AG#9 - Y Ddraig Haf - IPA

[james1988]

Hello!

I had a go at brewing my first IPA on Saturday. I came up with the recipe myself and having never brewed an IPA in the past I had no idea what malts to include. Anyway, on with the pictures and recipe - I really have no idea how it'll turn out!

Y Ddraig Haf (English IPA)

Original Gravity (OG): 1.062 (°P): 15.2
Final Gravity (FG): 1.016 (°P): 4.1
Alcohol (ABV): 6.09 %
Colour (SRM): 11.3 (EBC): 22.3
Bitterness (IBU): 50.9 (Average)

84.4% Pale Malt
9.37% Caramalt
3.16% Crystal 120
3.07% Flaked Barley

3.7 g/L Fuggles (4.8% Alpha) @ 90 Minutes (Boil)
1.1 g/L Bramling Cross (6.5% Alpha) @ 20 Minutes (Boil)


Single step Infusion at 66°C for 90 Minutes. Boil for 90 Minutes

Fermented at 20°C with WLP004 - Irish Ale


Recipe Generated with BrewMate

The grist

Mash

Holding its temperature well

Sparge

Fly sparge...

Cooling the wort

Lots of break material and hops

Aerating the wort

Gravity came out with a corrective reading of 1058.

I pitched the yeast and it went mental after a good 13 hours. I didn't make a starter but I definitely will next time. The lag time worried me!

James

 

[Sean_Mc]

Nice looking brew and great pictures James :thumb:

 

[Rwilts]

AHH..Must get brewing... :cry:

 

[Good Ed]

well done :thumb: what does Y Ddraig Haf mean :wha:

I've just used WLP004 in a stout; you should get some good fruity flavours, and yes it is a bit mental

Ideally for 23L of a beer at OG1062 you would want to make a starter with 1 vial of yeast in a 3L starter

 

[BarnsleyBrewer]

Looking good. :thumb:

BB

 

[Will12283]

It means summer dragon in welsh. Loving the name, nice to see the mother tongue being used.

Looks like a good brew too

 

[munkian]

Welsh beer surely

Da iawn :hat:

 

[Sean_Mc]

Didn't pick up on the name

 

[james1988]

Will, you're spot on. I'm a born again welsh speaker. My other half speaks welsh as a first language I, however, never bothered to learn it in school but I've found a renewed enthusiasm so I've been taking welsh lessons. Hopefully I'll be fluent one day.

Just a quick question; if I were to brew something similar or the same recipe again, could I just drop the wort onto the trub or would I need to wash the yeast etc?

James

 

[Will12283]

I have the advantage of having been in welsh school from 3-18, sadly not as fluent as I on e was, not many welsh speakers where I work. It's always nice to see someone with a passion for any language they are learning.

 

[munkian]

I'm a Newport boy living in Brizzle.

Missed out on Welsh in School but I can follow the Rugby on S4C

My last brew, a strong Wherry called Rucking Flanker was a great hit at Christmas :drunk: