Ahh...an American IPA. Yum. At some point I want to start doing some statistical research in to what homebrewers, at least in New Orleans, brew most often. American IPA would be up there. Saison and Belgian Wit would be fairly high as well...but I think Ambers and standard Pale Ales take the cake.
On to the beer...
Beer #8 - Creedence Dark Water Revive-ale
Style: American IPA (14B)
Recipe: For 1 Gallon (Extract)
.75 lb Light Dry Malt Extract
1 lb Amber Dry Malt Extract
1 oz Special B Malt (steeped at 152F for 20 minutes)
3 oz Crystal 60L (steeped at 152F for 20 minutes)
.25 oz Chinook Hops (11.4% AAU) (30 minutes, full boil)
.5 oz Simcoe Hops (12.7%) (last 5 minutes)
Fementis US-05 Ale Yeast
Beer notes: Probably a bit dark for the style, but I like a nice dark malty base for my IPAs. I'm not a purist when it comes to a lot of American styles. They're just ripe for experimentation. For those of you unaware, the Fermentis US-05 dry ale yeast is the EXACT same as the White Labs WLP001 California Ale Yeast and the Wyeast 1056 American Ale Yeast. Those can all be used interchangeably. Who knew an IPA could be brewed with less than an ounce of hops? It didn't smell too hoppy when I moved it to the primary. May add a dry hop of simcoe or cascade to this. OG estimated to be around 1.074. Tried to take a reading from the gallon jug, but it was quite foamy, and I didn't feel like waiting around for the foam to go down, or taking a sample off of a gallon batch.
Cheers!
Aaron
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