Second Minnesota IPA Brew Session

Brew Session Info

9/12/2019
(Include any important notes from brew day until tasting)

No aeration. Pitched 1/2 cup of yeast slurry to culture more for flakes, temp at the end of chilling was 96F. Easy brew day overall. 9/13 - first dry hop about 12 hours after yeast pitch, high krausen. 9/18 - second dry hop 9/21 - bottling today.

Water Infusion

Brew Session Specific

8.5 lb kg
°FC
°FC
qt/lbl/kg
30 min.
4 gals liters

Equipment Profile

0.15 gals/lb liters/kg
0.01 gals/lb liters/kg
0 °FC
0.25 gals liters
0.5 gals liters
1 gals/hour liters/hour
0.2 gals liters

Calculated Totals

6.56 gals liters
0.68 gals liters
0.25 gals liters
0.00 °FC
0.00 °FC
-1.02 gals liters
6.31 gals liters
5.20 gals liters

Mash / Boil

Mash

5.3 PH
155 °FC
°FC
60 minutes

Boil

1.052 1.052 (estimated)
4.5 gallons liters 5.20 (gallonsliters estimated)
30 minutes minutes (30 minutes estimated)
4 gals liters

Gravity Estimates

Based on boiling 4.50 gallonsliters at 1.052 for 30 minutes, this will decrease your wort by 0.50 gallonsliters, bringing your after boil OG to 1.058.

You were planning on an OG of 1.058 so you are right on track. Nice job!

Fermentation

4 gallons liters 4.00 (gallonsliters estimated)
1.058 (1.058 predicted)
1.018 (1.018 predicted)

Conditioning

9/21/2019
10
Sugar pills
oz g

Tasting Notes (1)

CheeseNips

Tasted on 10/2/2019 by CheeseNips

Notes:

Pours 1 finger of firm foam, looks like dull orange juice. Aroma is pineapple juice along with hop resin. Flavor is lemon Tootsie Pop with some hop resin at the end; there is a yeast funk that has a fruity chocolate edge that mingles with the hop resin. Body is medium to heavy and the carbonation is only slightly sharp. Overall, this is a good IPA but nothing special. It's a solid entry but there's not enough bitterness and not enough resin for my tastes. 3 stars.

Recipe Facts

Second Minnesota IPA
American IPA
  • 4.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 4.50 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 30  min Boil Time
  • 1.058 OG
  • 1.018 FG
  • 72.3 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 1.25 BG:GU
  • 6.7° SRM Color
  • 75% Efficiency
  • 5.1% ABV Alcohol
  • 196 per 12oz Calories
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