Type- IPA
Average Beer Rating- 2.5

Description:
This Citra IPA Homebrew recipe uses Cascade, Centennial and Citra hops. The result is a traditional IPA with ripe citrus-fruit bursts.

Ingredients:
Fermentables
6 lb. Gold Malt Extract Syrup
1 lb. Gold DME

Grains
0.75 lb. Valencia Grains Blend Caramel 40

Hops/ Schedule
0.5 oz. Centennial (60-minutes)
1 oz. Cascade (20-minutes)
1 oz. Cascade (10-minutes)
2 oz. Citra (flame out- 10-minutes stand)
1 oz. Citra (add to secondary fermenter 1-2 weeks before bottling day)
1 oz. Cascade (add to secondary fermenter 1-2 weeks before bottling day)

Yeast
Wyeast 1272 American Ale II

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. Steep for 20-minutes or until water reaches 170F.
4. Remove the grain bag and without squeezing allow the liquid to drain back into your brew pot/ wort.
5. Bring water to a boil.
6. Once boiling, turn the burner off and stir in the 6 lbs. Gold Malt Syrup and 1 lb. Gold DME.
7. Return wort back to a boil and follow the hop schedule.
8. Cool the wort to approximately 100F.
9. Fill primary fermenter with 2-gallons of cold water.
10. Pour in cooled wort (make sure you don’t pour all of the sediment.)
11. Add enough cold water to the fermenter to bring your wort to the 5-gallon mark.
12. Aerate the wort by sealing the fermenter and rock back and forth to splash for a few minutes.
13. Pitch the yeast and cover with the fermenter lid.
14. Let the beer to ferment for 1-2 weeks, until fermentation slows down.
15. Transfer the beer to a secondary fermenter for 2-3 weeks.
16. Add the 1 oz. Cascade and 1 oz. Citra hops to the secondary fermenter 1-2 weeks before bottling day.

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 2.5 out of 5
This Citra IPA Homebrew Recipe produces a beer that has a dark murky reddish amber hue with a frothy wheat head. The beer has a nice sweet hoppy aroma with flavors of sweet hops that turns bitter and dry. It’s not a complex beer, is non-descript and overall blah.

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Type- Kolsch
Average Beer Rating- 3

Description:
This Kolsch Homebrew recipe produces a crisp, clean and easy drinking ale. The beer has a straw yellow hue similar to a pilsner, but it is less hoppy, a bit sweeter and uses light malts and a small amount of wheat. The ABV for this Kolsch recipe is 4.25-4.75%.

Ingredients:
Fermentables
3.3 lb. Extra Light LME
2 lb. Wheat DME

Specialty Grains
12 oz. Carapils

Hops
2 oz. Mt. Hood

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 3.3 lb. Extra Light LME. (Make sure that the malt extracts do not burn on the bottom of the brew pot.)
7. Add 1 oz. Mt. Hops and boil for 30-minutes. (Make sure the wort doesn’t boil over.)
8. Add the other 1 oz. Mt. Hops and boil for 20-minutes.
9. Add 2 lb. of Wheat DME and boil for 5-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 Kolsch Homebrew Recipe produces a beer with a clear golden color and a pretty looking head. The beer has a decent amount of carbonation and smells a little yeasty (in a good way.) It is soft at first, but has a little bite in the back of the throat. It tastes very similar to a German Lager, but it has a fruiter malt and a slightly hoppy flavors. At the end of the day, it gives you German beer burps- not a bad recipe.

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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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