Brewing Log, Recipes

A trip to Vermont

Here is an old post that never got published from last summer. The beer turned out good but darker and maltier then I expected. I attribute this to the perl and cara malt. If i were to brew it again I would halve the cara malt and split the base malt 50% 2row and 50% perl.

We spent a recent long weekend at Little River State Park in Vermont. It is just outside Waterbury (check out Prohibition Pig and Ben & Jerry’s Factory) and near Stowe home of The Alchemist. The park offered some great views and swimming and the beer in the area was fantastic. Heady Topper was awesome. I really liked Focal Banger and Joanna was a big fan of Crusher. They have that juicy NEIPA character but they also have a bit more bitterness and dankness that I really liked. My Rye IPA is getting low so its time to brew and a Heady Topper clone is whats on my mind.

OG: 1.076 FG:1.013 ABV:8.25%
60 min mash @ 150°
GigaYeast – Vermont IPA Yeast
24 lb United Kingdom – Pearl 37 2.1 84.8%
26 oz American – White Wheat 40 2.8 5.7%
26 oz United Kingdom – Cara Malt 35 17.5 5.7%
17 oz Corn Sugar – Dextrose 46 0.5 3.8%
20 ml Hopshot Extract 100 Boil 90 min 100
2 oz Simcoe Pellet 12.7 Boil 5 min 7.02
1 oz Apollo Pellet 20 Boil 5 min 5.53
4 oz Simcoe Pellet 12.7 Boil 0 min
2 oz Columbus Pellet 15 Boil 0 min
2 oz Simcoe Pellet 12.7 Whirlpool at 180 °F 30 min 15.85
2 oz Columbus Pellet 15 Whirlpool at 180 °F 30 min 18.73
2 oz Amarillo Pellet 8.6 Whirlpool at 180 °F 30 min 10.74
1 oz Centennial Pellet 10 Whirlpool at 180 °F 30 min 6.24
1 oz Apollo Pellet 20 Whirlpool at 180 °F 30 min 12.48
2 oz Columbus Pellet 15 Dry Hop 8 days
4 oz Simcoe Pellet 12.7 Dry Hop 8 days
2 oz Amarillo Pellet 8.6 Dry Hop 8 days
2 oz Centennial Pellet 10 Dry Hop 8 days
1 oz Apollo Pellet 20 Dry Hop 8 days

Dry hop will be split. Half in the fermenter and half in the keg.