Here’s a recipe for the Imperial IPA I’m brewing this weekend. It’ll be an 8 gallon batch (5 keg, 3 bottled) and the hop bill is still under scrutiny.
Malt bill
- 16 lbs Domestic 2-row malt
- 1 lbs Domestic Munich
- 1.5 lbs CaraPils
- 0.5 lbs Crystal 40L
Hops
- 2 oz Chinook (12.5% alpha) @ 60 minutes
- 1 oz Centennial (10% alpha) @ 30 minutes
- 1 oz Centennial (10% alpha) @ 20 minutes
- 1 oz Chinook (12.5% alpha) @ 15 minutes
- 1 oz Centennial (10% alpha) @ 10 minutes
- 1.5 oz Centennial (10% alpha) @ 5 minutes
- 1.5 oz Centennial (10% alpha) @ 2 minutes
- 1.5 oz Centennial (10% alpha) @ Dry Hopped
Misc. Ingredients
- Fermentis Safale S-05 dry yeast
- Irish Moss @ 15 minutes
Seems like I should be able to fit some more more hops in there. I can’t find any information on whether S-05 will ferment enough to hit my target gravity.
Edit: I changed the name of the beer at the last minute celebration of our friend’s newest, Maximus Charles Walz, born on Friday, October 5th. Nate’ll have get a batch as well, but a Scottish seems more appropriate.
Pitching a big yeast starter ought to help. What do you think your O.G. and F.G. will be? What is the target ABV?