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Sunset IPA

This is an attempt at a semi-traditional style British IPA--the bigger, more highly hopped versions that were exported to India in the early 1800s.

The name comes from the old saying, "The sun never sets on the British Empire".

Brewer: G. Sumner Hayes Email: -
Beer: Sunset IPA Style: India Pale Ale
Type: Partial mash Size: 5 gallons
Color:
13 HCU (~9 SRM)
Bitterness: 71 IBU
OG: 1.074 FG: 1.015
Alcohol: 7.6% v/v (6.0% w/w)
Water: I semi-Burtonize the water. This means going up about 1 tsp of gypsum above my normal water chemistry.
Grain: 2 lb. British pale
8 oz. Belgian biscuit
Mash: 73% efficiency
I mash @152 for an hour or until full conversion.
Boil: 60 minutes SG 1.074 5 gallons
7 lb. Light dry malt extract
Irish moss @15 mins.
Hops: 5 oz. Fuggles (4.75% AA, 60 min.)
1 oz. Fuggles (4.75% AA, 10 min.)
1 oz. Fuggles (aroma)
Yeast: Wyeast 1028, with an appropriately large starter (I think it was about 2L; use the mrmalty calculator).
Log: Dry hop for the last week before you bottle or keg it with 1 oz of Fuggles.
Carbonation: I carbed to 2.2 volumes.

Recipe posted 04/05/10.