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#63:  Devil Dog (India Pale Ale)
  • Named for our dog, Kiva, who I like to call devil dog because of her dark fur, bright blue eyes and mischievous personality.
Chris Swingley 
8-Sep-2006 -- 9-Sep-2006

Recipe (for 5 gallons final volume)
7 pounds (44%) Crisp Maris Otter Pale Malt
5 pounds (31%) Great Western 2-Row Malt
3 pounds (19%) Breiss Rye Malt
6 ounces (2%) Breiss Crystal 80L
4 ounces (2%) Briess Extra Special Malt
4 ounces (2%) Breiss Crystal 60L

1 ounce   U.S. Goldings whole hops, 4% AA (first wort hop)
1 ounce   U.S. Fuggle whole hops, 3.4% AA (first wort hop)
2 ounces   Chinook whole hops, 12.8% AA (60 minutes)
1 ounce   U.S. Goldings whole hops, 4% AA (2 minutes)
1 ounce   U.S. Fuggle whole hops, 3.4% AA (2 minutes)

  • White Labs WLP007 Dry English Ale Yeast, pitched at 68°F
  • Starter: Pitched onto yeast cake from previous recipe (Piper's Irish Red Ale)
  • Aeration: Drill aerator for three minutes after pitching

Water
  • Fairbanks city water
  • 40.25 quarts  water treated with:
    • 4 ml Potassium Metabisulfide solution (50ppm). Removes chlorine ion and chloramine, reduces oxidation
  • 24 quarts mash water treated with:
    • 2 teaspoons Gypsum. adds 91 ppm Calcium ion, 220 ppm Sulfite

Mash
  • 24 quarts water @ 163°F, grist ratio of 1.5 quarts:pound @ 153°F (Held 90 minutes)

Sparge
  • 9.5 quarts water @ 210°F, drain
  • 6.75 quarts water @ 168°F, drain

Boil
  • Boiled 8.7 gallons for 120 minutes to yield 5.5 gallons wort
  • Wort prepared after work on Friday, boiled the next morning (first wort hops remained in the wort overnight)

Fermentation
  • Primary: bucket, 7 days, 66°F, Temperature range 66 - 73 F
  • Secondary: keg, 14 days, 65°F, Gravity 1.017 at transfer

Packaging
  • Kegged at 8 psi, 50°F (1.8 volumes CO2)
  • Conditioned for 8 weeks
  • Ready to drink on 25-Nov-2006

Properties
Starting Gravity: 1.073 Final Gravity: 1.016
Original Extract: 17.7°plato Apparent Extract: 4.1°plato
Real Extract: 6.71°plato
Alcohol: 7.5% by volume (5.9% by weight)
Apparent Attenuation: 77.0% Mash Efficiency: 71%
Bitterness: 79 IBU Color: 13 SRM
BU:SG: 1.08 BV: 2.41

Tasting Notes

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