AG19 Mad Dog IPA with pics

[rick_huggins]

Just finished my shiny new 50L Tower brewery to brew with until I make a start on the 100L shortly..

Here's the christening recipe so far; likely to change tomorrow when I way the remainder of the hops that are close to there sell by date..

Will update in the morning and post some piccies

Recipe: Mad Dog IPA
Style: 14A-India Pale Ale(IPA)-English IPA

Recipe Overview

Final Batch Volume: 23.00 l
Expected Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.041 SG
Expected OG: 1.051 SG
Expected FG: 1.012 SG
Expected ABV: 5.1 %
Expected IBU (using Tinseth): 42.5
Expected Color: 10.3 EBC
Apparent Attenuation: 75.8 %
Mash Efficiency: 85.0 %
Boil Duration: 90.0 mins
Fermentation Temperature: 18 degC

Fermentables
UK Pale Ale Malt 4.824 kg (96.2 %) In Mash/Steeped
UK Torrified Wheat 0.193 kg (3.8 %) In Mash/Steeped

Hops
UK Challenger (6.5 % alpha) 40 g Loose Whole Hops used All Of Boil
UK Bramling Cross (5.8 % alpha) 30 g Loose Whole Hops used 20 Min From End
UK Golding (5.9 % alpha) 20 g Loose Whole Hops used 15 Min From End
NZ Cascade (11.2 % alpha) 40 g Loose Whole Hops used At turn off/ Steep to 80Deg C

Other Ingredients
Gypsum 3 g used In Mash
Epsom Salts 3 g used In Mash
Gypsum 3 g used In Boil

Yeast: DCL S-04-SafAle

Mash Schedule
Mash Type: Full Mash
Schedule Name:Single Step Infusion (66C/151F)
Step: Rest at 66 degC for 90 mins

 

[rickthebrew]

Good luck with it :thumb: I see you have done a summer lightning - was it from the G.Wheeler book or your own recipe?

 

[rick_huggins]

Yeah it was, turned out pretty damn good IMO, give it a whirl..

Todays actual recipe is

Recipe: Mad Dog IPA
Style: 14C-India Pale Ale(IPA)-Imperial IPA

Recipe Overview

Wort Volume Before Boil: 32.00 l
Wort Volume After Boil: 26.00 l
Volume Transferred: 23.00 l
Water Added: 0.00 l
Volume At Pitching: 23.00 l
Final Batch Volume: 23.00 l
Expected Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.041 SG
Expected OG: 1.051 SG
Expected FG: 1.013 SG
Expected ABV: 5.0 %
Expected ABW: 3.9 %
Expected IBU (using Tinseth): 72.0
Expected Color: 10.3 EBC
Apparent Attenuation: 72.9 %
Mash Efficiency: 85.0 %
Boil Duration: 90.0 mins
Fermentation Temperature: 18 degC

Fermentables
UK Pale Ale Malt 4.824 kg (96.2 %) In Mash/Steeped
UK Torrified Wheat 0.193 kg (3.8 %) In Mash/Steeped

Hops
UK Bramling Cross (5.8 % alpha) 52 g Loose Whole Hops used All Of Boil
UK Challenger (6.5 % alpha) 48 g Loose Whole Hops used All Of Boil
UK Golding (5.9 % alpha) 32 g Loose Whole Hops used 15 Min From End
NZ Cascade (11.2 % alpha) 40 g Loose Whole Hops used At turn off

Other Ingredients
Gypsum 3 g used In Mash
Epsom Salts 3 g used In Mash
Gypsum 3 g used In Boil
Protafloc 3 g used In Boil

Yeast: DCL S-04-SafAle

Mash Schedule
Mash Type: Full Mash
Schedule Name:Single Step Infusion (66C/151F)
Step: Rest at 66 degC for 90 mins

Recipe Notes

 

[rick_huggins]

Liquor ready

Grist ready

Mash tun ready

On my firscht whishtle; 3, 2, 1 MASH ON! :mrgreen:

 

[tubby_shaw]

Looking good Rick :thumb:
Keep the pictures coming :)

 

[rick_huggins]

First runnings

Recirc matt

Sparge and run off

Sparge

Sparge arm

Horse food :)

Hop additions

90 mins to go..

 

[tubby_shaw]

Any chance of a slightly bigger picture of that sparge arm Rick?
And some construction tips :thumb:

 

[rick_huggins]

Any chance of a slightly bigger picture of that sparge arm Rick?
And some construction tips :thumb:

I would mate if anyone can tell me how to get the url info from Flickr once englarged.

Dead easy to construct..

Some 8mm pipe, 8mm compression T-Piece, PTFA tabe, 8mm compression straight, 8mm 90Deg elbow and 8-15mm transition and a piece of syphon tube.

 

[rick_huggins]

15 mins to go

Flame out last hop addition, then steep to 80Deg

 

[Tony]

Fantastic brew and excellent pics rick!

Looking great!
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[rick_huggins]

Steepin'

Chillin'

Runnin'

Aeratin'

Fermentin'

Now for the sharp eyed of you; you'll see I'm about 3.5L short of target and I reckons I know where it went!
2Lt deadspace in MT and 1Lt in the copper which I'll compensate for next time around.
All in all it went pretty well/smooth; I've a little fettling to do but otherwise I'm quite happy.

Scores on the doors
ABV 7.3
IBU 87
EBC 12.2
Efficiency 88.8
OG 1055

 

[rickthebrew]

Great looking brewday (I`ve got a slightly tweaked summer lightning in the FV :thumb: )

 

[rick_huggins]

Great looking brewday (I`ve got a slightly tweaked summer lightning in the FV :thumb: )

Happy days :clap: :mrgreen:

 

[Franklin]

All done eh... me too, ages ago... had to go out and do stuff!
Looks like you collected a fair bit of debris in your sieve, I've given up using my sieve the last two brews as I always seem to catch the bits in the first couple of litres I recirculate then the rest is bit-free :)

 

[rick_huggins]

Me too normally but I didn't recirc as my tap was leaking a bit and wanted to grab as much as poss...DOH

As I said, there's a wee bit of fettling to be done; which is what its all about eh? :grin: :grin:

Brew days alround, nice one :drunk:

 

[jonewer]

What are you using to aerate? It looks like a paddle on the end of a drill or summin or nuffink?

 

[rick_huggins]

Yep, beer paddle and 18VDC drill :)

 

[pjbiker]

Re: sparge arm, How do you get the arm to rotate freely if it is connected to the vertical piece by a compression fitting Do you make the fitting tight with ptfe tape to hold the nut on the Tee and leave it loose enough to spin on the compression ring as a bearing?

I use photobucket to put the pictures up with, it has an edit facility that lets you choose from 4 image sizes and gives you the URL to paste into your thread.

PJ

 

[rick_huggins]

Re: sparge arm, How do you get the arm to rotate freely if it is connected to the vertical piece by a compression fitting Do you make the fitting tight with ptfe tape to hold the nut on the Tee and leave it loose enough to spin on the compression ring as a bearing?

I use photobucket to put the pictures up with, it has an edit facility that lets you choose from 4 image sizes and gives you the URL to paste into your thread.

PJ

Yes, just PTFE tape it up, compress the olive as normal with the nut then back it off slightly. The PTFE holds the nut, the olive supports the weight and the rest is physics! :)

Cheers for the photobuckit tip; I'm trying to migrate to flickr tho