India Pale Ale Extract 02

An attempt to make a fruity, well hopped IPA

Brewer:	Ira Jay Plotinsky		Email:	irajay@ix.netcom.com
Beer:	India Pale Ale Extract 02		Style:	-
Type:	Extract w/grain		Size:	5.5 gallons
Color:	11 HCU (~8 SRM)		Bitterness:	50 IBU
OG:	1.056		FG:	1.023
Alcohol:	4.3% v/v (3.4% w/w)
Water:	No water treatment
Grain:	1.0 lb. Crystal
Steep:	Grains were steeped up to a temperature of 150 degrees
Boil:	60 mins minutes	SG 1.124	2.5 gallons
	7.5 lb. Pale Extract 0.67 lb. Light Dry
	I used 1 tsp of Irish Moss with 10 minutes to go in the boil
Hops:	0.5 oz. Eroica (10.6% AA, 60 min.) 1.5 oz. Eroica (10.6% AA, 30 min.) 1.0 oz. Cascade (4.3% AA, 0 min.) 1.0 oz. Cascade (aroma)
Yeast:	Wyeast 1968
Log:	Brewing Date 9/12/97 Fermentation Temperatures 74 degrees Racked on 9/15/97 into secondary 1.0 oz Cascade 4.3%A Dry Hopped Kegged on 10/13/97
Carbonation:	3/4 cup corn sugar added at kegging time
Tasting:	Attenuation is only 59%. Tasting before priming showed a dry, highly hopped beer. Beer was kegged into Medicine Rock small kegs. This is a dry, full bodied beer, but given the amount of dry hopped Cascades, I was a little surprised that there wasn't more aroma and attribute this to the fact that I put it into the secondary earlier than usual and some of the aroma may have blown off with the still very active fermentation. Still, there was adequate aroma for the style and for my taste. I am an unrepentant hop head.

Recipe posted 11/02/97.