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Boil Size: 930 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 12.6

Efficiency: 86

Mash Thickness: 2.6

Sugar Scale: Plato

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 25 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 11/1/2016 4:54 PM

Notes:

Author:

Douglas Thompson

Boil Size: 7.18 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.049

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/2/2025 1:59 PM

Notes: Step by step
Mash the grains at 156 °F (69 °C) for 60 minutes, targeting a mash pH of 5.35–5.45. Conduct a 170 °F (77 °C) mash out step, if desired. Vorlauf until your wort is clear, then run off into the kettle. Sparge the grains with 168 °F (76 °C) water to obtain 6 gallons (23 L) of wort (or more, depending on your evaporation rate).

Boil for 60 minutes following the hopping schedule. After the boil is complete, add the whirlpool hop additions and stir the wort briskly to form a whirlpool, then cover and let stand for 15 minutes. Russian River adjusts the pH in the whirlpool down to 5.0–5.1.

Chill the wort to slightly below fermentation temperature, about 64–66 °F (18–19 °C). Aerate the wort if using a liquid yeast strain, pitch the yeast, and add yeast nutrient if desired. Ferment at 68 °F (20 °C) until final gravity is achieved and let the beer sit for one to two additional days.

If possible, remove yeast from fermenter before adding the dry-hop additions. If able, after three more days, dump the cone of your fermenter to remove as much dry hops and yeast as possible.

Before the dry hop, Vinnie Cilurzo recommends taking a gravity reading of the beer and recording it in your brew log. This exercise will be particularly helpful as it relates to hop creep. Three days after dry hopping, take a gravity reading and note it. Do the same the following day. Once you go two days in a row where your gravity has not dropped from the secondary fermentation from hop creep, you can proceed with chilling the beer and/or bottling or kegging. Depending on your conditions, you might have to wait longer to clear hop creep. Bottle or keg and force carbonate as usual.

Notes from Vinnie:
At our Windsor, California, production brewery we incorporate whole cone hops into the final hop addition. This is done by way of a hop back where the wort runs from our whirlpool, over the whole cone hops in the hop back, and from there the wort gets cooled off and heads to the fermenter.

Over the years the recipe has changed some. In the past there was about 3% crystal malt (40 °L) in the recipe but as you can see, there is now no crystal malt, leaving the beer leaner and thus allowing the hops to pop more.

I look at a beer recipe more as a concept rather than a strict recipe. With that said, over the years some of the hops have changed so you will see some more modern hops in Blind Pig IPA now. Crystal hops are often not thought of as an IPA hop, but it can contribute a nice citrus note to a brew, which I like. In my opinion, this has kept the beer relevant even after all these years.

Finally, feel free to brew this recipe as is, but if you can’t find a particular hop, don’t stress over it. Find something similar and experiment and explore — that is what homebrewing is all about. Also, since this beer is on the lower side of the alcohol range for an IPA, if you like a little more malt body in the beer, I’d suggest removing some of the 2-row malt and replace it with Simpsons Best Pale Ale malt, which will add more malt body to the finished beer.

Author:

Angelf51

Boil Size: 25.25 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.071

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 18 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/23/2022 2:21 PM

Notes:

Author:

Boil Size: 13 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 9.4

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 3

Sugar Scale: Plato

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 1/25/2022 8:26 AM

Notes:

Author:

Wolf Pack Brewing

Boil Size: 74.89 Litres

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.063

Efficiency: 80

Mash Thickness: 3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.25

Primary Temp: 20 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/25/2021 6:57 PM

Notes: Based on what Vinnie divulged, this is how I'd go about banging out a 5 gallon batch (don't think you'd want 10 gallons of this, hehe...) basing it on the requirements for an Oud Bruin...

Size: 6.0 gal
Efficiency: 80.0%

Original Gravity: 1.063 (1.040 - 1.074)
Terminal Gravity: 1.013 (1.008 - 1.012)
Color: 21.51 (15.0 - 22.0)
Alcohol: 6.58% (4.0% - 8.0%)
Bitterness: 22.1 (20.0 - 25.0)

Ingredients:
11.0 lb American 2-row
1.0 lb Caramel Malt 40L
1.5 lb Vienna Malt
0.5 lb Carafa Special® TYPE III
1.0 oz Perle (8.2%) - added during boil, boiled 45.0 min

Of course, add your whirlfloc and yeast nutrient. (This isn't an overly thick beer, we'd want to dry this out as much as possible.)

Nice starter of White Labs WLP530 Abbey Ale, or pitch at least two vials, and aerate the crap out of it. Hit it with O2 if you have a tank/diffusion stone.

Give it about 3 weeks in primary, keeping it above 70 degrees for the yeasties to do their thing. Rack when it hits 1.012.

Here's where I get fuzzy. Vinnie says that when this comes off to secondary, he removes the yeast. I'm assuming he's doing that by pasteurization? Either way, I doubt it'd ruin the beer if it's just racked as you normally would.

You'll need a bigger carboy than 5 gallons, to accommodate the cherries, so grab yourself a 6.5 gallon one.

Into secondary, dump a package of Brett, and give it another couple of weeks.

Into secondary, dump 2.0 lb mashed cherries, as well as a package of Belgian Sour Mix 1. For a full effect, soak 1oz of oak chips in some pinot, and add those to the secondary as well. Let that chill for 2-3 months.

Rack to a keg, stash for 6 months before carbing.

Hugely labour intensive beer, and man, if I tapped that keg after a year or so and it tasted like arse, I wouldn't be a happy bunny!

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Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.057

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.0

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 9/5/2019 5:23 PM

Notes:

Author:

prospero

Boil Size: 6.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.045

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.2

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.5

Primary Temp: 50 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: 4.1 oz

Creation Date: 6/4/2019 2:51 PM

Notes: Keep mash pH at 5.6 and sparge water pH at 6.0.

Finalize water profile with Gypsum, Calcium Chloride, and Chalk, split between mash and boil, to take city water to desired water profile (Ca: 66; Mg: 30; Na: 48; S04: 56; Cl: 72; HCO3: 112).

Mash at 152° F for 90 minutes. Raise mash to 168° F and sparge out.

Fermentation:
Start cool at about 50°F, and hold there for the first forty-eight hours. For every day thereafter, increase your temperature by 1°F for ten days. After it’s been in the fermentor for twelve days, it should be at a steady 60°F. Activity in the airlock should be low (but not absent). Raise to 65'F for diacetyl cleanup for 3 days. After fermentation is complete (estimate 3 weeks) cold-crash to begin the clearing process.

Bottle conditioning:
Raise the temperature after bottling back to room temperature to encourage appropriate bottle fermentation, then place it in a dark, cold corner for at least six weeks.

Carb at 2.4 vols and let sit for another 4+ weeks to lager.

Author:

jason.rosenberger@gmail.com

Boil Size: 6.65 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.065

Efficiency: 65.8

Mash Thickness: 1.9393

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 2.0

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 4/27/2019 12:14 AM

Notes:

Author:

Uglebrygg

Boil Size: 27.5 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.045

Efficiency: 83

Mash Thickness: 3.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.5

Primary Temp: 12 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 9/9/2017 10:23 AM

Notes: Optimal gjæringstemp i følge produsent: 12-15 grader. Starter på 12 og øker til 14 etter 2 døgn.

Author:

DanoVP

Boil Size: 120 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.02

Efficiency: 60

Mash Thickness: 3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 14 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 11/14/2016 1:01 AM

Notes:

Author:

Backalley Brewhouse

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.046

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 12/24/2014 2:48 AM

Notes: Fermentation notes chill to 64f then up to 68 for 2 weeks then 2 weeks at room temp.

Author:

justinkrey@sbcglobal.net

Boil Size: 480.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.097

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 65 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/18/2016 10:53 PM

Notes:

Author:

RemiV

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 75

Boil Gravity: 1.04

Efficiency: 63

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 11/7/2015 10:03 PM

Notes: Whirlpool for 5 minutes, hop stand for 10 minutes with 1 oz Galaxy. OG=1.076 Cold crashed @35*, on 11/09 pm.
Added boiled H2O,cooled to 70* on 11/09 @1930, to bring volume to 5 gallons.
G=1.030 on 11/12/15, 11/13, 11/14.
Transferred to secondary 11/14. Dry hopped on 11/16, 2.75 Galaxy. Dry
hopped for 16 days. Transferred to
Corny keg on 12/02. Back into the cooler @35*. Began carbonation on 12/09 @1530. Bottled remaining on 022816.

Author:

guysmith

Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 75

Boil Gravity: 1.043

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 1.25

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: Corn Sugar

Priming Amount: 3/4 cup

Creation Date: 10/2/2015 2:54 AM

Notes:

Author:

Meadhawg

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.051

Efficiency: 80

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 7/29/2015 3:38 AM

Notes: OG 1.072
FG 1.012
ABV 7.88%

Author:

Shane Mac

Boil Size: 15 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.069

Efficiency: 80

Mash Thickness: 1.25

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.25

Primary Temp: 70 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 6/18/2015 12:25 AM

Notes: 1. Hit taget temp at 151, held for 1 hour
Mash out at 170 for 10 min
1.068= estimated Pre-Boil Grav -- Effeciency was 95% so much more than expected... OG at .098 FG .021 10.3%

2. mash at 154 -- strike with 43 quarts of 167F, at 78 degress ambient.
major problems with hop rocket. Had to remove it from the circuit and dump the hops into the kettle. Beer stood hot in the kettle for approximately 45 min before ran off in to fermentor, Fermentor in to chamber overnight to stabilize at 67 degrees.

3. Using dry yeast and changed the recipe to include acid malt. Added 1ml LA to mash to achieve Ph- 5.1, Vorlafing started at 30min in to Sacc Rest.

88% BH effeciency, ran off for only 30 min!!!

4. For the Brett Version we are using Wlp648

The brett was at 1.023 at transfer to secondary.

went 1.5oz each on all dry hops.

Author:

andresrdomingos@icloud.com

Boil Size: 14 Litres

Boil Time: 70

Boil Gravity: 1.067

Efficiency: 54

Mash Thickness: 3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 23 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 3/10/2015 1:44 AM

Notes:

Author:

jacksonedmonds

Boil Size: 15.48 Litres

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.035

Efficiency: 68

Mash Thickness: 3.8

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 17 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 1/26/2015 1:11 PM

Notes:

Author:

hoob42

Boil Size: 6.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.049

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.33

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.75

Primary Temp: 68 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 1/18/2015 6:34 AM

Notes:

Author:

joehoppy

Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.049

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.0

Primary Temp: 66 ° F

Priming Method: Force Carb/Keg

Priming Amount: 10 psi

Creation Date: 1/17/2015 4:03 PM

Notes: Use 7ml hopshot for bittering @ 60
No bittering hops.