Homebrew recipe: India Pale Ale
An incredibly smooth bitter characterised by it's golden color. India pale ales are wonderfully aromatic with a white creamy head and slightly bitter hop aftertaste. If you like Bass Ale, you'll enjoy India Pale Ale.
Ingredients:
The following ingredient quantities are based on 5 gallon(s) of beer being made.
| Item |
Quantity |
Comment |
| cluster hops |
|
13 HBUs (bittering) |
| Crystal malt |
8 ounce(s) |
Cruched |
| fuggles hops |
2 ounce(s) |
1 ounze flavour, 1 ounce aroma |
| munton and fison 2-row pale malt |
4 ounce(s) |
|
| munton and fison dry light malt extract |
7 pound(s) |
Half to boil 60 mins, half to finish |
| roast barley |
1 ounce(s) |
|
| yeast #1098 british ale (wyeast) |
|
as directed |
Instructions
- Spread the Pale Malt on a baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees. Stir the grains every 5-10 minutes to evenly distribute toasted flavors throughout. The grains should be toasted, but do not allow them to burn.
- Put the toasted pale malt and specialty grains into the muslin bag and steep in 150 degree water for 20 minutes. Pull the bag out, allowing it to drain freely into the brew kettle. Don't squeeze the bag, this will only release tannins that will harm your beer.
- Add 170 degree water to the brew kettle to bring the total volume to 2.5 gallons. As you add this water, run it over your bag of grains to rinse (sparge) the rest of the grain water out of the bag.
- Bring kettle to a boil, then remove it from the burner. Stir in the Dry Malt Extract (DME), and put Cluster (Bittering) hops in a muslin bag (tied closed) and add into the kettle.
- Return to heat and boil for 45 minutes, then add in 1 oz Fuggles for flavor hop to the muslin bag.
- Continue boiling for 15 minutes, then add 1 oz Fuggles for aroma hop to the muslin bag.
- Cool to room temperature, add water to bring total volume to 5 gallons. Stir vigorously to incorporate air into the wort. Pitch in your yeast.
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