Svaberg IPA Recipe (20 L)

Svaberg IPA is a beer I knew well from the Fresh Wort Kit, making the all-grain recipe a natural next step.

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This Svaberg IPA recipe is a 20 L all-grain American IPA built around Citra and Mosaic hops, with a light malt base and a bright, citrus-forward hop character.

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Spiegelauglass with Svaberg IPA
Ølbrygging AS

Svaberg IPA

A bright and hop-forward American IPA with Citra and Mosaic, a light malt base, and a crisp, citrus-driven character.
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Batch: 20 L
Ingredients Equipment Method Video Notes

Ingredients
  

Malt Bill
  • 4.8 kg Viking Malt Pilsner 85.7%
  • 0.4 kg Viking Malt Dextrin 7.1%
  • 0.4 kg Viking Malt Munich Light 7.1%
Hops
  • 50 g Citra 12% AA · Boil · 15 min
  • 50 g Mosaic 10.5% AA · Boil · 5 min
  • 50 g Citra 12% AA · Hopstand · 15 min · 80 °C
  • 50 g Mosaic 10.5% AA · Dry Hop · 5 days
Yeast
  • 2 pkg Lallemand/Danstar American West Coast Ale Dry · 15–22 °C
Other Additions
  • 0.5 items Protafloc Boil · 15 min
  • 0.5 tsp Yeast Nutrients Boil · 15 min
Water
  • 18.62 L Mash water
  • 10.74 L Sparge water

Equipment

  • Grainfather G30

Method
 

Mash
  1. Mash at 65 °C for 90 minutes.
  2. Mash out at 78 °C for 15 minutes.
  3. Sparge with 10.74 L of water. Target pre-boil volume is approximately 25.92 L.
Boil
  1. Boil for 60 minutes.
  2. With 15 minutes remaining, add 50 g Citra and 0.5 items Protafloc and 0.5 tsp Yeast Nutrients.
  3. With 5 minutes remaining, add 50 g Mosaic.
Hopstand
  1. Hopstand at 80 °C for 15 minutes with 50 g Citra.
Fermentation
  1. Primary at 20 °C for 14 days.
  2. Dry hop with 50 g Mosaic for 5 days.

Video

Notes

Brew Specs
  • Batch Size: 20 L
  • OG: 1.064
  • FG: 1.013
  • ABV: 6.7%
  • IBU: 57
  • Color: 10 EBC
  • Carbonation: 2.5 vol CO₂

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About This Recipe

Svaberg IPA is one of my favourite IPAs, with Citra and Mosaic giving it a bright, citrus-forward hop character over a light malt base.

I first got to know this beer through the Fresh Wort Kit version before moving on to the all-grain recipe. That makes this a recipe I already knew I liked before brewing it from scratch myself.

If that distinction is new to you, my guide to brewing beer at home explains where Fresh Wort Kits and all-grain brewing fit into the overall process.

If you’re wondering why this recipe uses a five-day dry hop, my dry hopping guide goes through timing, contact time, oxygen and hop creep in more detail.

Brewing Notes

I first brewed this all-grain version as batch #32, alongside a Fresh Wort Kit version of the same beer for a direct comparison.

That brew started at 1.064 and finished at 1.010, slightly lower than the recipe’s target FG. The all-grain version came out fuller and more complex than the FWK version in the finished comparison.

You can read the full side-by-side test in my Fresh Wort Kit vs All-Grain Svaberg IPA comparison.

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