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Mother's Little Helper IPA
My wife loves IPA, and she needed something after giving birth to our second child.
| Brewer: | D Gamble | Email: | - | |||||
| Beer: | Mother's Little Helper IPA | Style: | India Pale Ale | |||||
| Type: | Partial mash | Size: | 5 gallons | |||||
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Bitterness: | 61 IBU | |||||
| OG: | 1.059 | FG: | 1.020 | |||||
| Alcohol: | 5.1% v/v (4.0% w/w) | |||||||
| Grain: | 4 oz. American crystal 60L 1 oz. American crystal 120L 8 oz. American 6-row 2 oz. Dextrine malt (Cara-Pils) |
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| Mash: | 80% efficiency | |||||||
| Mashed at 155° for 45 min in 3 qt water. Sparged with 6qts at 160° | ||||||||
| Boil: | 60 minutes | SG 1.051 | 5.75 gallons | |||||
| 6 lb. Light dry malt extract | ||||||||
| Boiled 2.5 gals added 6# Light DME and used Dextrin powder at 2oz. Added first round of hops (Chinook/Nugget) and added 2.25 gals sparge water. 10 min back to rolling boil. |
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| Hops: | .5 oz. Nugget (12% AA, 60 min.) .5 oz. Chinook (12% AA, 60 min.) 1 oz. Willamette (5% AA, 30 min.) .5 oz. Kent Goldings (5% AA, 10 min.) .5 oz. Cascade (6% AA, 10 min.) |
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| Yeast: | Wyeast 1098 Brit Ale pitched at 70° | |||||||
| Log: | Brew date 4/5/09 OG post boil: 1.059 Primary fermentation 14 days then moved to secondary. Bottle date: 5/22 |
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| Carbonation: | Used 3oz Dextrose at bottling. | |||||||
| Tasting: | Nice dark amber color with a nice nose of HOPS! Good head with nice retention and carbonation. Nice hop flavor and not over powering, with a very slight sweet finish. Not sure where that came from. Great drinking beer and the wife was very please to have the whole batch to herself. | |||||||
Recipe posted 06/11/09.
