Double IPA Recipe - Cyclops

Recipe Info

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Cyclops

by on
All Grain
5 Gallon(s)
7 Gallon(s)
70 min
72%
• 1st place IPA at the 2013 Kansas City Bier Meisters Competition
• 1st place Imperial IPA at the 2013 Upper Mississippi Mashout

This was my first really big IPA. I went in on whole hop group buy and I wanted to use them while they were still fresh.

I did a longer boil and the whole hops absorbed some of the wort so I didn't have a full 5 gallons. It came in right around 4.75. Based on the grain bill it says it should be right around 7.6% ABV, but with the longer boil I came in right at 9.3%. It's definitely a sipper. Pound back a few and you'll have to cover one eye just to see straight...The color is also a little lighter than most IPA's. You could always add some darker grains to increase the malt complexity and the color.

I found that this beer really shines when its served in a snifter at 55-66 degrees.

Cyclops are giants with a single eye in the middle of their forehead and a foul disposition. They were strong, stubborn, and "abrupt of emotion". Collectively they eventually became synonyms for brute strength and power.

Fermentables

85% - Rahr 2-Row
13
34
4
Mash
7% - Briess Carapils
1
34
1
Mash
2% - Briess Caramel 40L
0.375
34
40
Mash
7% - Corn Sugar (Dextrose) - US
1
42
0
Late

Hops

Cascade
2
Leaf
Mash
60 min(s)
5.8
0.0
Magnum
2
Pellet
Boil
70 min(s)
12
89.1
Cascade
2
Leaf
Boil
60 min(s)
5.8
37.9
Goldings
1
Leaf
Boil
30 min(s)
5
12.5
Centennial
2
Leaf
FlameOut
0 min(s)
10.5
0.0
Columbus
3
Pellet
DryHop
10 day(s)
15
0.0
Centennial
1
Pellet
DryHop
10 day(s)
10.5
0.0
Simcoe
1
Pellet
DryHop
10 day(s)
13
0.0

Yeast

Wyeast American Ale 1056
75%

Other Stuff

Whirfloc Tablet
1
each
Boil

Mash Steps

No mash steps in this recipe

Special Instructions

1.
Mash (with 2 oz. Cascade) at 152F for 60 Minutes
2.
Batch sparge with 2 steps at 168.0F
3.
Primary Fermentation 14 days
4.
Secondary Fermentation 10 days (Dry Hop)
5.
Force Carb 2 weeks at 12 psi
6.
Drink it.

Tasting Notes (0)

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Comments

  • ctorx

    Congrats on the win! Looks tasty.

    2/6/2013 10:27:00 PM
  • Half-Hearter-Brewer

    You put 2oz of cascade in your mash?

    3/17/2013 6:39:45 PM
  • SupernaturalBrews

    Yep, 2 ounces of whole hops.

    3/17/2013 7:32:10 PM
  • BackyardHomeBrewers

    Nice hop bill. Go big or don't go at all...

    4/8/2013 6:15:02 PM

Recipe Facts

Cyclops
Double IPA
  • 5.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 7.00 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 70  min Boil Time
  • 1.079 OG
  • 1.020 FG
  • 139.5 IBU (brewgr) Bitterness
  • 1.77 BG:GU
  • 9.0° SRM Color
  • 72% Efficiency
  • 7.6% ABV Alcohol
  • 271 per 12oz Calories
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