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PDF version #92:  Mr. Silly IPA (English India Pale Ale)

• Named after Lennier, our hound-mix “puppy.”

Chris Swingley 
6-Oct-2012

Recipe (for 5 gallons final volume)

14	pounds	(99%)	Crisp Maris Otter Pale Malt
2	ounces	(1%)	Chocolate Malt
17	ounces		Cane Sugar (added due to poor mash yield)
1	ounce		Willamette whole hops, 5% AA (first wort hop)
1.5	ounces		Chinook whole hops, 13% AA (45 minutes)
1	ounce		U.S. Fuggles whole hops, 5% AA (90 minutes)

• White Labs WLP007 Dry English Ale Yeast, pitched at 66°F
• Starter: Pitched onto yeast cake from previous recipe (Taiga Dog)
• Aeration: Drill aerator for two minutes after pitching

Water

• Fairbanks city water
• 37 quarts  water treated with:
• •  1 Campden tablet. Removes chlorine ion and chloramine, reduces oxidation
• 21 quarts mash water treated with:
• • 2 ml 88% Lactic Acid.
  • 1 tablespoon 5.2 pH Stabilizer.

Mash

• 21 quarts water @ 163°F, grist ratio of 1.5 quarts:pound @ 153°F (Held 120 minutes), 145 F at the end of the mash

Sparge

• 11 quarts water @ 210°F, drain
• 7 quarts water @ 168°F, drain

Boil

• Boiled 7.5 gallons for 90 minutes to yield 5.5 gallons wort

Fermentation

• Primary: bucket, 7 days, 66°F
• Secondary: keg, 7 days, 66°F

Packaging

• Kegged at 8 psi, 50°F (1.8 volumes CO₂)
• Conditioned for 8 weeks
• Ready to drink on 15-Dec-2012

Properties

Starting Gravity: 1.073	Final Gravity: 1.017
Original Extract: 17.7°plato	Apparent Extract: 4.33°plato
	Real Extract: 6.90°plato
Alcohol: 7.4% by volume	(5.8% by weight)
Apparent Attenuation: 75.6%	Mash Efficiency: 62%
Bitterness: 57 IBU	Color: 12 SRM
BU:SG: 0.78	BV: 1.69