Martin's Expensive IPA Recipe Kit

Martin's Expensive IPA Recipe Kit

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Why you'll love it

  • A true-to-style American IPA, one of the 99 beers Martin Keen brewed during his Homebrew Challenge.
  • Every fermentable, hop, and yeast portioned and matched to the recipe, so there is no math and no guesswork on brew day.
  • Sized for a 5-gallon batch and ready for all-grain or brew-in-a-bag, so it works with whatever homebrew gear you already own.
  • Fresh ingredients, shipped fast, so your brew day starts with the good stuff.
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Make pub-style beer at home any weekend you like. This American IPA recipe kit comes with every pre-measured ingredient you need to brew Martin's Expensive

Make pub-style beer at home any weekend you like. This American IPA recipe kit comes with every pre-measured ingredient you need to brew Martin's Expensive IPA, a 5-gallon all-grain batch, from grain to glass.

This is the other half of a two-beer experiment: the same style as its cheaper twin, but built without cutting corners. Where the budget version rides one hop, this one layers four across a fuller malt base. The question the pair asks is whether a drinker can actually taste where the money went.

As an American IPA it still hits the expected marks, with citrus and tropical hop character over a firm bitterness and a dry finish. The Maris Otter base plus a little crystal and Munich malt gives it more backbone than a bone-dry West Coast version, so the hops have something to sit on.

What's In The Kit

Your American IPA recipe kit includes everything below, portioned and ready to brew. All you add is water.

Fermentables

  • 7 lbs 8.0 oz · Golden Promise → we include Maris Otter
  • 1 lbs 12.0 oz · Caramel 10 → we include Crystal 20
  • 1 lbs 12.0 oz · EPIPHANY MUNICH MALT, → we include Munich Malt
  • 1 lbs 12.0 oz · EPIPHANY VIENNA MALT → we include Vienna Malt

Hops

  • 3.25 oz · Cascade (Boil, 30.0 min)
  • 1.75 oz · Cascade (Boil, 5.0 min)
  • 1.75 oz · Citra (Boil, 0.0 min)
  • 1.75 oz · Mosaic Pellets (Boil, 0.0 min)
  • 1.75 oz · Simcoe (Boil, 0.0 min)
  • 3.25 oz · Mosaic Pellets (Dry Hop, 60.0 min)
  • 1.75 oz · Citra (Dry Hop, 60.0 min)
  • 1.75 oz · Simcoe (Dry Hop, 60.0 min)

Yeast

  • California Ale (White Labs WLP001) → we include SafAle US-05 (American Ale)

Water treatment salts and any specialty extras are noted with the recipe.

Recipe At A Glance

Batch Size
5.00 gal 		Original Gravity
1.063 SG 		Final Gravity
1.015 SG 		ABV
6.2 % 		Bitterness
123.7 IBUs 		Color
10.3 SRM

A Note On Substitutions

This kit includes Maris Otter in place of the recipe's Golden Promise; Crystal 20 in place of the recipe's Caramel 10; Munich Malt in place of the recipe's EPIPHANY MUNICH MALT,; Vienna Malt in place of the recipe's EPIPHANY VIENNA MALT. We stock dry yeast only, so SafAle US-05 (American Ale) dry yeast stands in for the recipe's California Ale (White Labs WLP001).

  • This kit is built for brew-in-a-bag (BIAB), the simplest way to make all-grain beer at home. The basic brew day looks like this:

    1. Heat your water and steep the milled grain to make wort.
    2. Boil the wort, adding the hops on the schedule in the recipe.
    3. Cool the wort down quickly, then transfer it to your fermenter.
    4. Pitch the yeast and let it ferment for about two weeks.
    5. Bottle or keg, wait for carbonation, then enjoy.

    That yields roughly 53 bottles of fresh American IPA. It works great with our digital electric homebrew systems, which hold your temperatures for you, though any kettle and burner will do.

  • This is a recipe kit, so it includes the ingredients only. To brew it at home you will also need:

    • A brew kettle or an electric all-in-one brewing system
    • A grain bag for brew-in-a-bag (or a mash tun for a traditional mash)
    • A fermenter with an airlock
    • A thermometer and a way to chill the wort
    • Sanitizer, and bottles or a keg for packaging