O.P.A.

Source: Wade Griffith
Recipe added: 03/03/04
Email: wdgrffth@aol.com

For the true hop lover. The more you age this beer the better. The hop complexity can meld with the oak to deliver a very interesting I.P.A.

Specifics

Recipe type: All Grain
Batch Size: 5 gal.
Starting Gravity:
Finishing Gravity:
Time in Boil: 90 min.
Primary Fermentation: 2 weeks
Secondary Fermentation: 2 weeks

Ingredients:

12 pounds Marris Otter
1 lb. Gambrinus honey malt
1/2 lb.40 lovi crystal
1/4 lb. 60 lovi crystal
1 lb. dry pale extract
2 oz. Kent Goldings
1 oz. Fuggles
1 1/4 oz. Chinooks
tsp. Irish moss
1/3/4 oz. Amarillo -Dry hop
1.5 oz. Oak Chips
WyYeast London Ale

Procedure:

Mash grain, single step infusion at 154 deg for 90min. mash out with 172 degree water Boil for 90 min. with 4 hop additions. Add 1 lb. pale dry at beginning of boil with first hop addition. 90 min. 1oz. Kent Goldings and 1/2 oz Fuggles 60 min. 1/4 oz. Chinook 30 min. 1 oz Kent Goldings and 1/2 oz Fuggles 1 min. 1 oz. Chinooks Chill and pitch pint slurry of of London Ale yeast ferment for 2 weeks at 65 degrees Steam 1.5 oz. oak chips and add to secondary with 1 3/4 oz of Amarillo hops. Condition for 2 more weeks. Bottle.

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