Best Malt for Brewdog Punk IPA clone

[BartonMillBrewer]

Out of my comfort zone here but to weigh down hop bags my ' glass beads' are the sons marbles some 30 odd years old

I don't think age of your marbles is an issue, just make sure they are sterile before using.
Whatever you do, don't lose your marbles!

 

[chopps]

Thanks everyone for this thread. I’m also brewing Punk IPA this weekend. I’m using their 2007 recipe and I thought I had everything ready to go until I read this thread and realised it’s ‘extra’ pale.... duh! I have Muntons MO, Lager and Pale Ale Planet available, but no extra pale. Decision time...

 

[GeorgieV]

I think, given the hoppiness of the Punk, the only noticeable difference will be in the colour. Mine came out more copper than gold in colour.

 

[davidgrace]

I used Brewtarget software to scale the recipe to 17 litres in order to match my stove top setup.
While checking the recipe I found that I actually used 3kg Maris Otter and 1kg Extra Pale. I had previously forgotten about the Extra Pale.
Below is the scaled recipe with some hop substitutions. I couldn't find Ahtanum at that time and replaced with Willamette. Also, the scaled recipe called for 9 gr. of Amarillo and I though it's not worth buying a pack of Amarillo and use only 9gr. as I'm not planning to brew anything with Amarillo in the coming months. So I increased the Cascade instead of adding Amarillo.

Batch Size 17.745 L
Boil Size 20.745 L
Boil Time 1.000 hr
OG 1.055 sg
FG 1.014 sg
ABV 5.6%
Bitterness 41.0 IBU


Grain Bill
Name Type Amount
Maris Otter Grain 3.000 kg
Extra Pale Grain 1.000 kg
Light Crystal Grain 235.000 g
Total grain: 4.235 kg

Hops
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Name Alpha Amount Use Time
Chinook 11.5% 15.000 g Boil 1.000 hr
Willamette 4.4% 5.000 g Boil 1.000 hr
Chinook 11.5% 15.000 g Boil 30.000 min
Willamette 4.4% 10.000 g Boil 30.000 min
Chinook 11.5% 24.750 g Boil 0.000 s
Nelson Sauvin 12.0% 11.250 g Boil 0.000 s
Simcoe 12.8% 11.250 g Boil 0.000 s
Willamette 4.4% 5.000 g Boil 0.000 s
Cascade 6.8% 33.750 g Dry Hop 7.000 day
Chinook 11.5% 42.750 g Dry Hop 7.000 day
Nelson Sauvin 12.0% 15.000 g Dry Hop 7.000 day
Simcoe 12.8% 33.750 g Dry Hop 7.000 day
Willamette 4.4% 25.000 g Dry Hop 7.000 day


I also tweaked a bit the bittering hops in order to limit the IBU to about 40 as I don't like the beer too bitter.
For the dry hopping I rounded up the hops to the nearest gram and where only a few pellets were left in the package, I added them too.

I bought one of these for dry hopping and this beer was the first time I used it. Basically, just sanitised the mesh filter, put the hops in and submerged it in the fermenter 5 days after pitching the yeast. Then left it in for 7 days.

I wonder what do you mean when you said your dry hopping was not successful?

Were you happy with the Maris Otter Extra Pale mix

 

[GeorgieV]

Were you happy with the Maris Otter Extra Pale mix

Yes, I'm happy with the mix. I think it's one of the best beers I have made so far. Though, I'm certainly not an expert, it's only my 9-th AG brew.

 

[FirebladeAdam]

This is the recipe as given by Brewdog to the author Euan furguson

 

[chopps]

That's got a bit more detail than the one in the 'official' pdf, thanks for posting!