Brewed: Dogfish Head 60-ish Minute IPA
Continuing my kick of brewing IPAs that can’t be bought locally, I brewed up a batch of Dogfish Head 60 minute IPA this weekend. There’s a massive thread on homebrewtalk.com started by Yooper documenting a homebrew recipe for this beer, and while it’s a bit strong, there should be enough malt in this beer to back up the hop charge. Dogfish lists this at 6.0% ABV, whereas the clone recipe clocks in around 6.8%. Though my beers tend to attenuate really well, I’m hoping I don’t see over 7%.
Let’s start with the grist for this beer:
- 13# US two-row
- 6oz Thomas Fawcett Amber malt
Very simple grist, but do not sub any medium crystal for this amber malt and expect the same results. I special ordered a few pounds because Northern Brewer doesn’t carry it, and this malt is very distinct.
The hops are nothing unusual for an IPA, but instead of a more conventional 60 minute bittering, 20 minute flavor, 10/5/0 minute aroma additions, all of the hop additions are added continuously throughout the 60 minute boil. I chose to add half the bittering addition at 60, and added the remainder up to 35 minutes. I then mixed the Amarillo and Simcoe and added those continuously from 35 minutes until flameout. It was a looong time to stand there and idly pitch in a couple hop pellets per minute, so I’m excited to see what the end result will be.
I don’t brew beers this big very often, so I tend to forget my efficiency drops off a bit and missed my pre-boil gravity by 6 points. That was easily corrected by boiling for 15 minutes before I started pitching hops, technically making this a 75-minute IPA if we’re splitting hairs. At the end of the day, I ran off about 5.1 gallons at 1.069, which was right on the money. I hit it with 45 seconds of oxygen and tucked it away in the fermentation fridge.
DFH 60-ish Minute IPA
| Batch Size | Boil Time | IBU | SRM | Est. OG | Est. FG | ABV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.3 gal | 60 min | 76.9 IBUs | 5.9 SRM | 1.071 SG | 1.015 SG | 7.3 % |
Fermentables
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| Pale Malt (2 Row) US | 13.25 lbs |
| Fawcett Amber | 0.41 lbs |
Hops
| Name | Amount | Time | Use | Form | Alpha % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warrior | 0.75 oz | 60 min | Boil | Pellet | 15 |
| Amarillo Gold | 0.55 oz | 35 min | Boil | Pellet | 8.5 |
| Simcoe | 0.55 oz | 30 min | Boil | Pellet | 13 |
| Amarillo Gold | 1.2 oz | 0 min | Dry Hop | Pellet | 8.5 |
| Simcoe | 0.5 oz | 0 min | Dry Hop | Pellet | 13 |
Yeast
| Name | Lab | Attenuation | Temperature |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Ale (1056) | Wyeast Labs | 75% | 60°F - 72°F |
Notes
- 2014.05.09 : Made a 1000mL starter with wort pulled from a fresh batch of Tale of a Blonde
- 2014.05.10 : Crashed starter in fridge
- 2014.05.17 : Brewed early afternoon. first warm, dry day in weeks. Chilled just shy of 5.25 gallons to 68, oxygenated, pitched decanted starter of 1056 and set fridge to 66°F
- 2014.05.22: Dry hopped with 1oz Amarillo, .5oz Simcoe
- 2014.05.29: Gravity stable at 1.012, which puts this batch at 7.48% ABV. Yeast dropped out like a billion tiny rocks 3 days ago. Kegged up, and now we wait.
