Mock Goose Island IPA

[Strongarm]

Had a late night brew session last night that went a bit awry, the recipe was meant to be 20l and around 5.5 % and 55 IBUs (to match Goose Island) but I was lazy and didn't get the immersion chiller out, thinking the small boil topped up would get it down in temp enough. Alas when I realised it wouldnt it was too late so had to top up to 23l, pushing ABV and bitterness down. Even then had to pitch at 26C although it was down to something more reasonable this morning after a night in the conservatory. Looks nice and active too (probably as I used two packs of yeast, thining it was going to be a higher OG) so we will see how it turns out.

Thinking about it more sensibly this morning. There was no way 10 litre of cold water was going to bring 10 litres of boiling water down to pitching temp.

On the plus side the flavour of the sample was tasty and the hop flavour getting towards the real stuff, think the Styrian Golding to blame for that.

HOME BREW RECIPE:
Title: Mock Goose Island IPA

Brew Method: Extract
Style Name: American IPA
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 23 liters (fermentor volume)
Boil Size: 11.5 liters

STATS:
Original Gravity: 1.050
Final Gravity: 1.014
ABV (standard): 4.74%
IBU (tinseth): 48.45
SRM (morey): 7.36

FERMENTABLES:
3 kg - Dry Malt Extract - Light (84.3%)
0.16 kg - Cane Sugar (4.5%) - batch priming

STEEPING GRAINS:
0.25 kg - German - CaraAmber (7%)
0.15 kg - United Kingdom - Crystal 70L (4.2%)

HOPS:
40 g - Columbus, Type: Leaf/Whole, AA: 16.7, Use: Boil for 60 min, IBU: 42.66
20 g - Cascade, Type: Leaf/Whole, AA: 7, Use: Boil for 10 min, IBU: 3.24
20 g - Styrian Goldings, Type: Leaf/Whole, AA: 5.5, Use: Boil for 10 min, IBU: 2.55
20 g - Cascade, Type: Leaf/Whole, AA: 7, Use: Boil for 0 min
20 g - Styrian Goldings, Type: Leaf/Whole, AA: 5.5, Use: Boil for 0 min
30 g - Citra, Type: Leaf/Whole, AA: 11, Use: Dry Hop for 7 days
30 g - Styrian Goldings, Type: Leaf/Whole, AA: 5.5, Use: Dry Hop for 7 days

2 packs of English Ale Yeast S-04

 

[RaffCPH]

Interesting looking brew, good luck with it ! Look forward to seeing how this turns out for you.

 

[Strongarm]

Cheers. I thought I'd maker the recipe up based on what I'd read about the beer, rather than grabbing one of the clone recipes.

The temp in FV being stubbornly warm (wont go below 21 no matter where I put it) , so could be a fruity one though.

 

[Strongarm]

A few days in and this has brewed out to 1.009. The sample is tasting good too so hopefully I got away with the rather warm pitching and initial fermentation, or can the effects of that rear the head at a later date, even if I cant perceive them now?

 

[Strongarm]

As I always do I tried one of these after a mere week in the bottle. Part lack of patience, part wanting to know how it tastes young so I can compare later.

I missed the Goose Island taste I was aiming at, think I went a bit heavy on the styrian relative to american varieties, after reading somewhere that styrian was the prominent hop in there. It's a tasty brew, dont get me wrong, but it tastes more English IPA than American, which I'm actually not too fussed about as I was thinking recently my brewing has been a bit one-dimensional, leaning heavily towards lots of US hops. I've got a saison on the go at the minute and if that works out then with this accident and that I should have a good variety ready for the barbecue season.

 

[Oakers73]

Hey Strong arm. ..glad to see your still on here and doing it for the extract brewers! I have a heavily cascade and amarillo hopped APA in the FV now.....

 

[RaffCPH]

I missed the Goose Island taste I was aiming at, think I went a bit heavy on the styrian relative to american varieties, after reading somewhere that styrian was the prominent hop in there. It's a tasty brew, dont get me wrong, but it tastes more English IPA than American

Well, it is their take on an English IPA so it ain't all bad. I think I might have a go at this based on your recipe but do a mini mash using a kilo of mo, some munich and some caramalt as the real thing is pretty malty, which I like as it balances the hops.

Thanks for the update on this. Hope you update when your brew has had more time to condition.