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Hodson's Horse IPA

A traditional IPA

Brewer: Bendersville Brewery Email: cotton042@aol.com
Beer: Hodson's Horse IPA Style: India Pale Ale
Type: All grain Size: 5.5 gallons
Color:
19 HCU (~11 SRM)
Bitterness: 61 IBU
OG: 1.061 FG: 1.010
Alcohol: 6.5% v/v (5.1% w/w)
Water: Spring fed tap water.
Grain: 10 lb. American 2-row
2 lb. American crystal 10L
1 lb. Dextrine malt (Cara-Pils)
2 oz. Roasted barley
Mash: 70% efficiency
Mash in and held at 124° for 20 minutes. Raise to 150° and hold for 60 minutes. Mash out at 168° for 10 minutes. Sparge with 170° water treated with 1 tsp. gypsum to get 6.5 gallons.
Boil: 90 minutes SG 1.051 6.5 gallons
Added 1 tsp Irish moss last 10 minutes boil
Hops: 1 oz. Centennial (10.5% AA, 60 min.)
1 oz. Northern Brewer (8.5% AA, 30 min.)
1 oz. Liberty (4% AA, 5 min.)
1 oz. Kent Goldings (aroma)
Yeast: London Ale #1028. One pint starter.
Log: Boiled 2 oz. oak chips for 10 minutes and added all the chips and half the water to secondary. Held in 2ndary for 2 weeks.
Carbonation: Primed with 1/2 cup corn sugar and bottled. Held in bottles for 3 weeks before tasting.
Tasting: Hoppy and strong. Nice taste of oak adds to experience. After being transported in oak barrels this is what it must have tasted like. Brewed 5 times. It's still a big hit with my beer drinking friends.

Recipe posted 08/22/04.