Kitchen Sink IPA

This is a simple and straight forward IPA, nothing really to brag about. I came up with this after the realization that IPAs are relatively easy to make since the malts are nearly non-existent and the hops do all of the work. You can throw together just about any hops for bitterness and flavor together and get something that tastes like an IPA. I ended up choosing my hops for this beer based on whatever fresh hops the homebrew store had at the time.

Notes

This recipe is for a partial boil of 4 gallons, with topping it up to 5 gallons before adding the yeast.

Ingredients

Fermentables

• 7 lbs Light LME
• 1 lbs Crystal 15

Hops

• 1 oz Columbus - Boil for 60 minutes
• 1 oz Chinook - Boil for 60 minutes
• ¼ oz Horizon - Boil for 60 minutes
• 1 oz Cascade - Boil for 5 minutes
• 1 oz Cascade - Add at flame out
• ⅓ oz Saaz - Add at flame out
• 1 oz Willamette - Add at flame out

Yeast

• WPL001 - California Ale Yeast

The Numbers

BG: 1.082
OG: 1.066
FG: 1.018 - 1.013
ABV: 6.3% - 6.9%
IBU: 80
SRM: 5