Basic American Double IPA

Call it whatever you will, just don’t call it fat – this is the biggest of the initial IBU test series. Big, bold and bracing.

Recipe Author: Denny and Drew
Beer Style: Double IPA
Batch Size: 5.5
Boil Time: 60 minutes
Original Gravity: 1.084
IBUs: 94
SRM: 8
ABV: 9.2%

Malt/Grain/Sugar/Extract:

14 lbs Domestic Pale Malt 82.3%
1.5 lbs Munich 8.8%
0.5 lbs Crystal 60L 2.9%
1.0 lbs Sugar 5.9%

Water Profile

Bru’n Water: Dry Yellow

Mashing

Main Rest – 152°F for 60 minutes

Hops:

Columbus/Tomahawk/Zeus 12.0% 1.75 oz 60 minutes
Centennial 7.8% 1.75 oz 10 minutes
Cascade 4.4% 1.75 oz Whirlpool (20 minutes)
Cascade 4.4% 2.0 oz Dry Hop for 5 days

Yeast:

Wyeast 1056/White Labs WLP001/Fermentis US-05

Misc:

N/A

Notes:

IBU calculations (BeerSmith2)Rager: 93.9

Tinseth: 75.9

Garetz: 75.9