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Better MR. IPA
This traditional India Pale Ale is sure to show off your home brewing skills. The combination of bittering and finishing hops gives this recipe that brewery fresh character you can't get with hopped extracts.
Ingredients
- 4 oz Caravienne Malted Barley
- 2 lbs Golden Light Dry Malt Extract
- 2 oz Willamette Hops (divided)
- 1 Muslin Hop Bag
- 1 Muslin Grain Bag
- 1 1/8 tsp Munton's Ale Yeast
- 1-2 Carbonation Drops
Procedure
The Brewing Process
After sanitizing all equipment fill the Mr. Beer fermenter with cold water to the 4 quart mark on the back.
Heat 4 quarts of water to 160° F. Place the malt barley in one of the steeping bags, tie it closed and place it in the hot water. Stir it around every 5 minutes while it steeps for 20 minutes. Remove and discard the grain.
Turn on the heat and stir in the dry malt extract until it is completely dissolved.
When the kettle starts to boil, place the bittering hops in a small steeping bag, tie closed and add to wort. Boil for 35 minutes.
Place the finishing hops in a steeping bag, add to the kettle and boil for 10 minutes. Turn off heat. Remove and discard hops.
Quickly chill the wort to 140° F by placing the stock pot into a sink of ice water. Pour chilled wort into the Mr. Beer keg. Top off the keg to the 8.5 quart mark with cold water and stir with a sanitized spoon to mix evenly. If you use a hydrometer, take an original gravity reading now.
Pitch ½ packet (1 1/8 teaspoons) of the brewer's yeast supplied with the recipe kit. Store remaining yeast in freezer for next batch.
Screw on the lid and place the fermenter in an area where the temperature will be 68 – 76° F for 7 to 10 days. Keeping your keg in the location and position where you will bottle your beer will prevent the sediment from being disturbed. If you use a hydrometer, you can monitor the specific gravity to be sure it remains the same for two consecutive days.
When beer is ready to bottle, sanitize twenty standard 12 oz. bottles and caps or follow the Mr. Beer instructions for preparing their 1 liter plastic bottles. When using 12 oz. bottles place one carbonation drop into each bottle and fill the bottle from the keg spigot to about 1¼” from the rim. The 1 liter plastic Mr. Beer bottles will require two carbonation drops.
Cap the bottles and store at room temperature for at least two weeks to allow beer to carbonate. Aging the beer for an additional 1 to 2 weeks will greatly improve its flavor and character.
