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Red Moose Honey IPA

I was shooting for a "summer" IPA that was still quite strong. This one crosses over the bounderies of IPA and barleywine, but the honey almost places it another category alltogether.

Brewer: Matthew Brown Email: mattwbrown@hotmail.com
Beer: Red Moose Honey IPA Style: India Pale Ale
Type: Extract w/grain Size: 5 gallons
Color:
20 HCU (~12 SRM)
Bitterness: 79 IBU
OG: 1.084 FG: 1.018
Alcohol: 8.5% v/v (6.6% w/w)
Grain: 1 lb. American crystal 20L
1 lb. American crystal 40L
Boil: minutes SG 1.119 3.5 gallons
6 lb. Light dry malt extract
2 lb. 12 oz. Honey
2 oz. Molasses
Hops: 1 oz. Chinook (10.6% AA, 60 min.)
1.5 oz. Galena (10.5% AA, 60 min.)
.5 oz. Galena (10.5% AA, 30 min.)
1 oz. Kent Goldings (5.1% AA, 30 min.)
1 oz. Kent Goldings (5.1% AA, 20 min.)
1 oz. Kent Goldings (5.1% AA, 15 min.)
4 oz. Cascade (aroma)
Yeast: White Labs WLP001 California Ale Yeast
Log: Honey was added 15 minutes before the end of the boil.
After primary fermentation I crashed cooled the beer for 3 days on dry hops. Then I racked to secondary and alowed the beer to come back to room temperature on more hops for a few more days. Afterwards I transfered back to primary for bottling. I also steeped about an ounce of hops in the water I used for priming (3/4 cup of priming sugar).
Tasting: Taste before bottling was very good. The beer was very cleer and smelled like a wonderful mixture of honey and citrusy hops. Possibly some fruityness and butterscotch as well. I think I accomplished my original goal. The alcohol is masked well and the bitterness seems in balance with the honey sweetness. I think it is going to be very dirnkable, but I'll have to wait until it's carbonated to know for sure.

Recipe posted 05/13/03.