Recipe for Northern Brewer Ferocious IPA, Surly Furious Clone
Northern Brewer’s Ferocious IPA Recipe is a clone of Surly Furious IPA
About Ferocious IPA from Northern Brewer:
If you can handle a huge hop slap in the face, then pour a pint of our Ferocious IPA. Crafted in honor of a massively popular IPA of the upper Midwest, this brash IPA uses 6 ounces of awesome hops for a bold brew that’s barely balanced by a backdrop of toasty, caramel-y malt. It’s a fizzy yellow beer drinkers worst nightmare, a hophead’s dream, and a smooth full bodied brew so full of flavor you’ll wish you’d have brewed more!
Brewing Notes
- Style: American IPA
- Fermentation Range: 65-70F
- Original Gravity: 1.065
- SRM: 11
- IBUs: 75
- ABV: 6.4%
Tasting Notes
- Aroma: Decidedly hop-forward with aromas of earthy pine, floral notes, and undertones of tropical stone fruit and slight citrus. Clean malt aroma with faint toast and caramel.
- Appearance: Amber color with ruby mahogany highlights with a slight dry-hopped haze. Firm and persistent off white to tan foam head.
- Flavor: High bitterness with piney, resinous, dark fruit and citrus hop flavors. Slightly toasty yet clean malt profile with low light caramel sweetness and a barely perceptible roast character.
- Mouthfeel: Medium body with moderate creaminess and a soft feel on the palate. No astringency. Low alcohol warmth.
Brad’s Notes:
“Yep, we did it again, another IPA. This time around we present a recipe modeled after a massively popular IPA brewed in the upper Midwest, and this is no ordinary hop bomb one-trick pony. Ferocious IPA is very well balanced between unmistakeable malt richness and undeniable hop presence. The groundwork of highly flavorful base malts provide deep, delicious malt notes of fresh crusty bread, while modest doses of crystal malt and light roasted barley provide this recipe’s complex malt depth and characteristic red-amber color. With a simple early hop addition for bracing bitterness, the end of the boil is where all the magic happens. A combination of Simcoe and Amarillo® hops are employed over the last 15 minutes of the boil to boost flavor with notes of resinous pine, fresh flowers, citrus fruit and a faint tropical fruit subtlety. All of this magic is then capped off with yet more Simcoe and Amarillo® in the dry hop, but also features the special guest Ahtanum to bolster the aroma with wafts of intense grapefruit citrus. Dive into a pint of Ferocious and join us up in the Bold North.”
About Surly Furious from Surly Brewing Co:
The beer that built Surly. Aggressively hopped and citrusy, but with a chewy, caramel backbone.
Surly is called “Surly” due to our inability to find a good beer in town. Furious is one of the first beers we brewed to rectify that situation. The rest is history.
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All Grain Recipe:
O.G: 1.065
Suggested fermentation schedule:
2 weeks primary; 2 weeks secondary;
2 weeks bottle conditioning
MASH INGREDIENTS
- 11.5 lbs British Golden Promise
- 1 lb Briess Munich Malt
- 0.25 lbs English Medium Crystal
- 0.13 lbs Briess Light Roasted Barley
MASH SCHEDULE: SINGLE INFUSION
Saccharification Rest: 150° F for 60 minutes
Mashout: 170° F for 10 minutes (optional) – to raise the temperature for mashout, gently apply direct heat while stirring well (only with a kettle-based mash tun!), or add near boiling water until the target temperature is reached.
BOIL ADDITIONS & TIMES
- 1 oz Warrior (60 min)
- 0.5 oz Simcoe/Amarillo Blend (15 min)
- 0.5 oz Simcoe/Amarillo Blend (10 min)
- 0.5 oz Simcoe/Amarillo Blend (5 min)
- 0.5 oz Simcoe/Amarillo Blend (0 min)
- 1 oz Ahtanum
- 1 oz Simcoe
- 1 oz Amarillo (dry hop)
YEAST
Dry Yeast:
Fermentis Safale S-04. Optimum Temp: 64°- 75°F
Liquid Yeast Options:
- Imperial Yeast A01 House. Optimum temp: 62°- 70°F
- Wyeast 1335 British Ale II. Optimum temp: 63°- 75°F
PRIMING SUGAR
5 oz Priming Sugar (save for Bottling Day)
PDF Instructions: All Grain – Extract
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