Baby IPA

The third beer for the bachelor party is this baby IPA. I wanted a low gravity IPA that has a slight maltiness and that is very hop forward. I used my favorite malt in this beer, Maris Otter. Maris Otter in IPAs provide the perfect amount of maltiness. The maris otter has this great toasted breadiness, cracker flavor that I love in IPAs. I like my IPAs dry with the malt in the background. The BJCP says there must be a balanced between the malt and hops. I love dry IPAs like Sculpin and make my IPAs similar to this. I get dinged on score sheets for my IPAs being to hop forward and not enough malt flavor. Enough with the rant......

The goals for this beer was to make it hop forward and low gravity. It is a hoppy pale ale, if you want to be critical. However, I'm shooting for a 4.5% ABV beer, which is the low end for the style. I used my favorite malt and my favorite hops for this beer.

Baby IPA

Dates

Date Brewed:	5 Jan 2012	Date Racked:	23 Jan 2012
Date Packaged:	6 Feb 2012	Date Ready:	3 Mar 2012

Selected Style and BJCP Guidelines

10A-American Ale-American Pale Ale

Minimum OG:	1.045 SG	Maximum OG:	1.060 SG
Minimum FG:	1.010 SG	Maximum FG:	1.015 SG
Minimum IBU:	30 IBU	Maximum IBU:	45 IBU
Minimum Color:	5.0 SRM	Maximum Color:	14.0 SRM

Recipe Overview

Target Wort Volume Before Boil:	8.00 US gals	Actual Wort Volume Before Boil:	8.00 US gals
Target Wort Volume After Boil:	6.50 US gals	Actual Wort Volume After Boil:	6.50 US gals
Target Volume Transferred:	5.50 US gals	Actual Volume Transferred:	5.50 US gals
Target Volume At Pitching:	5.50 US gals	Actual Volume At Pitching:	5.50 US gals
Target Volume Of Finished Beer:	5.00 US gals	Actual Volume Of Finished Beer:	5.00 US gals
Target Pre-Boil Gravity:	1.038 SG	Actual Pre-Boil Gravity:	1.038 SG
Target OG:	1.047 SG	Actual OG:	1.052 SG
Target FG:	1.011 SG	Actual FG:	1.009
Target Apparent Attenuation::	76.4 %	Actual Apparent Attenuation:	100.0 %
Target ABV:	4.8 %	Actual ABV:	5.1 %
Target ABW:	3.8 %	Actual ABW:	3.8 %
Target IBU (using Tinseth):	50.5 IBU	Actual IBU:	50.5 IBU
Target Color (using Morey):	6.6 SRM	Actual Color:	6.6 SRM
Target Mash Efficiency:	65.0 %	Actual Mash Efficiency:	64.7 %
Target Fermentation Temp:	64 degF	Actual Fermentation Temp:	68 degF

Fermentables

Ingredient	Amount	%	MCU	When
US Pale Ale Malt	12.00 lb	92.3 %	6.5	In Mash/Steeped
US Carapils Malt	0.50 lb	3.8 %	0.1	In Mash/Steeped
US Victory Malt	0.50 lb	3.8 %	2.2	In Mash/Steeped

Hops

Variety	Alpha	Amount	IBU	Form	When
US Warrior	15.5 %	0.50 oz	18.9	Loose Pellet Hops	In Mash
US Warrior	15.5 %	0.25 oz	13.5	Loose Pellet Hops	First Wort Hopped
US Columbus(Tomahawk)	15.5 %	0.25 oz	9.7	Loose Pellet Hops	30 Min From End
US Columbus(Tomahawk)	15.5 %	0.25 oz	6.3	Loose Pellet Hops	15 Min From End
US Amarillo	5.0 %	0.25 oz	0.8	Loose Pellet Hops	5 Min From End
US Centennial	8.5 %	0.25 oz	1.4	Loose Pellet Hops	5 Min From End
US Amarillo	5.0 %	0.50 oz	0.0	Loose Pellet Hops	At turn off
US Simcoe	13.0 %	0.25 oz	0.0	Loose Pellet Hops	At turn off
US Amarillo	5.0 %	1.00 oz	0.0	Loose Pellet Hops	Dry-Hopped
US Simcoe	13.0 %	0.50 oz	0.0	Loose Pellet Hops	Dry-Hopped

Other Ingredients

Ingredient

Amount

When

Yeast

White Labs WLP001-California Ale

Water Profile

Target Profile:	No Water Profile Chosen
Mash pH:	5.2
pH Adjusted with:	Unadjusted

Total Calcium (ppm):	51	Total Magnesium (ppm):	8
Total Sodium (ppm):	29	Total Sulfate (ppm):	38
Total Chloride(ppm):	18	Total Bicarbonate (ppm):	0

Mash Schedule

Mash Type:	Full Mash
Schedule Name:	Single Step Infusion (65C/149F)

Step Type	Temperature	Duration
Rest at	149 degF	60