Sweetwater IPA Clone

This is my first stab at my favorite house beer. I'm using some leftover WLP011 yeast from my last batch. If I were starting from scratch I might consider WLP001 or WLP005. We'll see.

Brewer:	BlazerBrewer		Email:	-
Beer:	Sweetwater IPA Clone		Style:	India Pale Ale
Type:	All grain		Size:	5.25 gallons
Color:	10 HCU (~7 SRM)		Bitterness:	54 IBU
OG:	1.060		FG:	1.012
Alcohol:	6.2% v/v (4.9% w/w)
Water:	I use filtered water. I put a PUR filter on my kitchen tap to clear the water of chlorine and other gunk.
Grain:	8.50 lb. American 2-row 0.94 lb. American Munich 7.6 oz. American crystal 60L 0.94 lb. Flaked wheat
Mash:	80% efficiency
	Single infusion mash @155 50 min. Mash out @167 10 min. Sparge w/ 175 deg water and collect 6.25 gal.
Boil:	60 minutes	SG 1.050	6.25 gallons
	Vigorous boil to boil down to 5.25 gal.
Hops:	1 oz. Columbus (14% AA, 60 min.) 1 oz. Kent Goldings (5% AA, 15 min.) 1 oz. Columbus (aroma) 1 oz. Columbus (dry) (aroma) 1 oz. Kent Goldings (dry) (aroma)
Yeast:	White Labs WLP011 European Ale Yeast, harvested from previous batch.
Log:	Ferment at 70-72 deg until done. Secondary for 2 weeks with dry hops. I also aerate my work with pure oxygen.

Recipe posted 07/05/07.