NB Off the Topper Extract Brew Session

Brew Session Info

Brew Date 3/27/2016

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

using the second half of the Northern Brewer Off the Topper kit. 1.074 OG into fermenter Tues late evening 5April added first round of dry hops 0.5 Simcoe, 0.25 Amarillo, 0.25 Columbus, 0.25 Centennial, 0.125 Apollo. 9April into secondary 1.022 gravity - aroma is slightly hoppy, taste sweet and enjoyable (harvested yeast) 20Apr added second round of dry hops 0.5 simcoe, 0.25 each of Centennial, Columbus, and Amarillo, and 0.125 oz Apollo 24April bottled FG 1.018 - very nice aroma and taste - I saved about 24 oz which I bottled without any corn sugar to see if there's enough sugar to carbonate on its own. Flavor is great before carbonation, with nice soft tropical hops.

Boil

Pre-Boil Gravity

NaN (estimated)

Boil Volume

gallons liters 0.00 (gallonsliters estimated)

Boil Time

60 minutes minutes (60 minutes estimated)

Post-Boil Volume

gals liters

Gravity Estimates

Based on boiling 0.00 gallonsliters at NaN for 0 minutes, this will decrease your wort by 0.00 gallonsliters, bringing your after boil OG to NaN.

You wanted an OG of 1.084. It looks like it will be over.

Fermentation

Volume in Fermenter

2.5 gallons liters 2.50 (gallonsliters estimated)

Original Gravity

1.074 (1.084 predicted)

Final Gravity

1.018 (1.025 predicted)

Conditioning

Condition Date

4/24/2016

Bottle/Keg

Priming Sugar Type

corn

Priming Sugar Amount

1.94 oz g

Tasting Notes (1)

Tasted on 4/24/2016 by WyoMikey

Notes:

before conditioning the aroma and taste are excellent, soft tropical hops almost tea like, reminiscent of something out of Randall

Recipe Facts

NB Off the Topper Extract

2.50 Gallons Liters Batch Size
3.00 Gallons Liters Boil Size
60 min Boil Time
1.084 OG
1.025 FG
14.8 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
0.18 BG:GU
6.9° SRM Color
75% Efficiency
7.5% ABV Alcohol
292 per 12oz Calories

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