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NB's Ranger IPA
Hello,
I just tried NB's Ranger IPA for the first time the other night. I'd like to hear some opinions on it. I thought it was better than a lot of NB's other offerings. It had a ton of hop aroma (maybe not as much hop flavor follow-through as I would like) and had a clean mouthfeel. Also, if anyone has a clone recipe for this, I'd be interested. I'm just getting going with homebrew though, so any extract and steeping recipes would be appreciated (until I can afford some mashing gear). Thoughts?...
It IS good and I agree.... it has more hop aroma than the flavor delivers but it is very tastey indeed! I'll watch for a clone recipe 
I don't have a clone recipe and I haven't tried it yet, but the website gives you some clues to start with:
6.5% abv
70 IBU's
Simcoe, Cascade and Chinook for bitter and flavor.
Cascade for dry hopping.
Pale and dark caramel malts.
I'll have to pick one up and try it to get a better idea of the recipe.
I found a partial mash recipe. Can I steep American Two-Row Pale? Also, is it okay to post links w/ recipe's here?
I think Ranger is a great beer. One of my favorite IPAs is brewed at the Beaver Lodge in Beaverton, OR. Ranger has the much same sweet malt backbone and showcases the hops, in flavor and aroma, without a bitterness that comes close to the IBU ratings both claim.
While I do enjoy extremely hoppy beers, including Torpedo and Arrogant Bastard, there's nothing I like more than a rich, sweet, malty beer with great hoppy flavor and aroma.
Kudos to NB!
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Mooseknuckle2000 wrote:
I found a partial mash recipe. Can I steep American Two-Row Pale? Also, is it okay to post links w/ recipe's here?
In short, not really.
Does this mean you want an entirely extract recipe? Do you not do partial mash, (nothing wrong with that) just asking?
Post the partial mash one and myself or someone will convert it to extract easily enough.
yeah, I've not dabbled in partial mash yet, so all extract would be good for now (I'm sure I'll be jumping up to partials soon). Here's what I've found... http://hopville.com/recipe/175410/ameri … -ipa-clone
EDIT: also, here's an all-grain recipe I found... http://www.homebrewingadventures.com/wordpress/?p=978
I put it into the calculator, and got a difference of 1.75#s of extra DME (3.75#s total) to replace the 2 row and equal the same OG of 1.056.
DME is usually slightly more fermentable than 2 row, at about 42-44 gravity units per # (depending on brand and process) where 2 row is usually 38-40 GUs of potential.
If you wanted to get a 5.5 gallon finish, so you could get a full 5 gallons into bottles/keg, then you would want to replace the 2 row with 2.25#s of DME, for 4.25#s total DME
The other thing I noticed is the IBUs calculated to be 92, and that was figuring the chinook to be at 12%aa not 13. If you want to reach the target of 70 IBUs as the recipe calls for, I would back down the 60 and 30 minute additions to .75 oz.
what about the Crystal? Should I count on any LME or DME to replace that? Also, should I still steep the Crystal and American two-row Pale for flavors?
EDIT: I also find it strange that with as much fresh, citrus hop flavor that this beer has, it's not dry hopped at all according to these recipes.
Mooseknuckle2000 wrote:
what about the Crystal? Should I count on any LME or DME to replace that? Also, should I still steep the Crystal and American two-row Pale for flavors?
You will use the crystal but not the 2 row( the DME or LME will replace that)
EDIT: I also find it strange that with as much fresh, citrus hop flavor that this beer has, it's not dry hopped at all according to these recipes.
The recipes are someones guess at making this beer and are not always correct.
The NB website shows they dry hop with Cascade. I would use these recipes as a reference, but not gospel.
If you don't have one already, I would suggest downloading a brewing software program like Promash, Beertools, or Beersmith. They will alow you to more easily "clone" your favorite beer, and you will find it very helpful the more you brew.
If you don't have one already, I would suggest downloading a brewing software program like Promash, Beertools, or Beersmith. They will alow you to more easily "clone" your favorite beer, and you will find it very helpful the more you brew.
I just got Beersmith and have been messing around with it a bit. Thanks.
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