Dudocs Red IPA

On learn to homebrew day 2022, my friend "Doc" invited me and our brewing friend "Du" to his house to brew.

I had some harvested Voss yeast I wanted to use up before the weather got too terribly cold, and I had a bunch of Talus hops that I wanted to use.

Seemed like an IPA would be perfect.

I had been looking at blog posts of Pompously Illegitimate Red Ale, which I had brewed years ago as a tribute to Stone's Arrogant Bastard, and I got it in my head that I would enjoy a Red IPA on tap.

So that is what I brewed.

The brew day went great. Lots of fun. See Sheppy's Blog: 2022 Learn to Homebrew Day for how it went.

And ... I could not expect anything more from the resulting beer. It turned out awesome. Great tropical hop flavor with just enough malt flavor to make it more than a "typical" IPA.

It was a little higher in ABV than I hoped for, but I can't complain about that.

Great hoppy beer.

For more about the "Dudocs" series of beers see: Sheppy's Blog: Dudocs

For more about Learn to Homebrew day, see Sheppy's Blog: Learn to Homebrew Day

Dudocs Red IPA --- Batch 1 (324)

Style		Red IPA		Batch Size		5.50 gal
Type		All Grain		Boil Size		7.33 gal
Brewhouse Efficiency		70.00		Boil Time		40 minutes

Recipe Characteristics

Recipe Gravity		1.061 SG		Estimated FG		1.011 SG
Recipe Bitterness		53.4 IBUs (Rager)		Alcohol by Volume		6.7 %
BU : GU		0.874
Recipe Color		14.3 SRM		Color
Measured OG:		1.065		Measured FG:		1.009
ADF:		85		Measured ABV:		7.4%

Ingredients

Ingredients

Amt	Name	Type	#	%/IBU	Volume
8.92 gal	Denver, Colorado	Water	1	-	-
11.00 g	Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash)	Water Agent	2	-	-
1.00 tsp	Lactic Acid (Mash)	Water Agent	3	-	-
11 lbs 8.0 oz	Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM)	Grain	4	86.8 %	0.90 gal
1 lbs 8.0 oz	CO Vienna Malt (6.0 SRM)	Grain	5	11.3 %	0.12 gal
4.0 oz	Midnight Wheat Malt (550.0 SRM)	Grain	6	1.9 %	0.02 gal
1.000 oz	Galena [10.30 %] - First Wort 40.0 min	Hop	7	33.2 IBUs	-
1.000 oz	Cascade [8.90 %] - Boil 10.0 min	Hop	8	6.9 IBUs	-
1.000 oz	Mosaic (HBC 369) [11.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min	Hop	9	8.5 IBUs	-
1.000 oz	Talus (HBC 692) [6.20 %] - Boil 10.0 min	Hop	10	4.8 IBUs	-
1.000 oz	Cascade [5.50 %] - 0.0 Days Into Primary for 5.0 Days	Hop	11	0.0 IBUs	-
1.000 oz	Mosaic (HBC 369) [12.25 %] - 0.0 Days Into Primary for 5.0 Days	Hop	12	0.0 IBUs	-
1.000 oz	Talus (HBC 692) [6.20 %] - 0.0 Days Into Primary for 5.0 Days	Hop	13	0.0 IBUs	-
1.0 pkg	Voss Kveik Ale Yeast (Lallemand #- ) [50.28 ml]	Yeast	14	-	-

Mash Profile

Mash Steps

Name	Description	Step Temperature	Step Time
Mash In	Add 16.56 qt of water at 159.1 F	148.0 F	75 min

Batch sparge with 1 steps (4.78gal) of 168.0 F water

Recipe Notes
Brew on Learn to Homebrew day at Doc's Brewery.
If harvesting yeast, make a 6 cup starter a few days before brew day.
Brewing salts in the mash water.
Ca=107,Mg=18,Na=21,SO4=233,Cl=23,HCO3=104
Acid addition to bring calculated pH around 5.4
Brew as directed from recipe.
Cool wort to below 90 degrees and rack into fermentor.
Ferment as warm as possible for 5 days.
Add dry hops to beer as soon as signs of fermentation start.
Keg. Force carbonate.

Brewing Record

Brew Date:				Strike Temp:
Mash Temps:
Pre-boil OG		(1.053 SG)		Pre-boil Vol		(7.33 gal)
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Fermentation
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