| Type: | All-Grain | Batch Size: | 2.5 Gallons | ||
| Grain: | 6 lb. American 2-row
8 oz. American crystal 60L 4 oz. Belgian Special B 4 oz. British chocolate 2 oz. Belgian CaraMunich |
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| Hops: | 0.75 oz. Galena (13.8% AA, 60 min.)
0.5 oz. Kent Goldings (5% AA, 15 min.) 0.5 oz. Kent Goldings (aroma) |
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| Yeast: | Fermentis Safeale US-05 | ||||
| Brew Date: | Sometime in April 2011 | ||||
I was going for a dark IPA, reminiscent of the India Brown Ale from DogfishHead. I mashed for 90 min @ ~150F with 1.5 gal of water. I sparged it out to about 3 gal for the boil. I boiled it down to about 2 gal and topped it up with cold water to 2.5 in the fermenter. I fermented for 2 weeks in the primary and bottled after that with corn sugar for priming.
The beer has a beautiful dark brown color – almost porter dark. The hop bitterness is perfect, but I would love to have a bit more hop aroma and flavor. This beer would definitely have benefited from dry hopping.
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