Citra IPA Brew Session

Brew Session Info

6/24/2017
(Include any important notes from brew day until tasting)

1st running 1.093 Saturday evening End of boil, kettle screen kept getting clogged. very difficult to transfer to fermenter. had to constantly scrape screen. lots of trub transferred to fermenter. been in basement at just above 70F fermenting away for the first 4 days with no signs of slowing. krausen neared airlock, but didn't foam over. 1 per minute on sunday morning 1 week post boil. 7.35 ABV final product

Water Infusion

Brew Session Specific

14.5 lb kg
71 °FC
154 °FC
1.5 qt/lbl/kg
75 min.
6 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
1 gals/hour liters/hour
0.2 gals liters

Calculated Totals

10.26 gals liters
6.60 gals liters
5.69 gals liters
164.58 °FC
164.58 °FC
3.52 gals liters
4.57 gals liters
7.95 gals liters

Mash / Boil

Mash

5 PH
154 °FC
153 °FC
75 minutes

Boil

1.055 1.057 (estimated)
7.25 gallons liters 7.95 (gallonsliters estimated)
75 minutes minutes (75 minutes estimated)
6 gals liters

Gravity Estimates

Based on boiling 7.25 gallonsliters at 1.055 for 75 minutes, this will decrease your wort by 1.25 gallonsliters, bringing your after boil OG to 1.064.

You wanted an OG of 1.068. It looks like it will be under.

Fermentation

5.75 gallons liters 6.00 (gallonsliters estimated)
1.067 (1.068 predicted)
1.011 (1.011 predicted)

Conditioning

7/9/2017
20
12 PSI

Tasting Notes (1)

mpt2222

Tasted on 7/9/2017 by mpt2222

Notes:

Malty, sweet, tangerine and mild pine. Not too bitter. Tastes great at packaging. Best ipa I've brewed. Got 6 extra bottles after filling the keg.

Recipe Facts

Citra IPA
American IPA
  • 6.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 7.25 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 75  min Boil Time
  • 1.068 OG
  • 1.011 FG
  • 58.2 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.86 BG:GU
  • 7.8° SRM Color
  • 74% Efficiency
  • 7.4% ABV Alcohol
  • 228 per 12oz Calories
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