West Coast IPA Brewed with Californian Hops - Golden State Hops
West Coast IPAs are bitter and very hoppy beers, with a boquet of grapefruit, lemon, orange and pine balanced by a good backbone of malt, biscuit and/or caramel flavors.
West Coast IPAs are very popular and we want to share our recipe with you. Here you can find a good WC IPA brewed with Chinook by Golden State Hops, a hop farm based in California, because we want this beer has West Coast style as much as possible!
Informations
- Style: West Coast IPA
- Liters: 70
- Original Gravity: 1.068
- Final Gravity: 1.012
- ABV: 7.3%
- IBU: 70
- SRM: 9
Ingredients
- 18.00 kg (90.5%) of UK Pale Ale malt
- 1.30 kg (6.5%) of CaraMunich I malt
- 0.60 kg (3.0%) of Vienna malt
Mash Steps
- 67°C/154°F for 60 mins
- 77°C/170°F for 15 mins
Hop Additions
- 50 grams of Golden State Chinook for 75 mins
- 50 grams of Golden State Chinook for 60 mins
- 50 grams of Golden State Chinook for 30 mins
- 50 grams of Golden State Chinook for 5 min
- 50 grams of Golden State Chinook for 45 mins in Whirlpool
- 250 grams of Golden State Chinook in DryHop for 5 days
Yeast
- Safale US-05 American Ale yeast
Fermentation Process
Ferment for 10/15 days at 19C degrees, Add the desired amount of hops in Dry Hopping and raise the temperature for the diacetyl rest for 48 hours.Then lower the temperature to 12 C degrees for a week of conditioning. Then transfer the beer into keg and carbonate at 10/15 psi for about 10 days.
Final Impressions
IPA with a persistent and creamy foam. Aroma is piney and citrusy, thanks to the Chinook hops, with a malty backcone for the addition of CaraMunich I and Vienna malts. A beer with a good body, which first has a sweet taste that supports the massive hop aroma that fades into a bitter finish.
A really good example of West Coast IPA with californian hops!