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Anticipation

Anticipation was the name of my first IPA. I like the name, so I decided to keep it for my run-of-the-mill “normal” IPA. The recipe has changed ocer time — the current recipe is below. What stayed constant is the composition of hops — Polaris for bittering and Cascade for flavour.


Malt Bill
Malt Type Amount
Maris Otter5.6 kg
Mash steps
20 litres of strike water at 65°C
temperature Time
65°C90 minutes
78°C5 minutes

Lauter and sparge with 10 litres at 78°C.

Boil for 65 minutes

Hop additions
Hop Type Amount Time
Polaris (18 - 23 %)11 g60 minutes before flameout (5 minutes into boil)
Cascade (5.5 - 9 %)19 g15 minutes before flameout (50 minutes into boil)
Cascade (5.5 - 9 %)19 gat flameout

Cool wort and add Wyeast 1107 German Ale to fermenter.

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