Resilience IPA Clone(ish)
Brewed: 12/2/2018 Kegged: 12/11/2018
As a general rule, I don't brew clone beers.
However, late in the year, the "Camp Fire" devastated Northern California and it hit close to home for Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. While the brewery was spared, many of Sierra Nevada’s employees, patrons and neighbors lost everything as the Camp Fire ravaged northern Californian.
To help raise much needed support for the recovery efforts, Sierra Nevada created a beer called Resilience IPA. Sierra Nevada, along with many of its professional brewing peers, brewed and sold Resilience IPA with all proceeds donated to the Sierra Nevada Camp Fire Relief Fund through Golden Valley Community Bank Foundation.
On the AHA Website, they posted a clone recipe for Sierra Nevada Resilience IPA, and wrote:
"It is our hope that homebrewers will make a batch of Resilience IPA in solidarity with Sierra Nevada and pro breweries across the country. While we can’t sell our creations and donate the proceeds, please consider donating to the Golden Valley Community Bank Foundation if you are able."
I felt this was a pretty good reason to make an exception to my policy of not making clone beers.
The only modifications that I made to this beer were to adjust for my brewing system.
The beer is an old-school West-Coast IPA. Lots of cascade and centennial gragpefruit hops. Nice firm bitterness. Gold colored. Wonderful beer.
It does taste close to the versions I've had of Resilience from local breweries.
I feel like this would be a great camping beer. Too bad I brewed it during the winter. Perhaps I'll brew it again during camping season.
For more on this beer, see Sheppy's Blog: Resilience
| Resilience IPA --- Batch 1 |
| Style | American IPA | Batch Size | 5.50 gal | |||
| Type | All Grain | Boil Size | 7.77 gal | |||
| Brewhouse Efficiency | 75.00 | Boil Time | 90 minutes |
Recipe Characteristics
| Recipe Gravity | 1.065 SG | Estimated FG | 1.014 SG | ||||
| Recipe Bitterness | 56.1 IBUs (Rager) | Alcohol by Volume | 6.8 % | ||||
| BU : GU | 0.857 | ||||||
| Recipe Color | 9.4 SRM |
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| Measured OG: | 1.060 | Measured FG: | 1.012 | ||||
| ADF: | 80 | Measured ABV: | 6.3 |
Ingredients
| Amt | Name | Type | # | %/IBU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11.00 g | Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash 60.0 mins) | Water Agent | 1 | - |
| 1.00 g | Epsom Salt (MgSO4) (Mash 60.0 mins) | Water Agent | 2 | - |
| 12 lbs | Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) | Grain | 3 | 90.6 % |
| 1 lbs 4.0 oz | Crystal, Medium (Simpsons) (55.0 SRM) | Grain | 4 | 9.4 % |
| 0.500 oz | Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.40 %] - First Wort 90.0 min | Hop | 5 | 30.5 IBUs |
| 1.000 oz | Centennial [8.30 %] - Boil 20.0 min | Hop | 6 | 10.8 IBUs |
| 1.00 Items | Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) | Fining | 7 | - |
| 1.000 oz | Cascade [5.40 %] - Boil 15.0 min | Hop | 8 | 5.5 IBUs |
| 1.00 tsp | Yeast Nutrient (Boil 15.0 mins) | Other | 9 | - |
| 1.000 oz | Centennial [8.30 %] - Boil 10.0 min | Hop | 10 | 6.4 IBUs |
| 0.500 oz | Cascade [5.40 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 10.0 min | Hop | 11 | 1.4 IBUs |
| 0.500 oz | Cascade [5.50 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 10.0 min | Hop | 12 | 1.5 IBUs |
| 1.0 pkg | Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05) [50.28 ml] | Yeast | 13 | - |
| 0.500 oz | Centennial [8.30 %] - Dry Hop 3.0 Days | Hop | 14 | 0.0 IBUs |
| 0.500 oz | Centennial [8.30 %] - Dry Hop 3.0 Days | Hop | 15 | 0.0 IBUs |
Mash Profile
| Name | Description | Step Temperature | Step Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mash In | Add 16.56 qt of water at 163.7 F | 152.0 F | 60 min |
Batch sparge with 2 steps
(Drain mash tun , 5.22gal) of 168.0 F water
Inspired by (and mostly copied from) AHA's Sierra Nevada Resilience IPA clone recipe
https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/homebrew-recipe/sierra-nevada-resilience-ipa/
Brewing in solidarity with Sierra Nevada and pro breweries across the country in their goal to help raise much needed support for the recovery efforts of the Camp Fire ravaged northern Californians.
Final: Ca=114,Mg=11,Na=21,SO4=259,Cl=23,HCO3=104
For "whirl pool", simply turn off the burner, stir and let the hops steep for 10 minutes before the chill.
Pitch at about 60F. Ferment with ice blocks to keep below 65 for 1st few days, then remove and let it rise to room temp as long as it is less than 72. After the fermentation activity slows down (4 or 5 days), dry hop and leave in fermenter two weeks total.
Brewing Record
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| Mash Temps: | 160 ... 154 down to 152 | |||||
| Pre-boil OG | 1.052 (1.053 SG) | Pre-boil Vol | 8 (7.77 gal) | |||
| Actual Mash Efficiency | Pitch Temp | 60 | ||||
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