2nd AG 2015

[Niman]

ipa

Engelsk IPA (6 A)



Type: All Grain
Batch Size: 23.00 l
Boil Size: 26.76 l
Boil Time: 90 min
End of Boil Vol: 23.92 l
Final Bottling Vol: 21.00 l
Fermentation: Ale, Single Stage

Mash Ingredients

5900.00 g Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 1 90.4 %
400.00 g Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (120.0 SRM) Grain 2 6.1 %
230.00 g Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 3 3.5 %



35.00 g Columbus (Tomahawk) [17.20 %] - Boil 90.0 min Hop 4 61.5 IBUs
5.00 g Columbus (Tomahawk) [17.20 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 5 4.1 IBUs
◯ Estimated Post Boil Vol: 23.92 l and Est Post Boil Gravity: 1.064 SG


Day off so was busy

pot of bolognese made also a pot of chilli..


then the beer

and a baked cheesecake.

lost a lot more than usual during boil ..so topped of with the tail end of runnings..and some ashbeck


hop strainer was a complete pain as it kept clogging so spent ages faffing with a spoon....then lost the head and jugged the wort and put it through a sieve....so no doubt beer might be a tad cloudy..

Time will tell

og came out pretty close 1.062 ish

trial jar tasted fine

 

[clibit]

Nice ingredients, sounds good, I'd do more late hops myself though, 5g at 15 mins won't touch the sides. Sure it'll be great though.

 

[DoctorMick]

Sounds like my kind of house, can I move in?

 

[Niman]

bit of an update


been fermenting for a week now ....first time using s0-5 seemed a bit slow to start , but when it did..was lively..

anyhoo just took a reading its below 1.010 though just ...but bloody hell its bitter ...tried a coopers cerveza which had started several days before (to test out corny) and thought meh.

the ag one however really got my attention....20 mins later and i can still taste the hops.....think im gonna have to bottle it....really not going to be one to quaff in quantity..

i was thinking of dry hopping ....but thats not gonna happen now..

ive just poured a stout to try get my tastebuds back...


any excuse :sulk:

 

[clibit]

35g grams of Columbus is a lot of bitterness. I would reduce this and use more hops at the end of the boil for flavour. 5g is not much, and I'd put them in with 5 or 10 minutes boil time left, or even after the boil has finished. If you use brewing software, it will calculate the bitterness for you in IBUs and this will guide you.