Talon IPA

[FedoraDave]

I decided to add some ingredients to my Northern Brewer list, and figured I'd make a very simple extract batch, almost a SMaSH brew. It's going to be a 2.5 gallon batch.

3 lb. Munton's Light DME
1/4 lb. 40L
Falconer's Flight hops - I ordered 1 oz. and haven't decided the schedule yet, but I'm thinking 1/2 oz for 60, 1/4 oz. for 20, and 1/4 oz. for 5.
Yeast is Danstar American West Coast Ale.

This may be more of a Pale Ale, I dunno. Calling it "Talon" because of the Falconer's Flight. Mostly, I'm interested in what this hops brings, hence the simplicity of the recipe. I'd like to brew this on Sunday, but I don't know if my order will get here by then. Supposed to be pretty nasty weather coming.

[russki]

This is actually a very complex recipe, considering that Falconer's Flight is a dozen or so hop varieties blended together I bet it'll be tasty though!

[FedoraDave]

The product description intrigued me, and I wanted to make something interesting and tasty, but easy to toss together for a short brew day.

[Inkleg]

I have "House" recipes for many styles of beer. A house Pale Ale is something I've not said "this is it" to yet, but every time my son and I talk about it, the one using only Falconer Flight hops always comes up. I think it's time to re-brew that recipe.

Looking at BeerSmith it was a 5 gallon with .5oz at 60, .5 at 15 and 1oz at 7, it was tasty. So I think what you have will work just fine.

[Gymrat]

What you are doing looks more like an APA than an IPA. It should be interesting to see what those hops taste like.

[FedoraDave]

Yeah, I'm less concerned with actual style than I am with tasty beer for this one. An APA might be nice to have in the rotation, though, and if I like how this turns out, I would seriously look into converting it to an AG recipe and making fivers out of it to keep in the pipeline on a regular basis. It's good to have house beers.

[FedoraDave]

Brewed this today. Should be a good one, if the aroma is any indication. 1.058 OG, and I really liked the way the Falconer's Flight took off. Decided to call it Raptor APA, but I think it's gonna be good beer.