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Amarillo IPA

Brewer: Ben's Brew Brewery Email: -
Beer: Amarillo IPA Style: India Pale Ale
Type: Extract w/grain Size: 5 gallons
Color:
24 HCU (~13 SRM)
Bitterness: 60 IBU
OG: 1.064 FG: 1.014
Alcohol: 6.4% v/v (5.0% w/w)
Water: LA Tap Water with 1 tsp. gypsum
Grain: 1 lb. American Vienna
4 oz. American crystal 20L
4 oz. American crystal 40L
8 oz. Dextrine malt (Cara-Pils)
Steep: I soak the grains in about a gallon of water at 160° F and let rest for 45 minutes. I then strain out the grain and run another 2 quartz of 160° F water through it like a simple sparge. Putting the results in my brew pot.
Boil: 60 minutes SG 1.049 6.5 gallons
6 lb. 10 oz. Amber malt extract
1 lb. Light dry malt extract
Add water so the total is 6.5 gallons for the boil. Bring to boil and take off of heat, add the light malt extract and Chinnok hops and continue boil. 30 minutes into the boil remove from heat and add the amber extract and Cascade hops. Since the extracts don't need the boil time that grain malts do, I add the bulk of them later to avoid carmelization which affects flavor and darkens the beer. Add the .5 oz of Amarillo with 15 minutes remaining in the boil.

1 tsp of Irish Moss in last 20 minutes of boil.
Hops: .75 oz. Chinook (12% AA, 60 min.)
1 oz. Cascade (6% AA, 30 min.)
.5 oz. Amarillo (9% AA, 15 min.)
1.0 oz. Amarillo (aroma)
Yeast: WYeasst 1272 American Ale II pitched from the smack pack.
Log: I do a Gerard's Tea with the 1 oz of Amarillo after primary fermentation is complete approx. 4 days. Gerard's Tea means soaking the hops in 160° F water (just enough to cover the hops) then add it to the fermenter as it cools. Let stand in the fermenter for another week.
Carbonation: 1.8 volumes Corn Sugar: 2.59 oz. for 5 gallons @ 70°F
I do both bottle condition and mini keg condition for a minimum of 2 weeks @ 65° F.
Tasting: The first time I did this the fermentation temps were a little too high so I got the esther flavors that mellowed with time. This has a strong hoppy aroma with good malt characters with a medium mouth feel.

Recipe posted 03/05/06.