IPA Homebrew Recipe

IPA Homebrew Recipe

Type- IPA
Average Beer Rating- 3

Description:
This IPA Homebrew recipe uses plenty of hops to accent this beer. It has a great balance between the bittering flavor to the hoppy aroma. The beer is a clean, crisp IPA. The ABV for this IPA recipe is 5.75-6.25%.

Ingredients:
Fermentables
6.6 lb. Light LME
1 lb. Light DME

Grains
1 lb. Caramel 30L
8 oz. Biscuit

Hops
2 oz. Chinook
1 oz. Cascade

Yeast
1 Sachet

Directions:
1. Pour 2.5 gallons of clean water into your brew pot and begin to heat.
2. Pour crushed grains into a grain bag and tie a loose knot at the top of the bag.
3. When water is between 150-165F place the grain bag in the brew pot. (Make sure your water does not exceed 170F.)
4. Steep for 20-minutes.
5. Remove the grain bag and without squeezing allow the liquid to drain back into your brew pot/ wort.
6. Bring your wort back to a boil and stir in the ‘fermentables’ and bring back to a boil. (Make sure that the malt extracts do not burn on the bottom of the brew pot.)
7. Add 1 oz. Chinook hops and boil for 20-minutes. (Make sure the wort doesn’t boil over.)
8. Add the other 1 oz. Chinook hops and boil for 20-minutes.
9. Add 1 oz. Cascade hops and boil for 20-minutes.
10. Terminate the boil and cool the wort to approximately 70F.
11. Once cooled, add to a sanitized fermenter (make sure you don’t pour all of the sediment.)
12. Add enough clean water to the fermenter to bring your wort to the 5-gallon mark.
13. Pitch the yeast and cover with the fermenter lid.
14. Let the beer to ferment for 2-weeks.

Additional Tips
1. On bottling day, dissolve 3/4 cup of corn sugar in 16 oz. water.
2. Keep your bottles between 62-75F to ensure proper maturation.

Beer Reviews:
Tobin’s Review 3 out of 5
This IPA Homebrew recipe has a nice reddish hue with a small compact oatmeal colored head. The beer has a malty aroma with a soft creamy mouth. This homebrew has a hint of grain, followed by an immediate light bitter hops. It’s not bad, but it is a heavier IPA.

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