Chris Green's Double IPA

This one landed a first place in the IPA category at the Chicago Beer Society's Spooky Brew Review 2009. The margins didn't line up right but you will get the idea. All hop varieties are pellets unless otherwise noted.

Recipe: Labor Day Double IPA
Brewer: Chris Green
Style: Imperial IPA (BJCP Style: 14C)
TYPE: All Grain (Batch Sparge)

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 6.00 gal
Boil Size: 7.23 gal
Estimated OG: 1.088 SG
Estimated Color: 7.3 SRM (Tinseth)
Estimated IBU: 88.9 IBU (Rager)
Brewhouse Efficiency: 67.00 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
8.0 oz Extra Light Dry Extract (3.0 SRM) Dry Extract 2.44 %
12 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 58.54 %
6 lbs Pilsner (2 Row) Bel (2.0 SRM) Grain 29.27 %
8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 45L (45.0 SRM) Grain 2.44 %
8.0 oz Wheat Malt, Ger (2.0 SRM) Grain 2.44 %
0.75 oz Magnum [14.70 %] (60 min) Hops 36.8 IBU
0.50 oz Chinook [11.50 %] (60 min) Hops 19.2 IBU
0.50 oz Cascade [7.50 %] (60 min) Hops 12.5 IBU
0.50 oz Simcoe [12.20 %] (20 min) Hops 6.9 IBU
0.50 oz Amarillo [8.50 %] (10 min) Hops 2.8 IBU
0.50 oz Columbus [14.00 %] (10 min) Hops 4.7 IBU
0.50 oz Centennial [9.10 %] (1 min) Hops 2.5 IBU
0.50 oz Simcoe [12.20 %] (1 min) Hops 3.4 IBU
1.00 oz Columbus [14.00 %] (Dry Hop 6 days) Hops -
1.00 oz Centennial (whole) [9.30 %] (Dry Hop 6 days) Hops -
0.50 oz Amarillo [8.50 %] (Dry Hop 6 days) Hops -
1.00 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
1 lbs Cane Sugar Sugar 4.88 %

Total Grain Weight: 19.00 lb
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Single Infusion, Light Body, No Mash Out
Step Time Name Description Step Temp
85 min Dough In Add 23.94 qt of water at 156.7 F 146.0 F


Notes:
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Water Profile: Local water and RO @ 50% dillution
Mineral profile: CA-123, MG-19, NA-20, CL-50, SUL-277, HCO3-85, ALK-70
Salts added to mash: Baking Soda-0.75g, Gypsum-8.5g, Cal Chloride-1.5g, Epsom-3g, Salt-0.04g
Salts added to boil: Baking Soda-0.375g, Gypsum-4.25g, Cal Chloride-0.75g, Epsom-1.5g, Salt-0.02g

2* loss during mash
2.375gal loss to mash
3.625gal first runnings
3.5gal sparge @ 177
8oz DME added to kettle to adjust preboil gravity

1lb sugar attidion after Krausen began to subside.
dry hopped on 9/14. slight convection still visible in the fermenter.

I would very much like to taste this.

me too that sounds like one hoppy beer, ummmmmm......

Double IPA ... one of my favorite styles. Do you have any to sample???

Beth & I just started drinking our original recipe double IPA, 'Brain Trauma'... We'll bring along a couple bombers to the next meeting. 23 lbs of grain & 170 IBU's!!! (according to Beersmith program, Rager scale) approx 9%abv(seems stronger), we're really enjoying this one. Still a young beer, extremely hoppy, but balanced. We're gettin' 'traumatized'!

Will post the recipe after reviews at the meeting if anyone is interested.