Brewing an India Pale Lager (IPL) | Grain to Glass | Dry Hopping Under Pressure

In this video, I brewed a beer that is very similar to a West Coast IPA, but is still totally different: An IPL, or India Pale Lager, with Centennial and Idaho 7. Where an IPA is fermented with ale yeast, an IPL is fermented with lager yeast, creating a crisper, cleaner and brighter background for the hops and malt to shine against. You can do this with a classic lager fermentation, but I chose to warm ferment Saflager W-34/70, which is still a lager and still creates a clean beer, but doesn’t produce off flavors even at ale temperatures. I also did this under pressure for good measure, and I show you a good technique for dry hopping your beer under pressure. This is a surprisingly easy beer to make, even without the equipment, and makes for an impressive homebrew. It was bursting with flavors of grapefruit, dankness and resin with a clean, crackery, cerealy malt background. To top it all off, its WAY more crisp than an IPA.

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Recipe for 5.5 gallons, your efficiency may vary:

“Wicked Crispy”

6.3% ABV 68 IBU

11 lb Pale 2 Row (77.2%)
1.75 lb Vienna Malt (12.3%)
1 lb CaraVienne (7.0%)
0.5 lb Flaked Wheat (3.5%)

Mash at 150 F (65 C) for 90 min

Water (ppm): Ca: 58, Mg: 24, Na: 69, SO4: 201 Cl: 107, HCO3: 36

60 minute boil
60 min – 0.5 oz (14g) Magnum(11.2% AA)
10 min – 1 oz Centennial (10% AA)
Whirlpool 180 F (82 C) for 20 min with:
-2 oz (56g) Centennial
-2 oz Idaho 7 (12.9% AA)
Dry Hop for 3-5 days after fermentation with:
-2 oz Centennial
-2 oz Idaho 7

OG: 1.056

2 packets Saflager W-34/70

Ferment at room temperature for 3-7 days
(Optionally add 5 PSI (0.34 bar) of pressure at the beginning, using a spunding valve to ramp pressure up to about 10-15 PSI (0.65-1 bar)over the course of fermentation)

FG: 1.008

0:00 Introduction and welcome
01:30 Style description and approach
07:05 Recipe
09:45 Mash
11:33 Boil and whirlpool
14:02 Fermentation plan and yeast pitch
17:58 Fermentation follow up
20:07 Pour and tasting

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