American IPA Recipe - Alpine Nelson Variant

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Alpine Nelson Variant

by on
All Grain
6.2 Gallon(s)
9.25 Gallon(s)
90 min
78%
Based on an Alpine Nelson clone that supposedly came from the brewery, and tweaked a bit based on preference and available ingredients. I couldn't find Southern Cross at my LHBS so I am using Sorachi Ace instead. The original recipe was scaled down from the supposed brewery recipe, so the units were fractions of pounds and ounces and hard to work with so I rounded up or down to whole units. I added 2oz hops for whirlpooling and upped the dry hop schedule a bit -- the original recipe didn't call for these but I'm aiming for a little more hop punch. Lastly, I am using San Diego Super Yeast instead of WLP001 just because I feel it is cleaner and ferments out more quickly.

Fermentables

61% - 2-Row - US
10
37
1
Mash
12% - Maris Otter Pale - UK
2
38
3
Mash
18% - Rye - US
3
37
3
Mash
6% - Carapils - Dextrine Malt - US
1
33
1
Mash
3% - Acidulated Malt - DE
0.5
27
3
Mash

Hops

Sorachi Ace
0.5
Pellet
FirstWort
90 min(s)
12.1
19.7
Nelson Sauvin
0.25
Pellet
Boil
30 min(s)
12.7
7.4
Sorachi Ace
0.5
Pellet
Boil
15 min(s)
12.1
9.1
Nelson Sauvin
0.75
Pellet
Boil
5 min(s)
12.7
5.8
Sorachi Ace
1
Pellet
Boil
5 min(s)
12.1
7.3
Nelson Sauvin
1
Pellet
FlameOut
0 min(s)
12.7
0.0
Sorachi Ace
1
Pellet
FlameOut
0 min(s)
12.1
0.0
Nelson Sauvin
6
Pellet
DryHop
7 day(s)
12.7
0.0
Sorachi Ace
2
Pellet
DryHop
7 day(s)
12.1
0.0

Yeast

White Labs San Diego Super Yeast WLP090
80%
White Labs San Diego Super Yeast WLP090
80%

Other Stuff

No other stuff in this recipe

Mash Steps

No mash steps in this recipe

Special Instructions

No special instructions in this recipe

Tasting Notes (1)

ctorx

Tasted on 2/22/2016 by ctorx

Notes:

This did not end up being a great beer. Too much dry hopping and too much Sorachi Ace killed it for me. It would have been better with just Nelson.

Recipe Facts

Alpine Nelson Variant
American IPA
  • 6.20 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 9.25 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 90  min Boil Time
  • 1.076 OG
  • 1.015 FG
  • 49.3 IBU (brewgr) Bitterness
  • 0.65 BG:GU
  • 4.2° SRM Color
  • 78% Efficiency
  • 7.8% ABV Alcohol
  • 259 per 12oz Calories
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American IPA

OG 0.995
1.120
OG: 1.056-1.070 / Your OG: 1.076
FG 0.995
1.120
FG: 1.008-1.014 / Your FG: 1.015
IBU 0
120
IBU: 40-70 / Your IBU: 49
SRM 0
40
SRM: 6-14 / Your SRM: 4.2
ABV 0
14
ABV: 5.5-7.5 / Your ABV: 7.8
BG:GU 0
2
BG:GU: 0.57-1.25 / Your BG:GU: 0.65

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