Symmetry Session IPA Brew Session

Brew Session Info

4/26/2013
(Include any important notes from brew day until tasting)

I think the lid to my mash tun loosened at some point because my mash ended at 151F. I'll have to be more careful of this next time. Nothing special. The fermentation was pretty mild with this beer. I dry hopped with a whopping 6oz of pellet hops. I added the pellet hops to some boiling water, which dissolved them into a thick hop paste. I poured the hop paste into the fermenter and left it there for 5 days. It actually colored the beer a slight green color.

Water Infusion

Brew Session Specific

8.3 lb kg
80 °FC
154 °FC
2 qt/lbl/kg
45 min.
5 gals liters

Equipment Profile

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

Calculated Totals

7.58 gals liters
4.81 gals liters
4.40 gals liters
160.98 °FC
160.98 °FC
3.16 gals liters
3.18 gals liters
6.26 gals liters

Mash / Boil

Mash

PH
154 °FC
154 °FC
minutes

Boil

1.036 1.038 (estimated)
6.26 gallons liters 6.26 (gallonsliters estimated)
45 minutes minutes (45 minutes estimated)
5 gals liters

Gravity Estimates

Based on boiling 6.26 gallonsliters at 1.036 for 45 minutes, this will decrease your wort by 0.56 gallonsliters, bringing your after boil OG to 1.039.

You wanted an OG of 1.042. It looks like it will be under.

Fermentation

5 gallons liters 5.00 (gallonsliters estimated)
1.042 (1.042 predicted)
1.014 (1.013 predicted)

Conditioning

5/3/2013
10
oz g

Tasting Notes (1)

ctorx

Tasted on 5/12/2013 by ctorx

Notes:

Light gold color, 2 inch white head which dropped to 1/8 inch after 10 minutes, cloudy, lots of sticky lacing on the way down. Grapefruit Grapefruit, citrus, pine and pepper. Perfect carbonation. The amount of hops in this beer coupled with the low malt content leave a hoppy film in your mouth. It's not necessarily unpleasant, but it is blatant. For my first session IPA, I am quite pleased. The balance of bitterness to maltiness is nearly spot on, while the hoppiness is through the roof. It's a refreshing beer, and next time, I'll back off on the dry hop quantities, just a bit, to smooth it out.

Recipe Facts

Symmetry Session IPA
American IPA
  • 5.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 6.30 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 45  min Boil Time
  • 1.042 OG
  • 1.013 FG
  • 42.8 IBU (brewgr) Bitterness
  • 1.01 BG:GU
  • 8.3° SRM Color
  • 72% Efficiency
  • 3.8% ABV Alcohol
  • 140 per 12oz Calories
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