Daddy Duck IPA

This is meant to replicate the Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA.

10Sept2012

My version didn’t quite stack up.  This could have something to do with the missed step of adding the dry hops during the fermentation (ya think…).  I ended up brewing this and kind of forgetting about it.  By the time I got around to thinking about adding the hops, it was way too late, so I just bottled it.

Now the upside of this is that I may have created an IPA that IPA haters can drink.  It is sweeter and fruitier than anything you would normally call an IPA.  You still get a little bit of the bitter taste at first, but nothing like a typical IPA.

This is being bottle conditioned right now, so we’ll see what it tastes like once it is carbonated.

Broke hydrometer, was not able to measure OG.

From bottling day:

 

29June2015

It’s been quite a while since I last tried to brew this beer.  I figured it was worth another shot.

Having seen a high rate of evaporation the day before, I started this brew with 6.5 gallons of water (It looks like this yielded the right amount of wort after boil.).  I brought the strike water up to a temperature a little over 165 degrees F, steeped the grains for 30 minutes.

I divided my hops up into 10 equal portions of .3 oz each.  I brought these down to the back patio, where I was brewing, all in separate dishes. I set a timer for 6 minutes, and started the continuous hopping process.

As normal, I used Irish moss at the 15 minute mark.

I also cut the boiling time from 90 minutes to 60 minutes.

OG:  1.071

FG:  ??  (Ooops.  Kegged this without measuringj)

The second time is the charm!  This recipe nailed what I like in an IPA.  A ton of hops with a nice citrus (almost grapefruit) character.  This will be my standard IPA going foward.

 

16Jan2016

It’s safe to say that I like this beer.

I had a few deviations from standard recipe this time around. First, rather than tossing a pound of it into the trash, I used all nine pounds of the DME (vs the prescribed 8).  Also, the local homebrew store did not have the yeast that I wanted so I ended up using WLP002 English Ale. This was also brewed inside on the stove.

I will have to wait and see if this becomes my first infected batch. Just as I turned on the water to cool the wort, I managed to splash some water out of a garden hose lying on the patio near the brew kettle. I’m not sure if any of the tainted­ water made it into the beer or not. So we will wait and see.

Another potential issue with this brew may be the addition of top off water.  The boil started with 6 gal of water, plus the equivalent of approximately 1 gal due to the addition of the DME.  The final yeild was 4.6 gal.  This excluded the approx 1/4 gal that was left in the boil pot with the trub.  To get to the target 5.5 gal in the primary fermenter, and additional .9 gal was added.

Tasting Notes:
No issues with this brew.  It was as delicious as always.  The recipe has been updated from 8 lb to 9 lb of extract.

FG:  1.020

30Jul2017

Another brew of this beer.

The homebrew store didn’t have the yeast that I wanted, so I used WLP002 English Ale instead.

OG:  1.084
FG:
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