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Here is what tastes perfect, if you need a 5 gallon recipe, let me know... Prost!
Recipe: Great Divide Hercules Double IPA
Brewer: Jason
Asst Brewer:
Style: Imperial IPA
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 12.82 gal
Post Boil Volume: 9.57 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 10.50 gal
Bottling Volume: 9.75 gal
Estimated OG: 1.093 SG
Estimated Color: 7.3 SRM
Estimated IBU: 85.0 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 73.5 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
2.10 tbsp PH 5.2 Stabilizer (Mash 60.0 mins) Water Agent 1 -
23 lbs 15.4 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 2 67.3 %
5 lbs 8.5 oz Vienna (DURST MALZ) (7.0 SRM) Grain 3 15.5 %
1 lbs 13.5 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 4 5.2 %
1 lbs 13.5 oz Carapils (Briess) (1.5 SRM) Grain 5 5.2 %
1.07 oz Warrior [15.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 6 20.2 IBUs
2.15 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] - Boil 30.0 min Hop 7 17.7 IBUs
1.08 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 30.0 min Hop 8 13.5 IBUs
2.10 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining 9 -
1.08 oz Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 10 6.7 IBUs
1.08 oz Chinook [13.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 11 8.7 IBUs
2 lbs 6.9 oz Cane (Beet) Sugar [Boil for 15 min](0.0 Sugar 12 6.8 %
2.15 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 13 8.3 IBUs
1.08 oz Cascade [7.20 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 14 3.5 IBUs
1.08 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 15 6.4 IBUs
2.0 pkg California Ale (White Labs #WLP001) [35.49 m Yeast 16 -
2.00 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] - Dry Hop 14.0 Da Hop 17 0.0 IBUs
2.00 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Dry Hop 14.0 Days Hop 18 0.0 IBUs
1.00 oz Cascade [7.20 %] - Dry Hop 14.0 Days Hop 19 0.0 IBUs

Awesome! Hercules is probably one of the few GDBC beers I've yet to try for some reason. I have no doubt it tastes amazing considering all of their beers are flawless in my opinion. You can just keep those Great Divide clone recipes coming

Been trying to clone this one for a while. Not much info available on it, as the brewery is tight lipped on the recipe (not in a fun way like stone & Arrogant Bastard). Gonna give your recipe a run as my first beer of 2012.

bobjohnson wrote:Been trying to clone this one for a while. Not much info available on it, as the brewery is tight lipped on the recipe (not in a fun way like stone & Arrogant Bastard). Gonna give your recipe a run as my first beer of 2012.

I think you will be pleased with it, I also use a hopback with this recipe.

Jase wrote:Here is what tastes perfect, if you need a 5 gallon recipe, let me know... Prost!

This is one of my favorite beers. I would love a 5 gallon recipe if you could post one!
Thanks!

AllMikeyMike wrote:

Jase wrote:Here is what tastes perfect, if you need a 5 gallon recipe, let me know... Prost!

This is one of my favorite beers. I would love a 5 gallon recipe if you could post one!
Thanks!

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 7.01 gal
Post Boil Volume: 5.41 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal
Bottling Volume: 4.25 gal
Estimated OG: 1.093 SG
Estimated Color: 7.3 SRM
Estimated IBU: 85.0 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 75.2 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
2.10 tbsp PH 5.2 Stabilizer (Mash 60.0 mins) Water Agent 1 -
11 lbs 4.1 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 2 66.3 %
2 lbs 13.5 oz Vienna (DURST MALZ) (7.0 SRM) Grain 3 16.8 %
13.9 oz Carapils (Briess) (1.5 SRM) Grain 4 5.1 %
13.7 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 5 5.1 %
0.48 oz Warrior [15.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 6 20.2 IBUs
0.97 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] - Boil 30.0 min Hop 7 17.7 IBUs
0.48 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 30.0 min Hop 8 13.5 IBUs
2.10 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining 9 -
0.48 oz Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 10 6.7 IBUs
0.48 oz Chinook [13.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 11 8.7 IBUs
1 lbs 2.3 oz Cane (Beet) Sugar [Boil for 15 min](0.0 Sugar 12 6.7 %
0.97 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 13 8.3 IBUs
0.48 oz Cascade [7.20 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 14 3.5 IBUs
0.48 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 15 6.4 IBUs
2.0 pkg California Ale (White Labs #WLP001) [35. Yeast 16 -
1.00 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] - Dry Hop 14.0 Da Hop 17 0.0 IBUs
1.00 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Dry Hop 14.0 Days Hop 18 0.0 IBUs
0.50 oz Cascade [7.20 %] - Dry Hop 14.0 Days Hop 19 0.0 IBUs


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Full Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 16 lbs 15.4 oz
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Mash In Add 23.77 qt of water at 164.5 F 152.0 F 60 min

Sparge: Batch sparge with 2 steps (Drain mash tun, , 4.00gal) of 168.0 F water