Brewing Notes

A special edition of our Red Clay APA brewed with peppercorns. ‘PIPA’ = Peppercorn IPA.
Original gravity = 1.062
Final gravity = 1.020

Tasting Notes

The pepper flavor was weaker than we’d hoped, but the Citra hops were spot on. Good enough to win “People’s Choice” in the 2015 BAMO homebrew contest!

Recipe

Grain:

• 12 oz Caramel 10L
• 5 oz Honey malt
• 1 oz Victory malt
• 1 oz Roasted barley

Extract:

• 6.6 lb Briess golden light LME
• 1 lb Golden DME

Hops:

• 1 oz Summit (17.3% AA) @ 80 mins
• 1/2 oz Summit @ 60 mins
• 1/2 oz Citra @ 15 mins
• 1/2 oz Amarillo @ 15 mins
• 1/4 oz Citra @ 0 mins
• 1/4 oz Amarillo @ 0 mins
• 2.5 oz Citra @ secondary
• 1/2 oz Amarillo @ secondary

Adjuncts/Additions:

• 2 tsp Gypsum
• 1 tsp Irish moss @ 15 mins
• 10 g Green, white peppercorns
• 1 tsp Cracked peppercorns soaked in vodka @ bottling

Yeast:

• Wyeast 1272 - American II