macsrevenge
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Just siphoned this from the primary to the secondary FV. Thought I should post to see what people thought. Big fan of IPA so put together a recipe based round this. Also a big fan of American hops - so got an American India Pale Ale :drink:
pale malt - 6kg
munich malt - 0.25kg
crystal 60 - 0.50kg
amber malt - 0.75kg
(largely what I had left over from previous batches!!)
60 minute mash at 68 degs - batch sparge 3 equal run offs of 9 litres each
Cascade - 24g - FWH
Northern brewer - 24g @ 60 mins
centennial - 24g @ 30 mins
cascade - 12g - dry hopping
Irish moss - 1 tablespoon @ 10 mins
OG - 22 litres at 1.066 (aimed for 1.071) - efficiency was about 65% (not sure how to improve this, would be nice to get higher than 70% - using pre-crushed grain and a cool box mash tun - batch sparging)
Safeale S05 - 1 sachet
22 litres in primary for 10 days at 17 degrees - was a bit concerned that the variable temp under the stairs or the highish OG would cause probs. Seems like I was overly worried about nothing, moved to secondary today with dry hopping and now gravity is 1.010 - going to be a strong one - could taste the cascade/centennial coming through on the sample I took off. Think this is going to be a good one!
pale malt - 6kg
munich malt - 0.25kg
crystal 60 - 0.50kg
amber malt - 0.75kg
(largely what I had left over from previous batches!!)
60 minute mash at 68 degs - batch sparge 3 equal run offs of 9 litres each
Cascade - 24g - FWH
Northern brewer - 24g @ 60 mins
centennial - 24g @ 30 mins
cascade - 12g - dry hopping
Irish moss - 1 tablespoon @ 10 mins
OG - 22 litres at 1.066 (aimed for 1.071) - efficiency was about 65% (not sure how to improve this, would be nice to get higher than 70% - using pre-crushed grain and a cool box mash tun - batch sparging)
Safeale S05 - 1 sachet
22 litres in primary for 10 days at 17 degrees - was a bit concerned that the variable temp under the stairs or the highish OG would cause probs. Seems like I was overly worried about nothing, moved to secondary today with dry hopping and now gravity is 1.010 - going to be a strong one - could taste the cascade/centennial coming through on the sample I took off. Think this is going to be a good one!