Spruce Double Ipa Recipe
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Ingredients
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Ingredients
Method
Brewing Directions
- 1
Mashing
Prepare the mash with the grains.
- 2
Heat 6 gallons of water to 165°F (74°C).
- 3
Add the Pale Malt, Crystal Malt, and Carapils Malt to the water and stir to combine.
- 4
Maintain a temperature of 152°F (67°C) for 60 minutes.
- 5
Sparging
Rinse the grains.
- 6
After mashing, sparge the grains with hot water (170°F/77°C) until you collect about 6 gallons of wort.
- 7
Boiling
Boil the wort and add hops.
- 8
Bring the wort to a rolling boil.
- 9
Add Centennial Hops and boil for 60 minutes.
- 10
Add Cascade Hops with 15 minutes remaining in the boil.
- 11
Add Simcoe Hops and Spruce Tips at flameout.
- 12
Cooling
Cool the wort.
- 13
Cool the wort quickly to 70°F (21°C) using a wort chiller or an ice bath.
- 14
Fermentation
Ferment the wort.
- 15
Transfer the cooled wort to a sanitized fermentation vessel.
- 16
Pitch the yeast into the wort and seal the fermenter.
- 17
Let the beer ferment for about 1-2 weeks at 68°F (20°C).
- 18
Bottling
Bottle the beer.
- 19
After fermentation is complete, dissolve the priming sugar in 2 cups of boiling water.
- 20
Add the priming sugar solution to the beer and mix gently.
- 21
Bottle the beer, leaving about 1 inch of headspace in each bottle.
- 22
Cap the bottles and let them carbonate for 1-2 weeks at room temperature.