| Brewing beer at home is an amazing pastime. Not | | | | The recipe for India Pale Ale shown below is an all |
| only can home beer brewing save you money in the | | | | grain type. |
| long run but you can experiment with various recipes | | | | * 5 ounces, crystal malt (80L). Has a sweet, |
| and get an opportunity to taste beers that you may | | | | pronounced caramel flavor. |
| not normally find in your locality. Recipes abound on | | | | * 2-1/2, pounds pale malt. Due to mass production |
| the Internet and all you have to do is find the | | | | today this is the cheapest barley malt available. |
| ingredients to try out the new brew. And in these | | | | * 1/2 ounce, finishing hops (Willamette). A top grade, |
| days of shopping online you can probably find all of | | | | versatile aroma hops with a smooth soft flavor. |
| the necessary ingredients you need as well. One of | | | | * 5.5 AAUs, bittering hops (1 ounce of 5.5% |
| the more famous brews available since the 18th | | | | Willamette). Described as mild, spicy, grassy with a |
| century is India Pale Ale. Lovers of India Pale Ale | | | | floral aroma. |
| don't have to go far to seek out this favorite brew | | | | * Wyeast #1028: London ale. This is a rich product |
| as we have a recipe below that the home beer | | | | with some fruitiness to it. |
| master can easily use to whip up a batch of this | | | | OG: 1.043 FG: 1.008 |
| all-time favorite. | | | | Primary Ferment is 6 days |
| India Pale Ale (also known as IPA) is a beer that has | | | | Secondary Ferment is 4 days |
| a high level of alcohol and hops and was a brew | | | | Procedure: These instructions will produce a 2-gallon |
| originally made for export from Britain to India. British | | | | batch. Mash in 5 quarts 132 degrees (140 degree |
| troops stationed in India, when it was still a British | | | | strike heat). Adjust the mash pH to 5.3. Boost the |
| colony, loved this brew and couldn't wait to receive | | | | temperature to 150 degrees. Mash for 2 hours, |
| more from home. Tradition has it that India Pale Ale | | | | maintaining the temperature at 146-152 degrees. |
| was an offshoot of the English October beer of the | | | | Mash out for 5 minutes at 168 degrees. Sparge with |
| times that was highly hopped and designed to be | | | | 2 gallons of 165 degree water. Boil 90 minutes, adding |
| stored for an extended period. Heavily hopping the | | | | hops in the last hour. Add finishing hops 5 minutes |
| beer takes advantage of the acids in the hops which | | | | before end of boil. Ferment at 70 degrees, 6 days in |
| then acts as a natural preservative. In addition, | | | | primary ferment, 4 days in secondary ferment. |
| lowering the gravity or the density of the beer, done | | | | For the more adventurous sort you can also involve |
| by lowering the amount of soluble sugar in the | | | | yourself in the mash as well. Advanced home |
| solution, also acts as a preservative. A beer with this | | | | brewers mash their own grains to gain more control |
| kind of lower sugar content will not normally attract | | | | over the final flavor but this will require some |
| the microorganisms that could also spoil the beer | | | | equipment such as a mash tun. |
| over a long sea voyage. Those factors, along with | | | | But no matter how deeply you become involved in |
| having a high alcohol content that also deters | | | | the craft of home beer brewing, being able to brew |
| microorganisms in a lesser way, allowed India Pale Ale | | | | your own India Pale Ale at home can add an amazing |
| to survive the long treacherous journeys over the | | | | sense of accomplishment to the next occasion when |
| sea to India during a time when refrigeration was not | | | | you are able to sit back and enjoy one of your |
| available. | | | | home made brews with your closest friends. |
