Monday, January 24, 2011

Cascadian Dark Ale Recipe

I brewed this recipe up for the Greater Everett Brewer’s League (GEBL) Hop Madness IPA Bracket Challenge. I started out with an idea of what I wanted it to taste like, bounced my ideas off a couple of homebrewers I know to get their input, did a little research on the web, and came up with the following recipe. I bottled a bit to enter and share, and put the rest on tap. I like this one a lot, the keg is already almost empty. If it wins any prizes great, if not it's still a winner in my book.

Cascadian Dark Ale (Black IPA)
BJCP Category 23: Specialty Beer

Recipe Specs
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Batch Size (G): 5.5
Total Grain (lb): 12.50
Total Hops (g): 170.09
Original Gravity (OG): 1.062 (°P): 15.2
Colour (SRM): 30.1 (EBC): 59.3
Bitterness (IBU): 84.6 (Tinseth)
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 75
Boil Time (Minutes): 90

Grain Bill
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10.000 lb American Two-row Pale (79.99%)
1.125 lb Munich I (9%)
0.563 lb Carafa II (4.5%)
0.563 lb Special B Malt (4.5%)
0.250 lb Chocolate (2%)

Hop Bill
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14.2 g Columbus (Tomahawk) Pellet (14.5% Alpha) @ 99 Minutes (First Wort) (2.6 g/Gal)
14.2 g Columbus (Tomahawk) Pellet (14% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil) (2.6 g/Gal)
28.4 g Simcoe Pellet (12.2% Alpha) @ 30 Minutes (Boil) (5.2 g/Gal)
28.4 g Cascade Pellet (5.5% Alpha) @ 15 Minutes (PostBoil) (5.2 g/Gal)
28.4 g Simcoe Pellet (13% Alpha) @ 15 Minutes (Post-Boil) (5.2 g/Gal)
28.4 g Cascade Pellet (5.5% Alpha) @ 10 Days (Dry Hop) (5.2 g/Gal)
28.4 g Columbus (Tomahawk) Pellet (14% Alpha) @ 10 Days (Dry Hop) (5.2 g/Gal)
Single step Infusion at 151°F for 60 Minutes.
Fermented at 68°F with Safale US-05 Dry Yeast

The Post-Boil additions were done at flameout, I whirlpooled and let it rest for 15 minutes before running off into the fermenter.

Recipe Generated with BrewMate

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