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Steamboat IPA
I am brewing this for a ski trip to Steamboat Springs in Feb 2009. My original IPA (Angus IPA) just didn't hit the mark. A good beer, but not quite perfect. I'm mixing up my ingredients a bit on this one.
| Brewer: | Doug Kraus | Email: | doug.kraus@mac.com | |||||
| Beer: | Steamboat IPA | Style: | India Pale Ale | |||||
| Type: | Extract w/grain | Size: | 5 gallons | |||||
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Bitterness: | 58 IBU | |||||
| OG: | 1.056 | FG: | 1.015 | |||||
| Alcohol: | 5.3% v/v (4.2% w/w) | |||||||
| Water: | Use tap water set out overnight or at least for a few hours to let the chlorine dissapate a bit. I usually add 1/4 tsp gypsum pre-boil. | |||||||
| Grain: | 8 oz. American 2-row 8 oz. American victory 8 oz. American crystal 60L |
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| Steep: | Grains are put in a grain bag and set in about a gallon of 145° and put in oven to keep temp. Another gallon of water is put in oven as well to use for sparge. After an hour the bag is put in a collander over the brew pot and I sparge slowly with other gallon. | |||||||
| Boil: | 60 minutes | SG 1.056 | 5 gallons | |||||
| 7 lb. Light malt extract | ||||||||
| 1/4 tsp irish moss at 15 minutes. | ||||||||
| Hops: | 1 oz. Galena (13% AA, 60 min.) 1 oz. Cascade (6% AA, 15 min.) 1 oz. Cascade (aroma) |
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| Yeast: | Trying something different this time: White Labs WLP023 Burton Ale Yeast (liquid). | |||||||
| Carbonation: | I keg this and carbonate to 2.0. | |||||||
| Tasting: | I haven't brewed this yet. Notes to follow. | |||||||
Recipe posted 12/13/08.
