india cream ale

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i was reading through "extreme brewing" and stumbled across an "india cream ale" recipe that i thought would be fun to try. i added a tiny bit of c40 but other than that, its pretty close to the book.

i know it falls into IPA guidelines, but i think ICA is cool especially trying it with a little crystal and cali lager yeast... i'm thinking pre prohibition IPA maybe

india cream ale
14-B American IPA
Date: 12/18/10

Original Gravity: 1.059 (1.056 - 1.075)
Terminal Gravity: 1.011 (1.010 - 1.018)
Color: 7.67 (6.0 - 15.0)
Alcohol: 6.37% (5.5% - 7.5%)
Bitterness: 51.2 (40.0 - 70.0)

Ingredients:
6.5 lb 2-Row Brewers Malt
2.5 lb American Munich
1.25 lb White Wheat Malt
4.0 oz Caramel Malt 40L
1.0 lb Corn Sugar
1.5 oz Crystal (4.5%) - added during boil, boiled 60 min
1.75 oz Crystal (4.5%) - added during boil, boiled 30 min
1.75 oz Crystal (4.5%) - added during boil, boiled 15 min
1.75 oz Crystal (4.5%) - added during boil, boiled 5.0 min
0.0 ea WYeast 2112 California Lager

00:03:00 Untitled Step - Liquor: 4.5 gal; Strike: 165.64 °F; Target: 154 °F
01:03:00 Untitled Step - Rest: 60 min; Final: 154.0 °F
01:33:00 Untitled Step - Sparge Volume: 4.5 gal; Sparge Temperature: 170 °F; Runoff: 7.53 gal


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OG 1062
FG 1013
ABV 6.4

fermented with ambient temps at 59-60, very little if any fruitiness in aroma or flavor from fermentation. what is most surprising about this beer is the hops. i've never used soley crystal, especially at these levels, before. i'm getting the slightly spicy/hearthy/ flavors, but also a pretty strong lemon-like citrus flavor. the light grain bill really lets the hops shine @ 50 IBU. its very quaffable with lots of flavor, and @ 6.4 might be dangerous i'm going to keep it around 50 degrees for a week and then keg it.

 

[defenestrate]

here is a shot after been on the gas for a couple weeks... absolutely delish- will be brewing again in the near future. the crystal gives a spicy lemon like thirst quenching deliciousness that makes this great to drink. the only thing i would do differently is maybe tone down the alcohol a bit, and dry hop.

 

[KozHops]

Bump...I was looking at this same recipe in Extreme Brewing earlier today and wanted to see if anyone brewed this. Would you do anything else differently? I was thinking about using flaked maize and using Notty, WLP029 or S-05 to make this an ale.

 

[bovineblitz]

Um... I have a version of what I think that avatar is that can't possibly be right, but I can't get it out of my head.