett
- 1 lbs
Crystal Malt 120°L
Crystal Malt 120°L
Pronounced caramel flavor and a red color. For stouts, porters and black beers.
- 1 lbs
Carapils®/Carafoam®; Weyermann®
Carapils®/Carafoam®; Weyermann®
German-grown two-row spring barley (2004 harvest). Product Characteristics: Same color rating and brewing characteristics as regular Weyermann Pilsner Malt, except for enhanced foam production, head retention, and fuller body and mouthfeel. Recommended Quantities: Up to 5% of total grain bill for pale/blond beers; up to 40% for Bockbier Suitability (beer styles): Lagers: Pils/Pilsner/Pilsener, all pale to golden lagers, low-alcohol beer, “light“ beer, Bockbier
- 1 lbs
Vienna Malt (Organic); Weyermann®
Vienna Malt (Organic); Weyermann®
Weyermann Vienna Malt is produced from German grown two-row spring barley from certified organic cultivation.Based on its strong flavor and the characteristic color, this malt is mainly used for producing dark beers. All Weyermann Specialty Malts are produced according to the strict “German Purity Law“. Weyermann does not use any genetically manipulated materials.
- 1 lbs
Light Brown Sugar
Light Brown Sugar
Imparts rich, sweet flavor. Use in Scottish ales, old ales and holiday beers.
- 2 oz
Summit™ - 17.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min
Summit™
Super-high alpha hop with a low cohumulone content and a strong orange/tangerine citrus character.
- 1 oz
Columbus - 15.0 AA% pellets; boiled 30 min
Columbus
Used mainly for bittering with some flavor qualities as well. Aroma is pleasant.
- 1 oz
Cascade - 5.5 AA% pellets; boiled 10 min
Cascade
Spicy with citrus notes. Slightly grapefruity.
- 1 oz
Saaz - 5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 10 min
Saaz
Used for finishing pilseners, continental lagers, and wheats. The aroma is spicy and pleasant with fragrant overtones.
- 2 oz
Fuggle - 4.8 AA% pellets; boiled 1 min
Fuggle
Mild. Mainly used for finishing and dry hopping especially pale ales, porters, and stouts. Aroma is mild and pleasant, spicy, and soft.
- 1 oz
Cascade - 5.5 AA% pellets; added dry to secondary fermenter
Cascade
Spicy with citrus notes. Slightly grapefruity.
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Fermentis US-05 Safale US-05
Fermentis US-05 Safale US-05
The most famous ale yeast strain found across America, now available as a ready-to-pitch dry yeast. Produces well balanced beers with low diacetyl and a very clean, crisp end palate. Sedimentation: low to medium. Final gravity: medium. Pitching instructions: Re-hydrate the dry yeast into yeast cream in a stirred vessel prior to pitching. Sprinkle the dry yeast in 10 times its own weight of sterile water or wort at 27C± 3C(80F ±6F). Once the expected weight of dry yeast is reconstituted into cream by this method (this takes about 15 to 30 minutes), maintain a gentle stirring for another 30 minutes. Then pitch the resultant cream into the fermentation vessel. Alternatively, pitch dry yeast directly in the fermentation vessel providing the temperature of the wort is above 20C(68F). Progressively sprinkle the dry yeast into the wort ensuring the yeast covers all the surface of wort available in order to avoid clumps. Leave for 30 minutes and then mix the wort e.g. using aeration.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 14 - India Pale Ale (IPA)
Subcategory: B - American IPA
Range for this Style | |||
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Original Gravity: | 1.110 | 1.056 - 1.075 | ![]() |
Terminal Gravity: | 1.022 | 1.010 - 1.018 | ![]() |
Color: | 19.5 SRM | 6 - 15 | ![]() |
Alcohol: | 11.8% ABV | 5.5% - 7.5% | ![]() |
Bitterness: | 186.4 IBU | 40 - 70 | ![]() |
Discussion
Brewed this today
2012-05-13 8:45pm
60 min mash at 152F. Mash out at 170F. Added 1lb brewers brown sugar at 50min into the boil. SG. - 1.060 ABV 9%
Brewed this today
2012-05-13 8:50pm
Forgot to add - initial tasting gave a nicely sweet wort with good hop flavor. Should turn out nicely with the dry hopping added.