Brew #63: American IPA

This being my favourite beer style, I do brew it quite often. This particular recipe is for an IPA that is easily drinkable and not too complex. The bitterness is crisp and dry. It is very aromatic with strong notes of grapefruit and hints of pine. There is little malt complexity. I'll add more crystal malt next time.

Added 1.25ts CaCO3 (calcium carbonate) and 0.5ts CaSO4 (gypsum) to enhance the hops.

The batch was brewed 2008-10-03.

Style:
American IPA
Type:
25 liters. All grain, batch sparge
Colour:
19 EBC (Amber)
Bitterness:
65 IBU
Malts:
6100g Pale malt, Weyermann
400g Cara Münich malt, Weyermann
200g Carahell, Weyermann
Mash:
67C, 60 min
68% efficiency
Hops:
30g Columbus pellets, 12.2%, 60 min
40g Warrior pellets, 13.5%, 10 min
70g Columbus pellets, 12.2% 5 min
120g Centennial pellets, 9.1% 1 min
Yeast:
1 packs Wyeast 1272 American Ale II, 1.5 liter starter
Boil:
90 min
Fermentation:
18 C

OG: 1.061 FG: 1.015 (estimated) abv: 6%