Today marks another great day of brewing here in Vermont. I've decided to embark on a new adventure in the world of home brewing. Today is the day I construct my first IPA. Through word of mouth and local home brew guilds I have fallen upon BeerSmith 2, an excellent recipe builder, that I have used for the first time in this beer.
The question I have gotten most often is why 11:11? Well it's pretty simple in fact. I have always managed to find myself looking at the clock at 11:11, be it AM, PM or the date, and I usually send a text message out to friends. What started as a little joke developed into a pretty interesting habit, better than smoking I guess. The 11:11 IPA is being brewed on 11/11/13, I missed 11/11/11 by two year...shucks. The whole premise behind the 11:11 IPA is that I will use 11lbs of malt, using both extract & speciality grain, and 11oz's of hops. This thing is going to be a face puncher! I have added my recipe below. I hope you enjoy it!
11:11 IPA Brew Recipe & Hop Schedule: (5 Gallon)
Malt:
- 3lbs of Crystal Malt (10L - 10SRM)
- 8lbs of XL Malt Extract
Hops: (Pellet Form)
- 2oz. of Warrior (15% AAU) at 90min
- 1oz. of Chinook (13% AAU) at 90min
- 1oz. of Cascade (5.5% AAU) at 45min
- 1oz. of Chinook (13% AAU) at 45min
- 1oz. of Cascade (5.5% AAU) at 0min
- 1oz. of Mt. Hood (6% AAU) at 0min
Yeast:
- 1 package of #1056 Wyeast - American Ale
Dry Hop Schedule: (Pellet Form)
- 2oz. of Mt. Hood (6% AAU) for 7 days
- 2oz. of Citra (12% AAU) for 1 day
I will continue to update you throughout the process, most likely on bottling day.
Cheers and happy home brewing,
That Vermont Beer Guy
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12/22/2013 Update:
Last night was I finally able to bottle the beer. A bit longer than I wanted, but no complaints. I final ABV of around 7.5%. Dry hopping added a wonderfully flavor aroma and a big hop body. Color was a deep orange/amber. I bottled conditioned with 96grams of organic cane sugar into a yield of 4.5 gallons. The finish beer count of 48, 12 ounce beers, and 1, 22 ounce beer. I will probably wait at least three weeks to enjoy this one. Very excited. Happy drinking. TVBG
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12/22/2013 Update:
Last night was I finally able to bottle the beer. A bit longer than I wanted, but no complaints. I final ABV of around 7.5%. Dry hopping added a wonderfully flavor aroma and a big hop body. Color was a deep orange/amber. I bottled conditioned with 96grams of organic cane sugar into a yield of 4.5 gallons. The finish beer count of 48, 12 ounce beers, and 1, 22 ounce beer. I will probably wait at least three weeks to enjoy this one. Very excited. Happy drinking. TVBG
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