India Pale Ale (cask/draft) Recipe
Our award-winning English-style India Pale Ale (IPA) strikes a beautiful balance between assertive hop bitterness and caramel maltiness. Like its English cousins, this medium bodied IPA is layered with flavors, that invite the drinker to take another sip.
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Ingredients
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Brewing Ingredients
Method
Brewing Directions
- 1
Mashing
Start by heating 3.5 gallons of water to about 165°F (74°C) and add the crushed pale malt and caramel malt. Stir well and maintain the temperature around 150-156°F (65-69°C) for 60 minutes.
- 2
Sparging
After mashing, sparge with 1.5 gallons of water at 170°F (77°C) to collect the wort in your brew kettle.
- 3
Boiling
Bring the wort to a boil. Once boiling, add 1 oz of Chinook hops and boil for 60 minutes. In the last 15 minutes of the boil, add 1 oz of Cascade hops and 1 oz of East Kent Goldings hops.
- 4
Cooling
After the boil, quickly cool the wort to about 70°F (21°C) using a wort chiller.
- 5
Fermentation
Transfer the cooled wort to a sanitized fermenter and pitch the yeast. Seal with an airlock and ferment at 68-72°F (20-22°C) for about 1-2 weeks.
- 6
Bottling
After fermentation is complete, dissolve 3 oz of priming sugar in a cup of boiling water and add to the beer before bottling. Bottle the beer and allow it to carbonate for 1-2 weeks.
