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During my trip to the Bay Area, I really enjoyed Racer 5 IPA. I did not get a chance to try all of the beers on my list like Pliny the Elder and Younger. Out of all of the beers I did try, Racer 5 IPA was my favorite. I wish they distributed to GA, I would buy that beer by the case.

Does anyone have a recipe that will produce a beer similar to Racer 5 IPA? I am looking for the strong citrus character this beer has.

SaintTaris wrote:Does anyone have a recipe that will produce a beer similar to Racer 5 IPA? I am looking for the strong citrus character this beer has.

My favorite too...There is a clone recipe in the recent newstand edition of BYO magazine allong with 149 other clone recipe's. I have it if you can't get your hands on it and would be glad to get it to you, just let me know how....e-mail, scan, post..whatever.

Saint,
Here's the clone from BYO:

5 gallons
OG 1.071
FG 1.015
IBU = 60
SRM = 10
ABV = 7.2%

11.25 lbs 2-row pale malt
1.66 lbs wheat malt
0.625 lbs crystal 15
0.42 lbs dextrose
0.21 lbs Carapils malt
0.51 oz chinook at 12%AA (90 mins)
1.74 oz Cascade at 5% AA (60 mins)
0.3 oz Centennial (dry)
0.3 oz Amarillo (dry)
0.2 oz Cascade (dry)
0.2 oz Tomahawk (dry)
Wyeast 1272 or White Labs WLP051

Mash in at 145 and ramp up to 152--boil for 90 mins--ferment at 68.

Thanks for the recipe.

I am surprised there aren't more flavor hop addidions. Racer 5 has a very strong citrus/grapefruit taste.

SaintTaris wrote:During my trip to the Bay Area, I really enjoyed Racer 5 IPA.

You have good taste in beer. Too bad you didn't get up to Santa Rosa and get some of Vinnie's Russian River IPA. Mmmmm, mmmmm good!

Anyway, here is the same recipe again but with an extract option at the end:

Racer 5 IPA

5 gallons/19L
OG=1.071 FG=1.015
IBU=60 SRM=10 ABV=7.2

Ingredients:
11.25 # 2-row pale malt
1.66 # wheat malt
0.625 # crystal malt 15°L
0.42 # corn sugar
0.21 # carapils malt
6.1AAU Chinook hops 90 min
8.7AAU Cascade hops 60 min
0.3 oz Centennial hops Dry hopped
0.3 oz Amarillo hops Dry hopped
0.2 oz Cascade hops Dry hopped
0.2 oz Tomahawk hops Dry hopped
Wyeast 1272 American Ale II yeast
or
WLP051 California V yeast
0.75 cup corn sugar for priming

Step by Step:
Mash in at 145°F then ramp to 152°F for conversion.
Mash out at 170°and boil 90 min. Ferment at 68°F

Extract Option:
Replace pale malt with 6# DME and 0.33 # 2-row pale malt.
Steep crushed grains in 1 gallon water at 152° for 45 minutes.