#26 Heady Topper Clone - Recipe

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Oddly I don't have as much to say about this beer as I did the session IPA last week, even though this one is more or less the headliner of the two.  I guess that one took more creativity, because this IPA is pretty much by the book.

I picked up the Conan yeast because it's supposed to be the bees knees for IPAs and I really haven't found a yeast I like more for them than good old fashioned Chico.  Of course that means I have to brew an Imperial IPA with it, and I just so happen to have an abundance of the exact hops I need for a Heady Topper clone.  I took my recipe from this thread on HomeBrewTalk.  Now I haven't had the original beer and don't really care if it comes out exact, so I made a few tweaks to suit my equipment.  Viz. eliminating the hop stand, moving those hops to flameout and the 5 min and flameout hops to 20 min.  Here's the recipe I'm going with:

Imperial IPA
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Batch Size (fermenter): 5.25 gal
Estimated ABV: 8.1 %
Estimated OG: 1.074 SG
Estimated FG: 1.013 SG
Estimated Color: 6.5 SRM
Estimated IBU: 130.3 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 65.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 81.4 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt         Name                                     %/IBU
14 lbs      Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM)           87.5 %
12.0 oz     Carastan - 30-37L (35.0 SRM)             4.7 %
12.0 oz     White Wheat Malt (2.4 SRM)               4.7 %
8.0 oz      Corn Sugar (Dextrose) (0.0 SRM)          3.1 %
1.50 oz     Columbus [16.10 %] - Boil 75.0 min       62.7 IBUs
2.00 oz     Simcoe [14.40 %] - Boil 20.0 min         43.4 IBUs
1.00 oz     Columbus [16.10 %] - Boil 20.0 min       24.2 IBUs
2.00 oz     Simcoe [14.40 %] - Boil 0.0 min          0.0 IBUs
1.50 oz     Amarillo [10.60 %] - Boil 0.0 min        0.0 IBUs
1.00 oz     Centennial [10.30 %] - Boil 0.0 min      0.0 IBUs
1.00 oz     Columbus [16.10 %] - Boil 0.0 min        0.0 IBUs
1 pkg       Vermont Ale (Conan) (GigaYeast GY054)    -
2.00 oz     Simcoe [14.40 %] - Dry Hop 5.0 Days      0.0 IBUs
1.00 oz     Amarillo [10.60 %] - Dry Hop 5.0 Days    0.0 IBUs
1.00 oz     Centennial [10.30 %] - Dry Hop 5.0 Days  0.0 IBUs
1.00 oz     Columbus [16.10 %] - Dry Hop 5.0 Days    0.0 IBUs


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion @148F with 1.25qt/lb, 1.5 gal Mash Out, 4 gal Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 16 lbs
Estimated Cost: $35.68