I cant take complete credit for this. I think I got it from Zymurgy and then made some tweaks. Its the Wookie Jack from Firestone Walker.
Its an absolutely fantastic Imperial black IPA recipe. LOTS of hops. The original recipe called for some Cara-Rye malt that the local homebrew stores dont carry. So I substituted some crystal 60 and additional Rye. You can leave out the cane sugar if you dont want the higher ABV - we were looking for something in the Triple IPA category.
This was a huge hit at the Brew Ha-ha festival. People were coming back for seconds and thirds.
Brew Type: All Grain
- Batch Size: 5.50 gal
- Boil Volume: 7.46 gal
- Boil Time: 60 min
- Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.0 %
- OG 1.086 SG
- FG 1.015 SG
- 41SRM
- 86 IBU
- ABV: 9.4 %
Fermentables
- 13.0 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 72.2 %
- 2 lb Rye Malt (4.7 SRM) Grain 11.1 %
- 0.50 lb Crystal 60 (60.0 SRM) Grain 3.0 %
- 0.50 lb Carafa III (525.0 SRM) Grain 3.0 %
- 0.66 lb Wheat (Midnight) (550.0 SRM) Grain 3.7 %
- 1.30 lb Cane Sugar 7.4%
Hops
- 1.0 oz Magnum [10.00%] (60 min) Hops 25.0 IBU
- 1.00 oz Citra [12.40%] (25 min) Hops 24.8 IBU
- 1.00 oz Amarillo [8.50%] (25 min) Hops 17.0 IBU
- 1.75 oz Amarillo [8.50%] (0 min) Hops -
- 1.75 oz Citra [12.40%] (0 min) Hops -
- 1.00 oz Amarillo [8.50%] (Dry Hop#1 3 days) Hops -remove then add dryhop #2
- 1.00 oz Citra [12.40%] (Dry Hop#1 3 days) Hops -remove then add dryhop #2
- 1.00 oz Amarillo [8.50%] (Dry Hop #2 4 days) Hops -
- 1.00 oz Citra [12.40%] (Dry Hop #2 4 days) Hops -
Yeast
1 Pkgs Cal Ale (White Labs #WLP001) [Starter 2500 ml]
Process Parameters
Mash @ 145-148 for 60 min
Increase to 155 for 10 min, then sparge
Ferment at ~62 for 10 days.