Indian Brown Ale

Dogfish Head Craft Brewing’s Indian Brown clone

(5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)
OG = 1.070 FG = 1.016
IBU = 50 SRM = 18 ABV = 7.2%

This dark IPA is available year-round and is dry hopped similarly to Dogfish Head’s 60 Minute and 90 Minute IPAs. It is roasty, with a mild hop bitterness.

Ingredients
10.75 lbs. (4.88 kg) Pilsner malt
15.2 oz. (0.43 kg) flaked maize
10.9 oz. (0.31 kg) amber malt
10.8 oz. (0.31 kg) crystal malt (60 °L)
6.5 oz. (0.18 kg) coffee malt
2.2 oz. (62 g) roasted barley
6 oz. (0.17 kg) dark brown sugar
11.5 AAU Warrior® hops (60-10 min.) (0.72 oz./20 g of 16% alpha acids)
6 AAU Golding hops (10-0 min.) (1.2 oz./34 g of 5% alpha acids)
6 AAU Liberty hops (0 min.) (1.33 oz./38 g of 4.5% alpha acids)
1 oz. (28 g) Amarillo® hops (dry hop)
0.5 oz. (14 g) Simcoe® hops (dry hop)
0.5 oz. (14 g) Glacier hops (dry hop)
White Labs WLP005 (British Ale) or Wyeast 1187 (Ringwood Ale) yeast
3/4 cup corn sugar (if priming)

Step by Step
Mix a half a cup of water to the brown sugar a slowly caramelize the sugar in a small pot. Be sure not to scorch. Mash the grains at 152 °F (67 °C) in 3.75 gallons (14 L) of water. Vorlaf until your runnings are clear, sparge, add the caramelized sugar and then boil the wort for 60 minutes. Begin hopping the wort with a continuous stream of Warrior® hops. When you run out of Warrior hops, refill hopper with Golding hops and resume hopping until the end of the boil. Add the 0 minute hops after boil and stir wort to create a whirlpool. Allow wort to settle for 15 minutes then begin cooling. Aerate cooled wort and pitch yeast. Ferment at 70 °F (21 °C). Add the dry hops after final gravity is reached, and leave them in contact with the beer for three to five days. Bottle or keg as usual.