Rat City IPA

Source: Kevin Fawcett
Recipe added: 02/14/99
Email: strawberry3@mindspring.com

I have quite a clan of regulars who visit my home brewery (doesn't every home brewer?) and this is consistantly the favorite brew!!

Specifics

Recipe type: All Grain
Batch Size: Ten Gallons
Starting Gravity:
Finishing Gravity:
Time in Boil: 75 minutes
Primary Fermentation: 3 weeks-15 gallon stainless keg
Secondary Fermentation: 2 weeks stnls keg @ 45 degrees f

Ingredients:

20 lbs Gambrinus Pale
2 lbs Crystal 40
3 lbs Briess Honey Malt
2 Colombus, 1 Hood 60 minutes
2 Colombus, 2 Hood 30 minutes
1 Colombus, 1 Hood 5 minutes

Procedure:

Mash grains with enough 178 degree water to achieve 155 degrees for 90 minutes At the end of the mash, I recirculate using a small pump in order to help settle the grain bed and clarify Sparge 60 minutes with 178 degree water Boil 15 minutes before adding hops, then continue with hop additions at 30 and 5 minutes Chill to below 80 degrees and pitch Wyeast 1056 (cultured 2 days with 1 pint of wort)

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