Zythos IPA - Beer Recipe - Brewer's Friend

Zythos IPA

255 calories 25.4 g
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Beer Stats
Method: Extract
Style: Imperial IPA
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 6.25 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.028 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 75% (steeping grains only)
Source: BBJ
Calories: 255 calories (Per )
Carbs: 25.4 g (Per )
Created: Tuesday September 18th 2012
1.077
1.018
7.8%
86.5
9.7
n/a
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
3 lb Dry Malt Extract - Light3 lb Dry Malt Extract - Light 42 4 28.6%
0.50 lb Cane Sugar0.5 lb Cane Sugar 46 0 4.8%
6 lb Liquid Malt Extract - Light6 lb Liquid Malt Extract - Light - (late boil kettle addition) 35 4 57.1%
9.50 lbs / $ 0.00
Steeping Grains
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
1 lb American - Caramel / Crystal 40L1 lb Caramel / Crystal 40L 34 40 9.5%
$ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
1 oz Zythos1 oz Zythos Hops Pellet 11 Boil 60 min 50.99 16.7%
1 oz Zythos1 oz Zythos Hops Pellet 11 Boil 15 min 25.3 16.7%
1 oz zythos1 oz zythos Hops Pellet 11 Boil 5 min 10.16 16.7%
1 oz Zythos1 oz Zythos Hops Pellet 11 Boil 0 min 16.7%
2 oz Zythos2 oz Zythos Hops Pellet 11 Dry Hop 10 days 33.3%
6 oz / $ 0.00
 
Yeast
Danstar - Nottingham Ale Yeast
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
77%
Flocculation:
High
Optimum Temp:
57 - 70 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
65 °F
Pitch Rate:
-
Wyeast 1272 American Ale II
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
0%
Flocculation:
Optimum Temp:
0 - 0 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
65 °F
Pitch Rate:
-
$ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
Method: cane sugar       Amount: 5 oz.      
 
Notes

I have never used Zythos hops before, but thought I would give them a try as I received 6 oz. free from Williams Brewing.
Steeped crystal 40 at 155F for 25 min., then began boil. Bulk of extract was added as late addition.
I pitched onto half of the yeast cake from prior beer that I was bottling the same day. The yeast was one pack of Nottingham and one Wyeast 1272 Amer.Ale II.
Four weeks in primary, no secondary fermenter. Dry hopped with 2 oz. Zythos pellets for last 10 days. I just threw them in loose.
At bottling time the beer had a pleasant pineapple/citrus smell. Primed with 5 oz. of cane sugar.
Starting gravity was 1.073 and finished at 1.017
This was just a test of some zythos hops that I had and it turned out good, but not great. I would like a hoppier and less sweet beer so next time I will be making some changes. I will half the crystal and use something like magnum to bitter with and add some simcoe along with the zythos for flavor/aroma.
10 months later...this beer actually smoothed out and was pretty decent, too bad i was on my last bottle.

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