New McEnglish IPA
English IPA • All Grain • 5.5 gal
Mine
June 24, 2009 am 10:47am
Ingredients (All Grain, 5.5 gal)
- 11.5 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
- .75 lbs
Crystal Malt 60°L
Crystal Malt 60°L
Sweet caramel flavor, deep golden to red color. For dark amber and brown ales.
- .5 lbs
Crystal Malt 120°L
Crystal Malt 120°L
Pronounced caramel flavor and a red color. For stouts, porters and black beers.
- .75 lbs
German Vienna
German Vienna
Increases malty flavor, provides balance. Use in Vienna, Märzen and Oktoberfest.
- 1 oz
Northern Brewer - 8.5 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.
- .5 oz
Fuggle - 4.0 AA% pellets; boiled 30 min
Fuggle
Mild. Mainly used for finishing and dry hopping especially pale ales, porters, and stouts. Aroma is mild and pleasant, spicy, and soft.
- .5 oz
Northern Brewer - 8.5 AA% pellets; boiled 30 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.
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Wyeast 1968 London ESB Ale™
Wyeast 1968 London ESB Ale™
Highly flocculant top-fermenting strain with rich, malty character and balanced fruitiness. This strain is so flocculant that additional aeration and agitation is needed. An excellent strain for cask-conditioned ales.
Notes
Hop additions: 1 oz northern brewer 60 min .5 oz northern brewer 30 min .5 oz fuggle 30 min .5 oz northern brewer 10 min .5 oz fuggle 10 min 1 oz ekg 0 min 1 oz ekg Dry hop Total IBU 50.3 Brewed 6/29/09. Too much volume, O.G. 1.066. Into 2ndary 7/13 at 1.015. Added 1oz EKG pellets. Into keg 7/20 at 1.016 (cool).
Style (BJCP)
Category: 14 - India Pale Ale (IPA)
Subcategory: A - English IPA
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.066 | 1.050 - 1.075 | |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.015 | 1.010 - 1.018 | |
| Color: | 15.0 SRM | 8 - 14 | |
| Alcohol: | 6.7% ABV | 5% - 7.5% | |
| Bitterness: | 52.6 IBU | 40 - 60 |
Discussion
My recipe
2009-06-30 10:53am
This is my recipe. I created it in an attempt to create a delicious English IPA, that relies mostly on crystal malts. I tasted when kegging and it is delicous! I worry that it is not hoppy enough, and could benefit from a bigger dry hop. I also noticed alcohol, which might mean it needs to be fermented cooler, although it was left in a 65F room, which holds steady.
Getting there
2009-08-03 10:32am
This is quite a good beer. Getting closer to my interpretation of an English IPA. Noticible bitterness and hop flavor / aroma, but still restrained. Needed aging about 2 weeks before the crystal malts married. Best enjoyed after it warms up a little, and becomes a little smoother and sweeter. Next time add some toasty malts to give it a little more complexity, or use proper British pale malt at 4L or so. This was made with 2L maris otter.
