Dead Ringer® IPA All Grain Beer Recipe Kit

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Dead Ringer® is an homage to a benchmark of the American IPA style that's brewed in Michigan. 

Dead Ringer® is a larger-than-life American IPA beer kit with a hop aroma so thick you can almost see it. American base malt and crystal malt create the big body and supporting grainy sweetness, while charge after charge of 100% Centennial hops deliver pronounced bitterness with a dominant citrus aroma and flavor. In the glass you get a pale amber color, hop intensity and malt density - substance with the soul of a session beer. This IPA recipe kit has been a customer favorite for a decade.

Due to the high starting gravity of this kit, we recommend pitching multiple packs of yeast or preparing a yeast starter for best results.

Brewing Notes:

  • Style: American IPA
  • Fermentation Range: 65-70°F
  • Original Gravity: 1.064
  • SRM: 9.5
  • IBU: 70
  • ABV: 6.2%

Tasting Notes:

  • Aroma: Moderate malt aroma consisting of fresh bread and medium sweet caramel. Medium-high hop presence of citrus and floral notes.
  • Appearance: Orange hue with a bright white persistent foam cap. Slightly cloudy from dry hopping.
  • Flavor: Rich maltiness with a moderate caramel flavor. Medium-high bitterness with citrus, floral and slightly earthy notes.
  • Mouthfeel: Medium body with moderate creaminess and medium carbonation leaving a smooth finish.

 

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Additional information

SKU

1534

Beer Color Amber
Original Gravity

1064

Total Time to Make 6 weeks
Regional Style USA
Alcohol Content High
Yield 5 Gallons
Beer Style IPA
Fermentation Type Ale
Beer Recipe Kit Instructions Click here for recipe kit instructions

Notes from Brad, Northern Brewer Head Brewer:

"Dead Ringer is our way of paying tribute to one of the most iconic IPAs in America. In the upper Midwest (and many other parts of the country), this beer is a mainstay of aficionados. A simple malt bill and hearty doses of Centennial creates magic with only 2 malts and 1 hop variety. The resulting product is awash in hop aroma, while not overpowering the malt component. Aromas of citrus fruits and floral notes dominate, while the rich malt character in the background offers a perfectly balanced pint.

This recipe does come with a relatively high gravity, so be sure to pitch enough yeast to ensure fermentation health. One pack of Omega or Imperial should do the trick, but to be sure, a yeast starter or multiple packs of yeast is recommended. Try to keep the temperature in the lower range of recommendations (65°F is perfect!) to ensure that your batch has the cleanest possible flavor without producing too many esters. When finished and carbonated, share with another and there will be two hearts with ample joy!"

Customer Reviews

Based on 182 reviews
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(158)
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Justin L.
Amazing Beer!!

Everyone loves this! I pushed the recipe and got an extra 1.5 gallons out of it with no extra fermentables or hops. So the ABV and IBU are not as they should be. But it turned out to be a VERY sessionable IPA. Will definitely be brewing this again. A++++

T
Ted M.
Dead Ringer #2

Second batch for me on this one. See no reason this wont be as good as the first batch from from earlier this year

J
Jon H.
Awesome Beer Kit

This is a great beer. Kind of an old school, straight forward IPA. Good deal on the kit

F
FL
Great kit

One of the very best homebrews we have done so far. It honors the original ... and then some. Hoppy but well balanced.

W
Wilmer G.
Great IPA Kit!

Everyone loves it! I’m a Lager guy and really liked the Lime Tree Lager Kit which was my first attempt at whole grain brewing and it turned out relatively well considering it was my first brew ever. The Grandfather G40 is so simple to use that even a newbie can’t go wrong with it. So my second attempt was the Dead Ringer IPA and it turned out great according to all the eager taste testers. My wife isn’t a beer drinker at all and she said she’d drink beer if it always tasted this good. I did cheat on the recipe and did not dry hop the last ounce of hops. It made it a little less bitter I suspect. It’s definitely easier than a lager to ferment and much faster. The only reason I had the nerve to do a lager for my first ever brew was strictly because I had purchased the glycol chiller and conical fermenter combo from GrainFather.

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Customer Reviews

Based on 182 reviews
87%
(158)
8%
(15)
4%
(7)
0%
(0)
1%
(2)
J
Justin L.
Amazing Beer!!

Everyone loves this! I pushed the recipe and got an extra 1.5 gallons out of it with no extra fermentables or hops. So the ABV and IBU are not as they should be. But it turned out to be a VERY sessionable IPA. Will definitely be brewing this again. A++++

T
Ted M.
Dead Ringer #2

Second batch for me on this one. See no reason this wont be as good as the first batch from from earlier this year

J
Jon H.
Awesome Beer Kit

This is a great beer. Kind of an old school, straight forward IPA. Good deal on the kit

F
FL
Great kit

One of the very best homebrews we have done so far. It honors the original ... and then some. Hoppy but well balanced.

W
Wilmer G.
Great IPA Kit!

Everyone loves it! I’m a Lager guy and really liked the Lime Tree Lager Kit which was my first attempt at whole grain brewing and it turned out relatively well considering it was my first brew ever. The Grandfather G40 is so simple to use that even a newbie can’t go wrong with it. So my second attempt was the Dead Ringer IPA and it turned out great according to all the eager taste testers. My wife isn’t a beer drinker at all and she said she’d drink beer if it always tasted this good. I did cheat on the recipe and did not dry hop the last ounce of hops. It made it a little less bitter I suspect. It’s definitely easier than a lager to ferment and much faster. The only reason I had the nerve to do a lager for my first ever brew was strictly because I had purchased the glycol chiller and conical fermenter combo from GrainFather.