Sculpin IPA official clone recipe (North Star IPA)

North Star IPA Recipe, courtesy of Ballast Point Brewing

BACKGROUND

At the 2010 National Homebrewers Conference (NHC) in Minneapolis, now known as Homebrew Con, Ballast Point was handing out this recipe for North Star IPA on a card at Pro Night. Pro Night is when the commercial brewers set up tents and pour what should be the beers they are most proud to serve homebrewers. Usually mostly local breweries pour at Pro Night, but Ballast Point was a big supporter of the American Homebrewers Association and came out to market themselves. You can see some footage of NHC Pro Night 2010 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1kljkKj-xI.

This is supposedly the homebrew recipe, called Polaris IPA, that was scaled up to become Ballast Point's breakout hit, Sculpin IPA. "North Star" refers to Minnesota's moniker of The North Star State and it's state motto, "L'Etoile du Nord" (the Star of the Nroth). You can find a simpler, 2018 recipe still being published by Ballast Point's homebrew supply shop, Homebrew Mart, here: https://www.ballastpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Polaris-IPA-All-Grain-Recipe.pdf. The Homebrew Mart recipe still shares some of the same hops and timing, particularly the Crystal and Centennial at 30 min, followed by the late ho,p 1-2 punch of Simcoe and Amarillo.

SPECIFICATIONS

Batch Size: 5 gallons (not stated in recipe)
OG: 1.067
FG: 1.013
ABV: 7.1% (estimated, not stated in recipe)
IBU: 103 (not explicitly stated in recipe)
SRM: __ (not stated in recipe)
Efficiency: 68%

GRAIN

%  		Amount		Name   					Origin   	Potential   SRM
80		11.00 lbs	Pale Malt (2 Row) 1.8L	America   	1.036   	 2
7.3		1.00 lbs	Cara-Pils/Dextrin Malt	America   	1.033   	 2
3.6		0.50 lbs	CaraVienne Malt   		Belgium   	1.034   	24
9.1		1.25 lbs	Crystal Malt 10L   		America   	1.035   	10

HOPS

Amount   	Name   			Form   	Alpha   IBU   Boil Time
1.00 oz   	Amarillo Gold		Pellet    9.4   45.6   Mash Hop
0.50 oz   	Warrior   		Pellet   16.3   35.9   60 min
0.25 oz   	Magnum   		Pellet   14.4   15.9   60 min
0.25 oz   	Hallertauer Northern
		Brewer 			Pellet    7.1    7.8   60 min
0.25 oz   	Tomahawk   		Pellet   16.4   18.1   60 min
0.25 oz   	Crystal   		Pellet    3.6      2   60 min
0.25 oz   	Centennial   		Pellet    9.9    5.6   30 min
0.25 oz   	Simcoe   		Pellet   13.6    7.6   30 min
1.00 oz   	Amarillo Gold  		Pellet    9.4      0    0 min
1.00 oz   	Simcoe   		Pellet   13.6      0    0 min
2.00 oz   	Amarillo Gold  		Pellet    9.4      0   Dry Hop

Mash at 148°F.

Rack to secondary for dry hopping, rouse on day 2 and 4 and once the dry hops drop out a second time you are good to keg or bottle.

Extras

1.00 units Whirlfloc Tablets, 15 min boil (should be added at 10 min)

Yeast

White Labs WLP001 California Ale