Amarillo Armadillo Ale

This is a recipe I created for one of my brewery clients which is in Indiana. Of course it was all grain, but it is just as good done this way and less time consuming. It won 9 professional medals. It is a throw back to the long defined British inspired IPA style but using American hops with a higher BU/GU which was how the beer style existed before other brewers started using the moniker on beers that were not to any style. Now few make IPAs this way.. Firestone Walker does as well as Victory with HopDevil but it disappeared from our market and their products here are only sours and a Tripel. I retired 8 years ago from the beverage production industry (I was a pro distiller as well) and this beer won awards in the 90s. I do not have any coverage of that any longer.

TECHNICAL NOTE: My original recipe included light Munich malt. That was included because I was only brewing on steam fired kettles. At home I am direct fired and that is why I exclude it and extended boil time beyond what is more normal for an extract based beer. It produces the same character via caramelization.