Brew Date: 2010-04-24

I was looking to make a spicy, refreshing IPA like Lagunitas. With help from our local brew store, we decided on this recipe.

Grains

• 1 lbs 2 Row Pale
• 7 oz Dextrine Cara Pils
• 5 oz Crystal
• 3 oz Munich
• Malt Extract
• 5 lbs 9 oz Light Dried Malt Extract

Hops

• 60 mins: 1 1/2 oz Challenger A.A. 7%
• 30 mins: 1/2 oz Cascade A.A. 7.3%, 1/4 oz Willamette A.A. 5.6%
• End of Boil: 1 1/2 oz Cascade

Yeast

• Safale 05 American Ale Yeast

OG: 1.042, FG: 1.020

Despite my past unfounded prejudice against hop pellets, malt powder, and dried yeast–I used to live in the Pacific NW and we only used freeze dried hops, extract syrup, and liquid yeast–this turned out great. I’ve since found the Safale dried yeasts to be reliable and have excellent flavor. I pitched the dry yeast directly into the wert.