Dog Fish Head 90 (maybe more like 120) IPA

This is a summary on a recipe for Dogfish Head 90 in the September Edition of Brew Your Own magazine started around Thanksgiving 04.

I followed the All-Grain instructions, but should have added water in during the boil as this was a 90 minute boil. I only ended up with around 4.5 gallons. The OG is estimated to be around 1.075. This was a very concentrated beer.

Once the primary fermentation was done (8 days), it was still at roughly 1.022. I tasted it and could taste the alcohol and hops, but was pleased at the time. There is rough 4.25 gallons.

Once the secondary was complete the FG was ~ 1.018. I mixed in the priming sugar and bottled it. Only ended up being about 4 gallons. Very strong flavor. This beer is roughly around 9%, by estimates. Most people might not have a palate for this type of beer, because of the hops.

I have had this beer bottled now for a little over 2 months. The carbonation is there, but not enough to create a head for the beer. The hops have a nice balance for the strength. When I sit and practice guitar, I usually only have 1. So far, I am the only one that can handle style (IPA) of this beer. I have made IPA's in the past, but this one was so strong, I think it killed the yeast before it had a chance to finish carbonating.

I think next time I will choose the Yeast that yields that tolerates alcohol (not many do around 9%) and I will make sure I supplement water during the boil.

I will try to locate the recipe and edit this post.