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Great Place Skeleton Head (corrected recipe)

Great Place Skeleton Head (corrected recipe)

American IPA • All Grain • 10 gal

mrmaalox

Best of my favorite American IPAs.

November 7, 2015 pm 11:32pm

0.0/5.0 0 ratings

Ingredients (All Grain10 gal)

  • 20 lbs American 2-row

    American 2-row

    Yields a slightly higher extract than Six Rox brewers Malt. Tends to give a smoother, less grainy flavored beer. Some brewers claim they can detect a significant difference in flavor. Lower protein and will yield a lower color than Six-Row Brewers Malt

  • 2 lbs Belgian Cara-Pils

    Belgian Cara-Pils

    Significantly increases foam/head retention and body of the beer.

  • 1 lbs Belgian Caravienne

    Belgian Caravienne

    Belgian light crystal malt. Used in lighter Abbey or Trappist style ales.

  • 2.5 lbs Crystal Malt 10°L

    Crystal Malt 10°L

    Sweet, mild caramel flavor and a golden color. Use in light lagers and light ales. Characteristics & Applications: • In contract to Brewers Malt, glassiness is a distinguishing characteristic of Caramel Malt. The glassy endosperm creates the desirable non-fermentable components giving true Caramel Malt the ability to contribute body (mouthfeel), foam foam retention, and extended beer stability, while contributing color and unique caramel flavor. • Caramel 10L is a roasted caramel malt that imparts golden color. • Use 3-7% for Pilsener-style beers for balance. • Use 5-15% to provide color, sweetness and color to light amber beers. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 2-Row Malting Barley varieties.

  • 1.0 lbs Oats Flaked

    Oats Flaked

    Belgian White Ale(wit), other specialty beers.

  • 1.0 lbs Rye Flaked

    Rye Flaked

    Imparts a dry, crisp character. Use in rye beers.

  • 0.60 oz Warrior® - 16.3 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Warrior®

    New hop with much potential. Very stable.

  • 0.5 oz Magnum - 15.9 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Magnum

    Bred in 1980 at Germany’s Hüll Hop Research Center, this high-alpha variety is renowned for its exceptionally large, heavy cones. Hallertauer Magnum delivers excellent yields and, like many Hüll-developed hops, boasts a strong resistance to disease.

  • 0.5 oz Northern Brewer - 7.1 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Northern Brewer

    Used for bittering with strong flavors and very fragrant in steam beers, dark English ales, and German lagers. Aroma is medium-strong with evergreen and mint overtones.

  • 0.5 oz Columbus - 16.1 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Columbus

    Used mainly for bittering with some flavor qualities as well. Aroma is pleasant.

  • 0.5 oz Crystal - 3.6 AA% pellets; boiled 30 min

    Crystal

    Mild. 'Noble'. Used mainly for its aroma which is mild and pleasant.

  • 0.5 oz Centennial - 9.9 AA% pellets; boiled 30 min

    Centennial

    Aromatic but acceptable for bittering. Medium aroma with floral and citrus tones. Good in medium to dark ales.

  • 0.5 oz Simcoe® - 13.6 AA% pellets; boiled 30 min

    Simcoe®

    Used for aromatic, and especially bittering properties.

  • 2 oz Simcoe® - 13.6 AA% pellets; added dry to secondary fermenter

    Simcoe®

    Used for aromatic, and especially bittering properties.

  • 2 oz Amarillo® - 9.4 AA% pellets; added dry to secondary fermenter

    Amarillo®

    Grown in Washington. A newer multi-use hop with a nice citrus-flower bouquet and medium-high acid content suited for bittering. Used in American Ales and IPAs.

  • 2 ea Whirlfloc Tablets (Irish moss) - at 15 minutes left in boil (omitted from calculations)

    Whirlfloc Tablets (Irish moss)

    Enhanced Irish Moss in convenient tablet form

  • White Labs WLP090 San Diego Super

    White Labs WLP090 San Diego Super

    A super clean, super-fast fermenting strain. A low ester-producing strain that results in a balanced, neutral flavor and aroma profile. Alcohol-tolerant and very versatile for a wide variety of styles. Similar to California Ale Yeast WLP001 but it generally ferments faster.

Notes

Mash at 150 for 60 min. Conversion complete. Chilled with pre-chiller to my plate chiller. Worked nicely. Boiling wort in, 80 F out. My tap water was nearly 80 prior to pre-chiller. Placed my 15 gal Speidel plastic fermenter in the locker and chilled to 68F. Pitched a 2L starter made withe WLP 90 San Diego Super Yeast. Oxygenated with O2 for 7 min. Primary for 14 days, racked to glass car boys and dry hopped. Secondary x 14 days, racked to 2 cornys on 07 NOV 2015. Force carbonated one keg. Rye comes through, oats smooth things out a bit, nice hop nose, no off flavors, a bit of alcohol burn. Overall, I believe this is a nice example of all the things I enjoy in American IPAs.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 14 - India Pale Ale (IPA)

Subcategory: B - American IPA

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.073 1.056 - 1.075
Terminal Gravity: 1.015 1.010 - 1.018
Color: 10.7 SRM 6 - 15
Alcohol: 7.6% ABV 5.5% - 7.5%
Bitterness: 65.2 IBU 40 - 70

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