Best of Both Worlds
Double IPA
Brewed October 9, 2021
This double IPA will be an experiment to overdo it. Usually, my IPA designs seem like what I want but they end up falling short. Maybe this is because I don't get the IBU I expect from them or the yeast performance isn't up to par or maybe something entirely different. This recipe is more of everything: malt, a different yeast and a ton of hops from the US and Southern Hemisphere...hopefully it truly will be the best of both worlds.
Ingredients
Malts
5 lbs 2-Row Pilsner Malt
7 lbs Pale Malt
6.5 lb Pale High Color Malt
4 oz Carapils Malt
Hops
0.2 oz Galaxy Hops (15.9% AA) - 0 minutes
0.3 oz Ella Hops (16.3% AA) - 0 minutes
1 oz Nugget Hops (13.7% AA) - 0 minutes
0.5 oz Pahto Hops (17.5% AA) - 0 minutes
0.3 oz Rakau Hops (9.2% AA) - 0 minutes
1 oz Loral Hops (10.4% AA) - 50 minutes
1 oz Green Bullet Hops (13.5% AA) - 50 minutes
Yeast
1 pack Imperial Labs Loki Ale Yeast
Brewing Instructions
1. Heat 6 gallons of strike water to 160°F
2. Add 6 gallons of water to the mash tun
3. Add all grains to mash tun and confirm temperature of ~149°F
4. Steep grains for 60 minutes
5. While steeping, heat 3.75 gallons of water to 170°F for lautering
6. Continuous sparge into boil kettle
7. Total wort volume should be 7.36 gallons (7.0 actual)
8. Bring water to a boil and wait for the hot break
9. Begin boil
10. At 0 minutes add 15 drops FermCap to reduce foaming
11. At 0 minutes, add 0.2 oz Galaxy hops
12. At 0 minutes, add 0.3 oz Ella hops
13. At 0 minutes, add 1 oz Nugget hops
14. At 0 minutes, add 0.5 oz Pahto hops
15. At 0 minutes, add 0.3 oz Rakau hops
16. At 50 minutes, add one tablet Whirlfloc
17. At 50 minutes, add 1/2 tsp of yeast nutrient
18. At 50 minutes, add 1 oz Loral hops
19. At 50 minutes, add 1 oz Green Bullet hops
20. At 60 minutes, chill the wort to approx. 68°F
21. Aerate with pure oxygen for 1 minute
22. Move to the primary fermenter (5.7 gal actual)
23. Pitch yeast (whole starter)
24. Ferment at 68°F for 7 days
25. Ferment at 72°F for 7 days
26. Rack to secondary and cold crash at 34°F for 7 days
27. Package and carbonate
Starter & Notes
1 package Imperial Labs Loki yeast
6 oz Extra Light DME in 3L water