Ithaca Flower Power Clone Brew Session

Brew Session Info

Brew Date 3/25/2019

Notes (Include any important notes from brew day until tasting)

Mash temp came in a little high, I stirred for a few minutes and brought it quickly down to 155.1, called it good and mashed for 90 minutes. Temp at the end of the mash was 154.2. Wort is beautiful light gold. I came in a bit heavy on volume, about a quart and .002 on gravity from the recipe. Smooth brew day, I'll ferment around 63 and ramp to 68 over the course of a week or so. Took a gravity reading today, this is sitting at 1.012, I'm gong to move to secondary with the dry hop and bottle in a week or so. Bottled 4/12/19 and ended up with 57 bottles of very clear light gold beer with great hop flavor and a nice bitterness. I'll taste test in two weeks.

Water Infusion

Brew Session Specific

Grain Weight

14 lb kg

Grain Temp

50 °FC

Target Mash Temp

154 °FC

Mash Thickness

2.36 qt/lbl/kg

Total Boil Time

60 min.

Wort Into Fermenter

6 gals liters

Equipment Profile

Grain Absorption

0.15 gals/lb liters/kg

Sparge Grain Absorption

0.01 gals/lb liters/kg

HLT-MT Heat Loss

°FC

Mash Tun Loss

0 gals liters

Brew Kettle Trub Loss

0 gals liters

Boil Loss

1 gals/hour liters/hour

Wort Shrinkage

0.2 gals liters

Calculated Totals

Total Water Needed

9.44 gals liters

Mash Tun Capacity

9.38 gals liters

Mash/Strike Volume

8.26 gals liters

HLT Temperature

162.81 °FC

Strike Temperature

162.81 °FC

1st Runnings

6.16 gals liters

Sparge Volume

1.18 gals liters

Total Runoff

7.20 gals liters

Mash / Boil

Mash

Mash PH

Mash Start Temp

155.1 °FC

Mash End Temp

154.2 °FC

Mash Time

90 minutes

Boil

Pre-Boil Gravity

1.056 1.062 (estimated)

Boil Volume

7.25 gallons liters 7.20 (gallonsliters estimated)

Boil Time

60 minutes minutes (60 minutes estimated)

Post-Boil Volume

gals liters

Gravity Estimates

Based on boiling 7.25 gallonsliters at 1.056 for 60 minutes, this will decrease your wort by 1.00 gallonsliters, bringing your after boil OG to 1.064.

You wanted an OG of 1.072. It looks like it will be under.

Fermentation

Volume in Fermenter

6.25 gallons liters 6.00 (gallonsliters estimated)

Original Gravity

1.070 (1.072 predicted)

Final Gravity

1.012 (1.017 predicted)

Conditioning

Condition Date

4/12/2019

Bottle/Keg

Priming Sugar Type

Dextrose

Priming Sugar Amount

4.28 oz g

Tasting Notes (1)

Tasted on 4/27/2019 by Brumanchu

Notes:

Excellent IPA, this turned out nicely, it has a hint of sweetness and body from the honey malt and has nice bitterness and really good hop flavor and aroma. I think the malt bill here would be nice just about any hop combination. The beer is clear and yellow gold with good head retention and the carbonation is just right. All in all, it hit the marks I was looking for in a DIPA

Recipe Facts

Ithaca Flower Power Clone

American IPA

6.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
7.00 Gallons Liters Boil Size
60 min Boil Time
1.072 OG
1.017 FG
72.8 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
1.01 BG:GU
5.3° SRM Color
75% Efficiency
7.1% ABV Alcohol
247 per 12oz Calories

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