Labor Day IPA - WIP Brew Session

Brew Session Info

9/3/2016
(Include any important notes from brew day until tasting)

Started 800ml (~2 pints) yeast starter night before pint wort plus pint slurry 5 G strike water 4 G sparge (Next time 5G 5G) strike at ~170F Mash at ~150 for 60Min Resulted in 6.5G wort @ 14 Brix Boiled to 6G @ 15 Brix Resulted in 5G usable. Next time use additional G. Maybe set second hop additions at 10M (from 5) Set thermostat to 62. Pitched several hours later at 85F. (too hot, need better chilling techniques) 9/4 Cooled down to 74 overnight with some minor signs of activity. 9/5 Cooled down to 64 in the morning. Steady bubbling now. 9/6 raised thermostat to 65F. 9/8 Still Airlock Activity 9/14 Dry-hop - Added 4 Oz Hops 9/16 Cold Crash - Lowered Thermostat

Water Infusion

Brew Session Specific

13.5 lb kg
70 °FC
150 °FC
1.33 qt/lbl/kg
60 min.
5.5 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
0.5 gals/hour liters/hour
0.2 gals liters

Calculated Totals

8.86 gals liters
5.57 gals liters
4.74 gals liters
161.39 °FC
161.39 °FC
2.72 gals liters
4.12 gals liters
6.70 gals liters

Mash / Boil

Mash

PH
150 °FC
150 °FC
60 minutes

Boil

1.057 1.057 (estimated)
6.5 gallons liters 6.70 (gallonsliters estimated)
60 minutes minutes (60 minutes estimated)
6 gals liters

Gravity Estimates

Based on boiling 6.50 gallonsliters at 1.057 for 60 minutes, this will decrease your wort by 0.50 gallonsliters, bringing your after boil OG to 1.061.

You wanted an OG of 1.062. It looks like it will be under.

Fermentation

5.5 gallons liters 6.00 (gallonsliters estimated)
1.062 (1.062 predicted)
1.012 (1.012 predicted)

Conditioning

Tasting Notes (1)

Astroman

Tasted on 9/24/2016 by Astroman

Notes:

Appears to have "bittered" up. Very hoppy (late additions and 4oz dry hops gave great fresh hop flavor). Maybe too much Cascade. Subsutute half of cascade for Centennial.

Comments

  • Astroman

    Could use a little more bittering. Also need additional post boil volume (6G from 5.5) as I loose .5 G each step.

    9 years ago

Recipe Facts

Labor Day IPA - WIP
American IPA
  • 6.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 6.50 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 60  min Boil Time
  • 1.062 OG
  • 1.012 FG
  • 28.8 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.46 BG:GU
  • 5.7° SRM Color
  • 75% Efficiency
  • 6.5% ABV Alcohol
  • 208 per 12oz Calories
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