Cabin Fever Session IPA

This recipe is available as an Aussie Brewmakers Recipe Kit, order no. 19804

This recipe is an Aussie Brewmakers ‘take’ on the sensational James Squires Cabin Fever Session IPA. This US session style IPA has an initial sweetness followed by a big citrus / tropical hop hit with a clean finish. The blend of Citra, Centennial and Azacca hops make this IPA a refreshing session beer. If you like the James Squires commercial offering then this kit will produce a session IPA in the same style and will be sure to please. This recipe is another great introduction to experimenting with hops, wet malts and steeping grains for the beginner or ‘tin kit’ brewer.

Supplied Kit Ingredients:

• 1 x 1.7kg Morgan’s Ultra-Premium Frontier IPA
• 1 x 1.5kg Briess CBW Pale Ale LME
• 1 x 200g Dextrose
• 1 x 150g Cracked Munich Grain (steeped)
• 1 x 12g Centennial Finishing Hops (steeped)
• 1 x 12g Citra Finishing Hops (steeped)
• 1 x 25g Azacca Finishing Hops (dry hopped 72hrs)
• 1 x 10g M44 US West Coast Yeast

Other Ingredients:

• 200g of Dextrose if kegging with no secondary fermentation (not supplied)

Method:

1. Clean / sterilize all equipment including fermenter, paddle, mug and jug (used for steeping)
2. Discard Morgan’s Ultra-Premium Frontier IPA Beer Kit tin yeast and sit beer tin along with the Briess CBW
   Pale Malt LME container in hot water for 10 minutes
3. Boil 1.25L of water in kettle
4. Steep 150g Cracked Munich Grain in 1L water for 20 minutes
5. Steep 12g of Centennial and 12g of Citra Finishing Hops in 250ml of boiled water for 10 minutes
6. Boil 2L of water in kettle
7. Add 1.5L of boiled water to fermenter
8. Add the Briess CBW Pale Ale LME along with 200g Dextrose to fermenter and stir to thoroughly dissolve
9. Add Morgan’s Ultra-Premium Frontier IPA tin to fermenter and stir thoroughly to dissolve
10. Pour 250ml of boiled water into each of the Briess CBW Pale Ale LME container and the Morgan’s UltraPremium Frontier IPA tin. Stir to dissolve remaining contents in both, then add to fermenter
11. Strain 150g of steeped Munich Grain into fermenter (do not add grain to fermenter) and rinse with water
12. Add cold water to fermenter to 22.5 ltrs and test temperature – make sure it is between 18-23 degrees before pitching yeast
13. Take initial hydrometer reading
14. Add steeped Centennial and Citra Finishing Hops bags and steeped water to fermenter
15. Pitch 10g M44 US West Coast Yeast and stir gently
16. After primary fermentation activity has ceased (check with hydrometer) add the 25g Azacca Finishing Hops bag to the fermenter and gently stir in with sterilized paddle (dry hop). Leave these hops in the fermenter for 72 hours
17. After 72 hours bottle as per normal. If you cannot bottle after 72 hours, remove all of the finishing hops bags from the fermenter and bottle within 7 days. Bottle conditioning of 4 weeks is recommended for full flavour to develop

N.B. If kegging, add 200g of Dextrose at step 8

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