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Retirement IPA

Retirement IPA

Imperial IPA • Extract • 5 gal

Cornfield_SWO

Brewed to celebrate the retirement of a co-worker.

March 6, 2008 pm 04:02pm

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Ingredients (Extract5 gal)

  • .5 lbs American Caramel 10°L

    American Caramel 10°L

    This malt is light in color with a sweet caramel flavor. It is a great malt for light lagers and ales.

  • .5 lbs Crystal Malt 40°L

    Crystal Malt 40°L

    Sweet, mild caramel flavor and a golden color. Use in light lagers and light ales.

  • .5 lbs Honey Malt

    Honey Malt

    Nutty honey flavor. For brown ales, Belgian wheats, bocks and many other styles.

  • 4 lbs Pale Liquid; Alexanders

    Pale Liquid; Alexanders

    Reportedly lightest colored malt extract available.

  • 6 lbs Liquid Light Extract

    Liquid Light Extract

    A brewer can create any beer style with this extract when used as a base in conjunction with colored malts and selected hops. Contains no colored malts or hops.

  • 1 lbs Corn Sugar

    Corn Sugar

    Use in priming beer or in extract recipes where flaked maize would be used in a mash.

  • 1 oz Warrior® - 16.7 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Warrior®

    New hop with much potential. Very stable.

  • 2 oz Centennial - 8.6 AA% pellets; boiled 50 min

    Centennial

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

  • 2 oz Cascade - 7.0 AA% whole; boiled 30 min

    Cascade

    Spicy with citrus notes. Slightly grapefruity.

  • 1 oz Cascade - 7.0 AA% whole; boiled 10 min

    Cascade

    Spicy with citrus notes. Slightly grapefruity.

  • 1 oz Centennial - 8.6 AA% pellets; boiled 10 min

    Centennial

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

  • 1 oz Cascade - 7.0 AA% whole; boiled 5 min

    Cascade

    Spicy with citrus notes. Slightly grapefruity.

  • 1 oz Centennial - 8.6 AA% pellets; boiled 0 min

    Centennial

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

  • 2 oz Glacier - 8.5 AA% pellets; added dry to secondary fermenter

    Glacier

    An excellent new variety with balanced bittering properties combined with a good aroma profile.

  • 2 oz Toasted Oak Chips - in secondary - (omitted from calculations)

    Toasted Oak Chips - in secondary

  • Wyeast 1272 American Ale II™

    Wyeast 1272 American Ale II™

    Fruitier and more flocculant than 1056, slightly nutty, soft, clean, slightly tart finish.

Notes

First hop add is actually Summit (used Warrior since Summit not listed in ingredients menu) Actual original gravity when brewed was 1.090. Final gravity was 1.020. Dry-hopped for 2 weeks then oaked with 2 oz of toasted oak chips for 2 weeks.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 14 - India Pale Ale (IPA)

Subcategory: C - Imperial IPA

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.083 1.075 - 1.090
Terminal Gravity: 1.015 1.010 - 1.020
Color: 12.7 SRM 8 - 15
Alcohol: 9.0% ABV 7.5% - 10%
Bitterness: 168.8 IBU 60 - 120

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