Duchess - IPA

This India Pale Ale is definately not your traditioanly American version. It was designed to have distinct american hop aroma with a gentle bitterness that is present but not overwhelming. This a very pleasant and delicate beer with a deep orange color and sweet floral aroma. It's also "untraditional" in the fact that it calls for a whopping 38% of vienna malt in the grain bill. This supplies the deep orange color and the sweet malty aroma.

Appearance- Deep burnt orange with a two finger off-white head. Hazy and unfiltered.
Aroma - A subtle balance of sweet/floral/citrus.
Taste - Up-front, smooth, resiny bitterness quickly followed by a mild caramel sweetness.
Mouthfeel - A little thicker than your normal IPA. Lacks the traditional crispness.

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Recipe: Duchess
Brewer: Christopher Vaught
Asst Brewer: Andrew Campbell
Style: American IPA
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (50.0) Pleasant aroma of slight floral and citrus. Up front bitterness but very delicate. Mild maltiness. All around good IPA. On the soft side of the IPA spectrum.

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 5.00 gal    
Boil Size: 6.19 gal
Estimated OG: 1.071 SG
Estimated Color: 12.1 SRM
Estimated IBU: 46.1 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount        Item                                      Type         % or IBU    
6 lbs         Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM)          Grain        46.15 %    
5 lbs         Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM)                     Grain        38.46 %    
2 lbs         Carastan (35.0 SRM)                       Grain        15.38 %    
0.50 oz       Pearle [7.00 %]  (60 min)                 Hops         11.1 IBU    
1.00 oz       Saaz [5.50 %]  (60 min)                   Hops         17.5 IBU    
1.00 oz       Cascade [5.40 %]  (30 min)                Hops         13.2 IBU    
1.25 oz       Cascade [5.40 %]  (5 min)                 Hops         4.3 IBU    
1 Pkgs        Safale American  (DCL Yeast #US-05)       Yeast-Ale                


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 13.00 lb
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Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge
Step Time     Name               Description                         Step Temp  
60 min        Mash In            Add 13.00 qt of water at 168.9 F    154.0 F    


Notes:
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Mash has been calculated at 1:1 grist to water ratio for a maltier wort that will compensate for a high hop rate thus giving more balance.

Sparge volume is a little conservative for our system. A minimum of 4.51gal for sparge volume has been calculated for our system.

Bitttering hops for a delicate and clean bitterness.

Flavor and aroma hops have been selected for their floral and citrusy characteristics.




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