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Private Reserve IPA
This is one of my personal favorite beers. It's malty and very nicely
hopped. The aroma is fantastic thanks to dry-hopping. A very well
balanced beer that was excellent within 2 weeks of bottling but is
really beautiful after 4-6 weeks (even better after 2 months if you
wait for it). I'll be brewing this one over and over again!
| Brewer: | funsoul | Email: | - | |||||
| Beer: | Private Reserve IPA | Style: | India Pale Ale | |||||
| Type: | Extract w/grain | Size: | 5.5 gallons | |||||
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Bitterness: | 47 IBU | |||||
| OG: | 1.066 | FG: | 1.012 | |||||
| Alcohol: | 7.0% v/v (5.5% w/w) | |||||||
| Water: | I used bottled water as in my area the iron levels vary tremendously. | |||||||
| Grain: | 8 oz. British Munich 8 oz. Dextrine malt (Cara-Pils) |
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| Steep: | Placed grains in a muslin bag. Just before the water started to boil, shut off heat and covered/steeped for 15 minutes. Sparged with approx. 1/2 gallon of very hot water. |
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| Boil: | 60 minutes | SG 1.091 | 4 gallons | |||||
| 4 lb. Light malt extract 3 lb. 8 oz. Light dry malt extract 1 lb. Belgian candi sugar |
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| Added 1 tsp. Irish Moss 15 minutes prior to the end of the boil. | ||||||||
| Hops: | 1 oz. Eroica (10.8% AA, 60 min.) .5 oz. Galena (13.4% AA, 60 min.) .5 oz. Cascade (5.4% AA, 15 min.) .5 oz. Tettnanger (4.7% AA, 15 min.) .5 oz. Cascade (aroma) .5 oz. Galena (aroma) .5 oz. Tettnanger (aroma) |
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| Yeast: | I used slurry from a prior batch of ale. The original yeast pitched was Wyeast American. |
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| Log: | primary fermentation: 6 days secondary fermentation: 2 weeks dry hopped with 1/2 oz. Cascade, 1/2 oz. Tettnang |
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| Carbonation: | primed with 2/3 cup light brown sugar | |||||||
| Tasting: | Ohhhh...absolutely DELICIOUS!!! If I would change anything at all, maybe bring the beer up to 50-55 IBU's (I'm such a hophead!). But honestly...this is one of the best beers I've made and reviews from others are fantastic. |
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Recipe posted 06/25/99.
