RecipeDB - Iceni IPA

[Dazza_devil]

Iceni IPA

Ale - India Pale Ale
Extract

Brewer's Notes

Around 2 litre starter of WY1028 pitched and fermented @ 19 degrees C. The 20min and 5 min additions of hop pellets were actually Boadicea, as was the final dry-hop addition @ 5 days into fermentation. Fermentation temp was bumped to 22 degrees C @ day 9. FG was 1.014 and the final 25 litre brew was bulk primed with 144g of dextrose.

Malt & Fermentables

%	KG	Fermentable
	0.25 kg	Weyermann Caraamber
	0.17 kg	TF Pale Crystal
	0.1 kg	Weyermann Carared
	0.08 kg	TF Pale Chocolate Malt
	3 kg	Generic DME - Light
	1 kg	Dextrose

Hops

Time	Grams	Variety	Form	AA
	40 g	Goldings, East Kent (Pellet, 5.0AA%, 60mins)
	30 g	Brewer's Gold (Pellet, 8.0AA%, 20mins)
	30 g	Brewer's Gold (Pellet, 8.0AA%, 5mins)
	30 g	Brewer's Gold (Pellet, 8.0AA%, 0mins)
	18 g	Fuggles (Pellet, 4.5AA%, 60mins)
	14 g	Northern Brewer (Pellet, 8.5AA%, 60mins)

Yeast

2000 ml

Wyeast Labs 1028 - London Ale

27L Batch Size

Brew Details

• Original Gravity 1.062 (calc)
• Final Gravity 1.015 (calc)
• Bitterness 51.7 IBU
• Efficiency 70%
• Alcohol 6.12%
• Colour 22 EBC
• Batch Size 27L

Fermentation

• Primary 14 days
• Conditioning 7 days

 

[Dazza_devil]

Well, in retrospect, the name probably sucks but the beer definitely doesn't.
After 18 weeks in the bottle I wish I had the whole batch left.
Only thing I would do next time is go a little easier on the dex for the style but otherwise all is good. Perhaps I would just use the one bittering hop but which one out of the three I couldn't say.
The best thing is the bitterness and the finish is crisp. Maybe it's a little dry for an English IPA but has a great flavour, not overbearing.
WY1028 is a keeper for me and it definitely has benefited from some time in the bottle and has lived up to it's given characteristics nicely.
Probably a one off but I'll be very sad to see it all gone. Goes down very easy for an IPA, easily sessionable which is scary.