What Would You Call This Style Of Beer?

[SJW]

I'm not sure what to call this one but it turns out to be one of my best beers. Maybe an American IPA?

Steve

Type: All Grain
Date: 24/08/2007
Batch Size: 28.00 L
Brewer: Stephen Wright
Boil Size: 35.90 L Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 75 min Equipment: Cameron Park Brewery
Taste Rating(out of 50): 0.0 Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.0

Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU
6500.00 gm Pilsner, Malt Craft Export (Joe White) (3.2 EBC) Grain 79.3 %
1700.00 gm Wheat Malt, Malt Craft (Joe White) (3.5 EBC) Grain 20.7 %
30.00 gm Amarillo Gold [9.50%] (60 min) Hops 22.7 IBU
30.00 gm Amarillo Gold [9.50%] (40 min) Hops 19.9 IBU
30.00 gm Amarillo Gold [9.50%] (20 min) Hops 13.7 IBU
30.00 gm Amarillo Gold [9.50%] (5 min) Hops 4.5 IBU
0.50 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs US-56 (DCL Yeast) Yeast-Lager

Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.068 SG
Measured Original Gravity: 0.000 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.018 SG Measured Final Gravity: 0.000 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 6.6 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 0.0 %
Bitterness: 60.9 IBU Calories: 0 cal/l
Est Color: 7.7 EBC Color: Color


Mash Profile

Mash Name: Double Infusion, Light Body Total Grain Weight: 8200.00 gm
Sparge Water: 20.11 L Grain Temperature: 12.0 C
Sparge Temperature: 75.6 C TunTemperature: 12.0 C
Adjust Temp for Equipment: TRUE Mash PH: 5.4 PH

Name Description Step Temp Step Time
Protein Rest Add 12.00 L of water at 59.9 C 50.0 C 15 min
Saccrification Add 12.00 L of water at 83.9 C 65.0 C 60 min

 

[jayse]

I'd just call it a good beer and drink it :chug: :chug: how about imperial american wheat beer?

 

[PostModern]

Imperial Blonde?

 

[SJW]

What would needed to be done to this recipe to be a typical American IPA?

 

[bconnery]

What would needed to be done to this recipe to be a typical American IPA?

Not much, if anything. An IPA would normally be done with ale malt, but is that really important? US56 is an ale yeast rather than a lager as you have listed I thought so it's already an ale.

At the moment it looks to meet the criteria to me, but might be lacking some of the crystal and ale malt aspects.

AN IPA would usually have much less wheat but again, probably semantics...

If it aint broke and all that

 

[randyrob]

What would needed to be done to this recipe to be a typical American IPA?

some crystal?

 

[PostModern]

I agree with Rob. Crystal for some colour, caramel and FG.

 

[Mercs Own]

As I was reading I thought you could get away with calling it a Bock but then I got to the the type of lager yeast you used :blink:

80% pilsner in an ale? Is that normal... hell whats normal?

 

[tangent]

i'd sub the wheat with ale malt and some crystal, if you have it

edit - and leave a little amarillo for keg hopping

 

[cold...az]

An APA, I would add a Gas off addition of Amarillo, maybe take it from the 60 min addition.

 

[mfdes]

I was about to add a different reply... agreeing with the APA designetion, but only because it's a broad category.
Then I started wondering why we want to define boundaries and restrict ourselves to established styles. I guess they have their place, especially in competitions, but don't we brew because we like it? I brew what I like to drink and don't often stick to styles, unless by request.
Mind you, some of my favourite drops are English bitters, so I tend to brew a lot of things that fall into that category, using English hops (Fuggle and Goldings) because I love their flavour. They are true to style because I like them not because I'm brewing to a style...
I don't think I'm making any sense, so I'll leave it there.