AG8 - American RyePA

[ceejam]

So stovetop BIAB batch number 8 is on the boil.

Based on Clibits IRA recipe, the grain bill is:

1.600 kg Maris Otter Malt (74.25%)
0.230 kg Wheat Malt (10.67%)
0.100 kg Crystal 120 (4.64%)
0.100 kg Crystal 40 (4.64%)
0.100 kg Crystal Rye (4.64%)
0.025 kg Roasted Barley (1.16%)

I went with 8 L for initial mash and 6L (and a bit for temp adjustment), mashed in at 66, stirred at 30 mins, re-covered with towels and was still 65-66 after another 30
Mins.

Dunk sparked in a fermentation bin, brought to boil and first lot of hops are in and boiling.

Hop schedule is:-

60 mins
15g Chinook leaf13.4% AA

5 mins
10g Citra pellets 12% AA
5g Cascade leaf 7% AA

Flameout
10g Cascade leaf 7% AA

I still haven't got any brewing software, so I'm just going on gut feel and 'Engineering Assumption' [emoji12]


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[DoctorMick]

What's your brew length?

 

[Brew_DD2]

Going to do a dry hop? Looks good. I love hoppy Reds.

 

[ceejam]

10L brew length


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[ceejam]

I am thinking of dry hopping - Cascade, Citra or Chinook, that's the question!


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[ceejam]

So, after a week in my brew fridge it's well on the way, so I transferred it off the train into a clean fermenter.
When I transfer to the FV post cooling, I catch the hops is a sieve, but still end up with a lot of trub.

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[Brew_DD2]

Get making a hop spider. Nylon bags are brilliant at reducing hop sediment.

 

[ceejam]

Eventually got round to dry hopping this morning - I meant to add the dry hops on Tuesday and bottle it today, but life's getting in the way!
10g Chinook
10g Cascade

Smelling fantastic this evening - will get it bottles during the week.

Planning a Black IPA tomorrow!


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[ceejam]

So left this with the dry hops in for waaaay too long (10 days) and when so lifted the lid of FV I got a real solvent kind of smell?!

I drew off a sample and it tasted OK, so I primed and bottled on Monday night.

Will see how it turns out!


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[IainM]

So left this with the dry hops in for waaaay too long (10 days) and when so lifted the lid of FV I got a real solvent kind of smell?!

I drew off a sample and it tasted OK, so I primed and bottled on Monday night.

Will see how it turns out!


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10 days is fine, as long as the fv is below 20C or so. Some breweries dry hop for 14 days, and with a lot more hops that this!