Griffin Spit IPA - Extract

Big Brew 2007

By Tony McCrimmon

For 5 gallons using a concentrated boil of approximately 3 gallons.

8.5 lb (3.5 kg) Light Liquid Malt Extract
2.0 lb (1.4 kg) Amber Liquid Malt Extract
2.0 oz (57 g) Summit Pellet Hops, 19.0% alpha acid (20 min.)
2.0 oz (57 g) Summit Pellet Hops, 19.0% alpha acid (10 min.)
2.0 oz (57 g) Summit Pellet Hops, 19.0% alpha acid (5 min.)
1.0 oz (28 g) Summit Pellet Hops, 19.0% alpha acid (Dry Hop)
1 tsp. Irish Moss (15 min.)
White Labs WLP002 English Ale Yeast or Wyeast 1968 London ESB Yeast

Stir extract into 2 gallons (7.6 L) of warm water. Bring to a boil - total boil time will be 35 minutes. Add hops and Irish moss according to the recipe (note that all bittering in this beer comes from late addition hops). Cool the wort after completing the boil, and then rack to a fermenter with enough cold water to make 5 gallons. When temperature drops to 66F (19C), pitch two packages of yeast or a ½ gallon starter and aerate well. Ferment at 66-68F (19-20C) for two weeks, then rack to secondary with dry hops added. Leave on hops for three weeks before bottling or kegging.