Bill's Yippee IPA

Recipe Notes: Bill took 1st place in the May Open competition with this recipe. It comes from The Homebrewer’s Recipe Guide by Patrick Higgins, Maura Kate Kilgore, and Paul Hertlein. It is an extract recipe and is bottle conditioned.

Recipe Specifications

Batch Size (Gal): 5
OG: 1.065
FG: 1.012
SRM: NS
IBU: NS
Boil Time imin) 60
Efficiency (%) NS

NS = Not Specified



Grains & Adjuncts

GrainAmtPct
Light malt extract 5 lbs 55.6%
Amber malt extract 4 lbs 44.4%
crystal malt lbs 0.0%


Hops

Hop NameAmtAA (%)Time (min)
Northern Brewer 1.5 60
Cascade 2 0
Cascade 1 DH


Additional Ingredients

1 tsp Gypsum in mash 1 tsp Irish Moss in boil (15 min)

Yeast

Wyeast 1056 American Ale yeast

Process Details

  • Instructions:
  • Place crushed malt in water and steep at 155°F for 30 minutes.
  • Remove spent grains and add extracts, 1 ½ ounces Cascade hops, and gypsum.
  • Boil for 1 hour, adding the Irish moss for the last 10 minutes.
  • Turn off heat and add 2 ounces of Cascade hops, and steep for 10 minutes.
  • Cool wort (I used a chiller) and pitch yeast.

    Fermentation Details

  • Ferment for 5 to 7 days.
  • Transfer to a secondary fermenter and add 1 ounce Cascade hops.
  • Ferment an additional 7 to 10 days.

    Brewers Notes

  • Bottle, using corn sugar.