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Hey guys, I'm trying to make a clone of propeller IPA, anyone with any helpful hints please lay'em on me.

Thanks,

Brian

Ok, so here's what I got so far:

Propeller IPA Clone



Type: All Grain
Batch Size: 40.00 L
Boil Size: 52.03 L
Boil Time: 90 min Equipment: 1029 Brewing 40 L
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00


Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU
10.70 kg Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 82.95 %
2.00 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 30L (30.0 SRM) Grain 15.50 %
0.20 kg White Wheat Malt (2.4 SRM) Grain 1.55 %
60.00 gm Warrior [15.00 %] (60 min) Hops 50.1 IBU
60.00 gm Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (21 min) Hops 17.7 IBU
60.00 gm Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (0 min) Hops 0 IBU
1 Pkgs Ringwood Ale (Wyeast Labs #1187) Yeast-Ale



Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.068 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.019
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 6.34 %
Bitterness: 67.8 IBU
Est Color: 10.5 SRM


Mash Profile

Mash Name: Single Infusion, Light Body Total Grain Weight: 12.90 kg
Single Infusion, Light Body Step Time Name Description Step Temp
60 min Mash In Add 36.00 L of water at 158.3 F 148.0 F
10 min Batch Sparge Add 30.00 L of water at 200.0 F 170.0 F



I had a couple on Saturday and there is no way the 3.7L on the website is correct!

Let me know what ya think,

Cheers,

Brian

Is their beer really into the high 60's IBU?

The web site says 68 but then again the 3.8L wasn't exactly spot on either

I can't remember the last time I had one, but I'm thinking 15.5% crystal 30 is going to be too sweet. Maybe a little blend of crystal 120 in there?

Although, I was at a party with one elderly Brit in August who insisted on drinking Keith's because it was so dry. He found Propeller way too sweet, so maybe it is that high in crystal. I think I'll research another one today.

I do find the IPA pretty sweet. I was trying to counter balance that a little with the 147 mash temp to let it finish lower. Who knows how it'll turn out but I figure I've got to start somewhere and work from there. If it is too sweet there is really only 1 ingredient that would be doing it so it's easy to change after that.

Zombie Alert!!

How'd this turn out for you? I have a Cooper's IPA kit that I want to use up, and was thinking of mini mashing 4# 2 row, 1# cara-pils and .5 # Crystal 120 to get me to about 3.5 Gallons to boil. Then using a 20 minute boil and alternating .5 ozs of Warrior and Amarillo every 5 minutes. Add the Cooper's and top up to 5.5 Gallons.....

Trying to use up the Cooper's kit, but keep practicing my brewing technique at the same time. I can handle a 3.5 gallon boil right now, so no full boil anyway.....

LTownLiquorPig wrote:Zombie Alert!!

How'd this turn out for you? I have a Cooper's IPA kit that I want to use up, and was thinking of mini mashing 4# 2 row, 1# cara-pils and .5 # Crystal 120 to get me to about 3.5 Gallons to boil. Then using a 20 minute boil and alternating .5 ozs of Warrior and Amarillo every 5 minutes. Add the Cooper's and top up to 5.5 Gallons.....

Trying to use up the Cooper's kit, but keep practicing my brewing technique at the same time. I can handle a 3.5 gallon boil right now, so no full boil anyway.....

The beer turned out to be hit with friends and I enjoyed it as well. Sounds like you got a plan there but I would steer away from the C120 and go with a lighter crystal malt. You could still do a 60 min boil and then top up.

Gotcha on the 120. I started off looking up recipe's and was thinking making a 2.5 gallon Chinook IPA a la Northern Brewer, which is where the 120 came from. Then remembered the Cooper's kit in my basement. Then thought about Propeller IPA. Then Google brought me to this thread. Not going to bitter, just go with the bitterness from the Cooper's kit. My Aussie kit beer calculator tells me I'll hit in the 50-60 ibu range if I don't add any bittering hops, so i thought I'd take a chance and save myself 40 minutes....

Thanks for the advice!

Makes sense, I didn't realize the Coopers Kit was pre hopped.