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HopNotikon Red Imperial RyePA

Specifics

Style:

Category:	India Pale Ale (IPA)
Number:	14C

An intensely hoppy, very strong pale ale without the big maltiness and/or deeper malt flavors of an American barleywine. Strongly hopped, but clean, lacking harshness, and a tribute to historical IPAs. Drinkability is an important characteristic; this should not be a heavy, sipping beer. It should also not have much residual sweetness or a heavy character grain profile.

Commercial Examples: Russian River Pliny the Elder, Three Floyd’s Dreadnaught, Avery Majaraja, Bell’s Hop Slam, Stone Ruination IPA, Great Divide Hercules Double IPA, Surly Furious, Rogue I2PA, Moylan’s Hopsickle Imperial India Pale Ale, Stoudt’s Double IPA, Dogfish Head 90-minute IPA, Victory Hop Wallop.

Brew Date:

February 28, 2012

Tap Date:

April 13, 2012

Yield:

5 gallons

Color (SRM/EBC):

15/29.6

Bitterness:

178 IBU (Tinseth)

BU/GU

2.37

Calories:

249 (12 ounces)

Conditioning:

Keg and Cask

ABV:

7.3%

ABW:

5.7%

Batch No:	2012-02
OG:	1.075
OG (Plato):	18.2° P
Target OG:	1.093
FG:	1.020
FG (Plato):	5.08° P
Target FG:	1.024
Real Extract:	7.45° P
App. Atten.:	72.1%
Real Atten.:	59.1%
Status:	Secondary

General Information

Method:	All Grain

Method:

All Grain

Last year at Notacon, a friend of mine happened upon the "Hopnotic Red Imperial IPA" at Willoughby Brewing Company. To this day, he still raves about it. This brew is an expirement to attempt to create something close to it based off my year old memory of the ale.

Recipe

Scale This Recipe
Enter desired final yield (volume):		gallons

Grains

12.00 pounds

American Pilsen Malt

Color (L):	1-2 °L
Info/Use:	Light color, malty flavor. For pilsners, lagers.

69.8% of grist

2.00 pounds

American Rye Malt (Briess)

Color (L):	4 °L
Info/Use:	Not provided.

11.6% of grist

1.00 pounds

Crystal Malt 20L

Color (L):	20 °L
Info/Use:	Sweet, mild caramel flavor and a golden color. Use in light lagers and light ales.

5.8% of grist

1.00 pounds

American Dextrin (Cara-Pils) Malt

Color (L):	1 °L
Info/Use:	Balances body and flavor without adding color, aids in head retention. For any beer.

5.8% of grist

0.19 pounds

American Roasted Barley 464 (Briess)

Color (L):	464 °L
Info/Use:	Briess American 6 row non malted.

1.1% of grist

1.00 pounds

Cara 45 (Dingemans Belgian)

Color (L):	45 °L
Info/Use:	Not provided.

5.8% of grist

17.19 pounds

Total Grain Weight (Water Amounts

Water Amounts

Target Final Boil Volume:	5 gallons
Evaporation Rate:	0.67 gallons per hour
Boil Time:	60 minutes
Runoff Volume Needed:	5.9 gallons	5 gallons (final boil volume) ÷ 0.96 (cooling) + 0.7 gallons (boil evaporation)
Grain Amount:	17.2 pounds
Grain Absorbtion:	3.7 gallons
Total Water Needed:	9.8 gallons	5.9 gallons (runoff) + 3.7 gallons (grain absorbtion) + 0.25 gallons (equip. loss)
Mash Water Needed:	5.7 gallons	based on 1.33 quarts per pound of grain
Sparge Water Needed:	4.1 gallons	9.8 gallons (total water) – 5.7 gallons (mash water)

)

100% of grist

Miscellaneous Ingredients (Non-Fermentable)

1 tsp

Irish Moss @ 5 minutes

Hops

2.00 ounces

Chinook

Region:	United States
AAU Range:	12 - 14%
Notes:	Heavy spicy aroma, strong versatile bittering hop.
Typical Use:	Bittering.
Substitution:	Galena, Eroica, Nugget, Bullion
Example:	Pale Ale, Stout, Porter, IPA; Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale, Sierra Nevada Stout

11.8% Pellets @ 60 minutes
Type: Bittering
Use: First Wort

23.6 AAUs

3.00 ounces

Warrior

Region:	United States
AAU Range:	15 - 17%
Notes:	Mild aroma, high alpha bittering hop.
Typical Use:	Bittering.
Substitution:	Nugget, Columbus
Example:	Pale Ale, IPA, Stout

16.7% Pellets @ 60 minutes
Type: Bittering
Use: Boil

50.1 AAUs

1.00 ounces

Perle

Region:	Germany, United States
AAU Range:	7 - 9%
Notes:	Pleasant aroma, slightly spicy, almost minty bittering hop.
Typical Use:	Bittering.
Substitution:	Hallertauer Mittelfrueh, NZ Hallertau Aroma
Example:	Lager, Pale Ale, Porter; Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, Summerfest, and Pale Bock

6.5% Pellets @ 10 minutes
Type: Aroma
Use: Boil

6.5 AAUs

6.00 ounces

Total Hop Weight

80.2 AAUs

Boil

Total Boil Time:	60 minutes

Total Boil Time:

60 minutes

Yeast

Name:	American Ale II
Manufacturer:	Wyeast
Product ID:	1272
Type:	Ale
Flocculation:	High
Attenuation:	74%
Temperature Range:	60–72°F
Amount:	125 ml

Equipment Profile

7 Gallon/26.5 Liter Kettle and 5 Gallon/19 Liter Cooler Mash Tun

Batch Size:	5.00 gallons	Boil Volume:	6.00 gallons
Evaporation Rate:	9.00% per hour	Mash Tun Dead Space:	0.25 gallons
Efficiency:	72%	Mash Tun Weight:	4.00 pounds
Hop Utilization:	100%	Mash Tun Volume:	5.00 gallons
Loss:	0.25 gallons	Mash Tun Specific Heat:	0.30 Cal/gram per °C

Mash

Mash Type:	Infusion
Grain Amt.	17.187 pounds

Grain Temp.	67° F
Tun Temp.	65° F
Sparge Amt.	5 gallons

Step	Description	Temp.	Time
Protein Rest		104° F	20 min.
Saccharification Rest - beta		145° F	40 min.
Saccharification Rest - alpha		154° F	20 min.

Water Profile

Source:

City of Cleveland Municipal Water

Special Procedures

During the mash, stored heat caused the grain temp to rise higher than the scheduled 140 during the beta sac rest. This floated the temperature up towards 150 by the end of the rest, and thus the resulting alpha rest was an additional 40 minutes at 150 allowing the temp to drop back towards the mid 140s. The result of this will produce a lower gravity than the target. And we indeed saw a drop of nearly 4 degrees in gravity.

During the mash, stored heat caused the grain temp to rise higher than the scheduled 140 during the beta sac rest. This floated the temperature up towards 150 by the end of the rest, and thus the resulting alpha rest was an additional 40 minutes at 150 allowing the temp to drop back towards the mid 140s.

The result of this will produce a lower gravity than the target. And we indeed saw a drop of nearly 4 degrees in gravity.

Fermentation

Primary:

7 days @ 72° F

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