Laurel IPA

[Good Ed]

A big Californian bruiser for Wednesday. Initially brewed by Julian as a homebrew, and then by Roger at Tripple Rock Brewery in Berkeley, and then by Julian at his Beachwood BBQ brewery in Long Beach. They had a brew-in last year and also published the recipe for homebrewers to send in their brews http://beeradvocate.com/events/info/50303 - we could do with this happening over here.

Using Maris Otter instead of American 2 row

Brew length 23L
6162g Maris Otter (95%)
195g Carapils (3%)
130g Light Crystal (2%)
34g Amarillo AA 10% FWH
31g Summit AA 17.5% 60min
24g Centennial AA 10.4% 30min
9g Columbus AA 16.5% 10min
10g Simcoe AA 14.2% 10min
15g Amarillo AA 10% 0min 25min steep at 80C
40g Amarillo AA 10% dry hop
40g Centennial AA 10.4% dry hop
40g Summit AA 17.5% dry hop
Dry hopped in 2 equal batches each for 7days
2 pkts US-05 yeast
Mash 66C 90mins
Boil 90mins
CaCO3 to 30ppm
Ca to 180ppm with gypsum
OG 1064
FG 1010
ABV 7.1%
IBU 105.9
EBC 10.6
Efficienct 73%

 

[dennisking]

Now that looks some brew Ed.

 

[Runwell-Steve]

I may just have to borrow this recipe, looks interesting.

 

[rich27500]

Does it need more hops :shock:

 

[Good Ed]

Hops and start of sparge with FWH

 

[Good Ed]

Collected just over 25L at 1065 I need to adjust my efficiency as I was planning 23L but got such good efficiency that I sparged some extra and upped the hops

 

[gurtpint]

Yes. Oh yes. Hops! I like the look of this. What is Summit like?

 

[Good Ed]

Yes. Oh yes. Hops! I like the look of this. What is Summit like?

first time I've used them, really sticky and pungent "aside from it's bittering qualities, this also has strong aromatic qualities which are truely citrus having notes of tangerine, orange and grapefruit" we shall see, I don't think my taste buds are that refined, and at 7% ABV they will be numb very quick

 

[PD]

excuse a learner butting in.
You say you collected 25 litres but aiming for 23 litres. I noticed it was a 23l brew. Will you not loose several litres on your boil, and therefore be short.... or do you top up.

 

[Good Ed]

excuse a learner butting in.
You say you collected 25 litres but aiming for 23 litres. I noticed it was a 23l brew. Will you not loose several litres on your boil, and therefore be short.... or do you top up.

25L was what I ended up with, my pre boil volume for 23L was 34L but as this was at SG 1052, I would have ended up with an OG much higher than planned, so I sparged another 2L for a preboil volume of 36L, added some more hops and ended up with just over 25L, just a point above the planned gravity. I'm using a new sack of Thos Fawcett malt after using Bairds, so I will increase my efficiency in my recipe for the next brew.

 

[PD]

:thumb: thank you.