Overland India Pale Ale

To celebrate the “arrival” of spring - five feet of new snow in the mountains while the tulips begin to bud down in town - we put together an IPA with an inventive hop schedule. After playing around with a new kegging setup including a Blichmann BeerGun (which still takes some work to figure out), we were able to bottle about half of the carbonated Red Notebook Rot Weiss. The rest was lost as we continue to control foam, poured straight from the keg, or discarded due to an unknown threadlike growth on the top in the secondary. So no new equipment for the IPA, save a bucket with 1/8″ holes drilled in the bottom, used for a lauter tun for the partial mash recipe we did at the same time.

Overland India Pale Ale

Grains

1lb Belgian Caramel Vienna LME

Extract

1 lb Muntons Light DME
6 lb Coopers Light LME

Hops

1 oz CTZ (Columbus, Tomahawk, Zeus) - 13.7% alpha - 70 min
1 oz Chinook - 12.4% alpha - 10 min
1 oz Amarillo - 9.3% alpha - 5 min

Yeast

Wyeast American Ale Yeast

Other

1 T irish moss

Brewing Stats

Brewed April 4, 2009

Steeped grains sans grain sack for 60 min at 158°F in 3 gal. water
No adjustment for water, all tasty tap water.

1st Sparge: 3 gal cold water
Pre-Boil Volume: 6 gal
Boil Duration: 70 min
Post-Boil Volume: 5 gal

AAUs: 35.4
Approx IBU (25% utilization): 109

OG: 1.054
Ferment Temperature: 65 - 68°F

Rack Date: 4/14/09
FG:1.010
ABW: 6.0%
ABV: 7.602%

Cost: $35.15 - $.73 / 12 oz - $4.39 / 6 pack

Tags: Amarillo hops, Belgian Caramel Vienna, Chinook hops, CTZ hops, IPA, Wyeast American Ale Yeast