Russian River Blind Pig Clone IPA | All-grain Recipe Kit | 5 Gallons
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The short version before the full profile, ingredients, and process notes below.
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Blind Pig-Style West Coast IPA All-Grain Recipe Kit for Classic California Hop Bite
This 5 gallon all-grain recipe kit is built for brewers chasing the sharp, bitter, hop-saturated profile that made Blind Pig-style West Coast IPA a benchmark. The recipe stays lean and pale, with a dry finish, firm bitterness, and layered citrus, pine, floral, and resinous hop character instead of heavy caramel sweetness.
Rahr Standard Craft 2-Row provides the base, while a small addition of wheat malt and Carapils helps with foam and structure without softening the finish. Chinook sets the bitter backbone, then Centennial, Cascade, Amarillo, Crystal, Simcoe, and Cryo Citra build the late-hop flavor and aroma that give this kit its bright California IPA identity.
This is the all-grain version. If you want the same recipe in a shorter brew-day format, see the extract version here.
Beer Profile
- Style: West Coast IPA / American IPA
- Batch Size: 5 gallons
- Original Gravity: 1.057
- Final Gravity: 1.009
- ABV: 6.25%
- IBU: 80
- SRM: 5
- Fermentation Range: 64–68°F
Grain Milling
We automatically mill the grains included with SoCal Brewing Supply beer recipe kits so they are ready for brew day. If you want the grains left unmilled, please add that request in the shopping cart notes before checkout. We’ll do our best to support unmilled requests when packing your order.
Fermentation Requirements
Recommended fermentation temperature: 66–68°F. Keep fermentation clean and steady, and limit oxygen exposure during dry hopping and packaging.
Detailed Kit Contents
The kit ships with:
- Rahr Standard Craft 2-Row Malt: 176 oz
- Rahr White Wheat Malt: 10 oz
- Briess Carapils® Dextrin Malt for Body & Head Retention: 3 oz
- Chinook Hops - U.S. Grown T-90 Pellets: 2 oz
- Centennial Hops - U.S. Grown T-90 Pellets: 3 oz
- Cascade Hops - U.S. Grown T-90 Pellets: 1 oz
- Amarillo® Hops - U.S. Grown T-90 Pellets: 2 oz
- Crystal Hops - U.S. Grown T-90 Pellets: 1 oz
- Simcoe Hops - U.S. Grown T-90 Pellets: 1 oz
- Cryo Citra Hops - U.S. Grown T-45 Pellets: 1 oz
- Fermentis SafAle US-05 American Ale Dry Yeast – 11.5g Sachet: 1
Flavor and Brewing Character
Expect a crisp, bitter IPA with grapefruit, pine, citrus peel, light floral notes, and layered hop intensity from late additions and dry hopping. The malt stays intentionally restrained so the finish remains snappy and the hop profile stays in front from first sip to last.
What Is Included
- Rahr Standard Craft 2-Row malt
- Wheat malt
- Briess Bavarian Wheat Dry Malt Extract
- Chinook hops
- Centennial hops
- Cascade hops
- Amarillo hops
- Crystal hops
- Simcoe hops
- Citra Cryo hops
- Clean American ale yeast
Why Brewers Choose the All-Grain Version
The all-grain build gives you full mash control over fermentability, body, and overall wort composition. If you want the most traditional brewing path for this style and the most control over how dry and sharp the final beer drinks, this is the better fit.
Default grain handling: The all-grain version is milled by default, and the grains are packed together in a single bag unless a listing or order note says otherwise.
Brewing Notes
- Use a gram scale: Several hop additions use fractional ounce amounts, so accurate weighing matters.
- Keep fermentation tight: Hold the beer in the recommended range for the cleanest expression of hop character.
- Dry hop after primary slows or finishes: That helps protect aroma and reduces avoidable hop loss.
- Limit oxygen exposure: Be especially careful during and after dry hopping to preserve bright IPA aroma.
- Plan carbonation separately if bottling: Priming sugar is sold separately.
If you are bottle conditioning, you will need to purchase Priming Sugar, sold separately. Use our Priming Sugar Calculator to determine the ideal amount for your desired carbonation level.
If you are kegging your beer, use our Keg Carbonation Calculator to dial in serving pressure and carbonation level.
Helpful Bottling & Kegging Add-Ons
- Bottling this batch? Add powdered dextrose priming sugar so you are ready on packaging day.
- Use our Priming Sugar Calculator to dial in the right amount of sugar for your beer volume, temperature, and carbonation target.
- Kegging instead? Use our Beer Carbonation Chart & Keg Serving Pressure Calculator to choose the right CO₂ pressure for your serving temperature and carbonation level.
All-Grain Brew Day Upgrade
If you brew with a kettle-based brew-in-a-bag setup, add our BIAB grain bag for easier mash handling, cleaner lautering, and faster cleanup.