Homebrew Recipe
Hop Classic Clone - Six Degrees North Brewing Co.
- Method:
- Extract
- Style:
- Belgian Pale Ale
- Boil Time:
- 60 min.
- Batch Size:
- 5 gal.
- Boil Size:
- 2.5 gal.
- Efficiency:
- 0
- Rating:
- Source:
- Brew Your Own
- Source Notes:
- September 2019, Vol. 25, No. 4 page 70. Hop Classic is a full-flavored Belgian IPA with bitterness well-integrated in true Belgian style, featuring a pleasant kick at the end. Super refreshing on the palate with apricot, citrus, and floral notes. Inspired by De Ranke XX Bitter, Hop Classic was created as a homage to the nouveau classic of Belgium brewing. It is a simple recipe but very complex beer with the malt bill allowing the yeast and classic noble hop character to shine through. Part of a series of Scottish brewery clones.
- Notes:
- Heat 2.5 gallons of water in a 5-gallon pot to 150 F and remove from heat. Add 3.3 lbs. of the dried malt extract and all of the cane sugar. Stir well, ensuring all sugar and malt extract is completely dissolved. Boil for 60 minutes, adding hops and fining agent as indicated. Add the remaining dried malt extract in the last 10 minutes of the boil. Rapidly chill the wort at flameout to 65 F and transfer to primary fermenter. Top off wort with pre-chilled water to bring volume up to 5 gallons. Aerate thoroughly and pitch plenty of healthy yeast. Ferment at 70 F until terminal gravity of 1.004 is reached, usually within 7 to 10 days. Crash cool the beer to 39 F and lager for 4 weeks. Rack beer off of the yeast into a keg and force carbonate targeting 2.6 volumes of CO2 or prime and bottle condition, leaving the bottles at 70-75 F for two weeks to properly condition.
Brew Numbers
| OG | FG | ABV | SRM | IBU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.055 | 1.004 | 6.6 | 3 | 66 |
Fermentables
| Name | Amount | % Grain Bill |
|---|---|---|
| Pilsen Dry Malt Extract | 5.8 lbs. | 95.08 |
| Notes: Calls for Briess CBW Pilsen dried malt extract | ||
| White Table Sugar | 0.3 lbs. | 4.92 |
| Notes: Calls for cane sugar | ||
| Total: | 6.10 lbs. | |
Hops
| Name | Amount | Boil Time | Use | AA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magnum (GER) | 1 oz. | 60 | Boil | 11.8 |
| Notes: 11.8 AAU. Calls for leaf hops | ||||
| Hallertau Mittelfruh | 0.3 oz. | 35 | Boil | 2.9 |
| Notes: 1 AAU. Calls for leaf hops | ||||
| Magnum (GER) | 0.5 oz. | 35 | Boil | 11.8 |
| Notes: 5.9 AAU. Calls for leaf hops | ||||
| Hallertau Mittelfruh | 0.7 oz. | 15 | Boil | 2.9 |
| Notes: 2 AAU. Calls for leaf hops | ||||
| Hallertau Mittelfruh | 0.8 oz. | 0 | Steep | 0 |
| Notes: Calls for leaf hops | ||||
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| Hallertau Mittelfruh | 1.8 oz. |
| Magnum (GER) | 1.5 oz. |
Yeast
| Name | Lab | Product |
|---|---|---|
| Abbaye Belgian Ale | Lallemand | |
| Belgian Golden Ale | White Labs | WLP570 |
| Gnome | Imperial | B45 |
Other Ingredients
| Name | Amount | Time | Use | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whirfloc | 0.5 tablet | 10 minutes | Boil | Fining |