Fourth Minnesota IPA Brew Session

Brew Session Info

1/12/2020
(Include any important notes from brew day until tasting)

1/24 - dry hopped tonight. I will consider bottling tomorrow or the next day. 1/25 - bottled with only a day of the dry hops soaking. Sample was fairly vegetal and nothing more than that.

Water Infusion

Brew Session Specific

9 lb kg
°FC
°FC
qt/lbl/kg
30 min.
4.25 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

6.89 gals liters
0.72 gals liters
0.25 gals liters
0.00 °FC
0.00 °FC
-1.10 gals liters
6.64 gals liters
5.45 gals liters

Mash / Boil

Mash

5.35 PH
155 °FC
149 °FC
75 minutes

Boil

1.053 (estimated)
4.75 gallons liters 5.45 (gallonsliters estimated)
30 minutes minutes (30 minutes estimated)
4.25 gals liters

Gravity Estimates

Based on boiling 4.75 gallonsliters at 1.053 for 30 minutes, this will decrease your wort by 0.50 gallonsliters, bringing your after boil OG to 1.059.

You wanted an OG of 1.058. It looks like it will be over.

Fermentation

4.25 gallons liters 4.25 (gallonsliters estimated)
1.058 (1.058 predicted)
1.011 (1.011 predicted)

Conditioning

1/25/2020
10
Sugar pills
oz g

Tasting Notes (1)

CheeseNips

Tasted on 2/9/2020 by CheeseNips

Notes:

Pours a hazy dark yellow, not quite orange, with 2 fingers of fluffy foam that doesn't dissipate. Aroma is a resin and pine with a touch of grapefruit and yeastiness. Flavor is a bready wit flavor, kind of a light yeast phenolic, that picks up some bitterness in the middle and ends with a slightly assertive bitterness and a breath of fruity yeast. The body is medium and the only slightly sharp. Overall, the beer is okay as it is an interesting conflation of styles, wit and IPA, but it doesn't make you want to drink another one. If I were to brew this again, I would drop the IBUs and focus on fruitier leaning hops. 3 stars.

Recipe Facts

Fourth Minnesota IPA
American IPA
  • 4.25 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 4.75 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 30  min Boil Time
  • 1.058 OG
  • 1.011 FG
  • 48.1 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.83 BG:GU
  • 4.0° SRM Color
  • 74% Efficiency
  • 6.1% ABV Alcohol
  • 194 per 12oz Calories
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