Hooraay! IPA

Hooraay! It's beer! ...Well not yet it's not. I'll be brewing this one on Sunday. The ingrediant list is a bit odd for an IPA but it's gotta be a winning combination. I'll report back and let you know if I'm right.

Brewer:	Steve Huddle		Email:	stevehuddle@cox.net
Beer:	Hooraay! IPA		Style:	India Pale Ale
Type:	All grain		Size:	6 gallons
Color:	13 HCU (~9 SRM)		Bitterness:	65 IBU
OG:	1.066		FG:	1.015
Alcohol:	6.6% v/v (5.2% w/w)
Water:	Carbon filtered, cold tap water treated with gypsum and salts.
Grain:	11 lb. British pale 2 lb. German Munich 10 oz. Belgian biscuit 8 oz. Flaked barley 1 lb. American crystal 20L
Mash:	70% efficiency
	Dough-in all grains at 1.3qt/lb with 5 gallons of 168° water in preheated rectangular cooler with drilled manifold and rest 153° for an hour. Recirculate first runnings until clear and then drain into kettle. Batch sparge with 3.5 gallons of 178° water and recirculate until clear again. Then drain into kettle and bring 8 gallons or runoff to a boil.
Boil:	60 minutes	SG 1.049	8 gallons
	Keep full rolling boil for an hour or until down to 6 gallons with Irish moss added with 15 minutes left. Chill wort with immersion chiller and aerate as it is transfered into the fermenter.
Hops:	1 oz. Northern Brewer (8.5% AA, 60 min.) 1 oz. Northern Brewer (8.5% AA, 45 min.) 1 oz. Willamette (5% AA, 30 min.) 1 oz. Willamette (5% AA, 15 min.) 1 oz. Saaz (aroma)
Yeast:	Pitch about a pint of WhiteLabs English Ale (WLP002) slurry, from the primary of the brown ale I brewed a few weeks back, into 68° wort.

Recipe posted 01/16/03.