Amarillo and Brown Sugar IPA, 2008
Sunday, October 12th, 2008Amarillo hops impart a citrus grapefruit note to the aroma and flavor of the beer they are used in. This IPA recipe highlights the Amarillo hops and creates an IPA that is fairly mellow compared to some of the stronger IPAs.
This recipe is quite complex and deviates a bit from standard recipes. Using 6 pounds of DME, and the brown sugar later, I decided to dilute the primary to 6.5 gallons. Otherwise the beer would have been 6%+ alcohol by volume. This way there is more of it, but lugging the carboy around when it is full is harder.
After three days I added brown sugar directly to the primary fermenter. The sugar was dissolved in near boiling water and cooled before being added. This boosted the SG and darkened the beer slightly. It did not make the beer sweet since it is all eaten by the yeast. Adding sugar during primary fermentation is a trick to boost gravity. The yeast took off when I added the sugar. A blowoff tube was definitely needed.
In the secondary I dry hopped with more Amarillo. The results were awesome, this is one of the best beers I have crafted. Next time I will try a different type of yeast (this is the only thing I would dare change).
| Target Volume (Gallons) | 6.5 | |||
| Total Cost | $39.51 | |||
| Yield (ounces) | 800 | |||
| Cost per 12 oz bottle | $0.59 | |||
| Boil Time | 60 | min | ||
| GRAINS | Pounds | Points/Gal | Total Points | Cost |
| Extra Light DME | 6 | 46 | 276 | $18.00 |
| Steep – 30 min at 150 F | ||||
| German Melanoidin 30L | 1.5 | 15 | 22.5 | $1.79 |
| Light Brown Sugar – organic | 0.5 | 46 | 23 | $1.00 |
| HOPS | Ounces | Alpha Acids | Boil Time (min) | Cost |
| Magnum | 1 | 14.60% | 60 | $3.00 |
| Cascade | 0.5 | 6.00% | 30 | $2.12 |
| Cascade | 0.5 | 6.00% | 15 | |
| Amarillo | 1 | 8.40% | 15 | $4.00 |
| Amarillo | 1 | Dry, Secondary | ||
| YEAST | White Labs California Ale | Cost | ||
| Attenuation Low | 73% | $6.95 | ||
| Attenuation High | 80% | |||
| Optimum Temp | 68-73 F | |||
| Flocculation | Medium | |||
| Starter | No | |||
| STATS | ||||
| Expected Original Gravity | 1.049 | |||
| Expected Final Gravity Theoretical | 1.01 – 1.013 | |||
| Expected Final Gravity Actual | 1.01 – 1.013 | |||
| IBUs | 39.13 | |||
| Apparent Attenuation | 79.59% | AA = 1 – FG / OG | ||
| Alcohol By Volume – Theoretical | 5.18% | |||
| Alcohol By Volume – Potential | 5.12% | |||
| BREWING: | Squeezed out hops bags medium | |||
| ½ tbs Irish Moss at start of boil | $0.10 | |||
| Water Source Wort | Pure water filter – 3 gallon boil | |||
| Water Source Dilution | Pure water filter | |||
| DATES | Date | SG | Cum. Days | Notes |
| Brewed | 07/27/08 | 1.049 | 0 | Added ½ lb of brown sugar 3 days later (boosts SG by 0.005). definitely needed blowoff tube |
| Racked | 08/05/08 | 1.015 | 9 | Racked into 7gal bucket w/spigot. Nice clean bitter taste, can’t taste sugar, light body, no gelatin |
| Bottled (SG pre bottling) | 08/15/08 | 1.010 | 19 | bitter ‘hit’ has dropped off a lot, lighter flavor than expected |
| Used half of the oxygen protector caps to see if there is a difference. | ||||
| OK TO DRINK BY (60 days): | 09/25/08 | |||
| BOTTLING | ||||
| Priming Method | 5 oz Corn Syrup | $0.30 | ||
| Caps, cleaners, etc | $2.25 | |||
| Container | Capacity | Qty | Total Volume | |
| Bottle | 12 | 34 | 408 | |
| Lagunitas | 22 | 5 | 110 | |
| Half Liter (Deutsch) | 17 | 13 | 221 | |
| Jug | 64 | 1 | 64 | |
| Total Bottled: | 803 | |||
| TASTING | ||||
| 08/20/08 | 24 | A bit green but ready to drink, plenty of fizz and head. | ||
| 10/01/08 | 66 | Grapefruit notes from the amarillo hops, nice balance | ||
| 10/15/08 | 80 | I’m actually glad I diluted this because it is lighter drinking and I got more of it! I do notice a difference from the oxycaps. | ||
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