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#95:  Devil Dog (India Pale Ale)
  • Named for our dog, Kiva, who we called devil dog because of her dark fur, bright blue eyes, and mischievous personality.
Chris Swingley 
26-Dec-2015

Recipe (for 5 gallons final volume)
pounds (58%) Crisp Maris Otter Pale Malt (conditioned, gap 0.9 mm)
3 pounds (18%) Briess 6-Row Malt
3 pounds (18%) Breiss Rye Malt
1 pound (6%) Breiss Crystal 80L

1 ounce   Northern Brewer pellet hops, 6% AA (first wort hop)
ounces   German Herkules pellet hops, 15.7% AA (60 minutes)
2 ounces   UK Fuggles pellet hops, 4.3% AA (2 minutes)
¾ ounces   Willamette pellet hops, 5.2% AA (2 minutes)

  • Safale US-05 dry yeast, pitched at 68°F
  • Starter: Pitched onto yeast cake from previous recipe (Cream Ale)
  • Aeration: Drill aerator for two minutes after pitching

Water
  • Fairbanks city water
  • 40¼ quarts  water treated with:
    •  1 Campden tablet. Removes chlorine ion and chloramine, reduces oxidation
  • 19¾ quarts mash water treated with:
    • 4½ ml 88% Lactic Acid.

Mash
  • 19¾ quarts water @ 167°F, grist ratio of 1.2 quarts:pound @ 151°F (Held 90 minutes), 149°F at the end of the mash.

Sparge
  • 8½ quarts water @ 210°F, drain
  • 12 quarts water @ 168°F, drain
  • Vorlauf 6 q wort after each addition.

Boil
  • Boiled 8 gallons for 90 minutes to yield 5¾ gallons wort
  • Wort prepared Saturday afternoon, boiled the next day. First wort hops remained in the wort overnight.
  • Hard to maintain a steady boil with outside temperatures near −20°F.

Fermentation
  • Primary: bucket, 7 days, 64°F, temperature range 62–68°F, obvious fermentation within four hours of pitching, fermentation done on day 4, 1.020 on transfer to secondary.
  • Secondary: keg, 7 days, 68°F

Packaging
  • Kegged at 8 psi, 50°F (1.8 volumes CO2)
  • Conditioned for 8 weeks
  • Ready to drink on 20-Feb-2016

Properties
Starting Gravity: 1.080 Final Gravity: 1.020
Original Extract: 19.3°plato Apparent Extract: 5.1°plato
Real Extract: 7.84°plato
Alcohol: 7.9% by volume (6.1% by weight)
Apparent Attenuation: 73.8% Mash Efficiency: 70%
Bitterness: 106 IBU Color: 14 SRM
BU:SG: 1.32 BV: 2.77

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