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Brewed an IPA

 

20120203_IPA – American IPA (14B)
Brewer Charles Wilmire
Date 02/03/2011

 

Batch Size 10.500 gal Boil Size 11.500 gal
Boil Time 60.000 min Efficiency 70%
OG 1.080 FG 1.020
ABV 7.8% Bitterness 57.0 IBU (Tinseth)
Color 18.8 srm (Morey) Calories (per 12 oz.) 265

 

Fermentables

 

Total grain: 33.000 lb
Name Type Amount Mashed Late Yield Color
Pale Malt (2 row) Grain 16.000 lb Yes No 78% 3.0 srm
Rye Malt Grain 4.000 lb Yes No 63% 5.0 srm
Victory Malt Grain 6.000 lb Yes No 73% 25.0 srm
Caramel/Crystal Malt – 40L Grain 5.000 lb Yes No 74% 40.0 srm
Dememera Sugar Sugar 2.000 lb No No 100% 2.0 srm

 

Hops

 

Name Alpha Amount Use Time Form IBU
Magnum 13.5% 1.500 oz Boil 75.000 min Pellet 27.5
Citra 12% 2.000 oz Boil 25.000 min Pellet 21.7
Amarillo 9.5% 1.500 oz Boil 12.000 min Pellet 7.8
Falcon 10% 1.000 oz Boil 0.000 s Pellet 0.0

 

Yeast

 

Name Type Form Amount Stage
California Ale Ale Liquid 4.000 qt Primary



Pumpkin Brew

Here is the brew that I made on Tuesday.  It was a rough brew since I was sick as a dog.

 

Pumpkin Brew – Oct 2011
Recipe Pumpkin Brew – Oct 2011 Style Fruit Beer
Brewer Batch 10.50 gal
Partial Mash

   

Recipe Characteristics

Recipe Gravity 1.072 OG Estimated FG 1.018 FG
Recipe Bitterness 26 IBU Alcohol by Volume 6.9%
Recipe Color 14° SRM Alcohol by Weight 5.4%

   

Ingredients

Quantity Grain Type Use
17.00 lb American two-row Grain Mashed
2.00 lb American vienna Grain Mashed
2.00 lb Cane sugar Sugar Extract
2.00 lb CaraMunich Grain Mashed
1.00 lb Crystal 40L Grain Mashed
2.00 lb Victory Grain Mashed
2.00 lb Wheat malt Grain Mashed
Quantity Hop Type Time
0.50 oz Amarillo Pellet 30 minutes
0.50 oz Amarillo Pellet 60 minutes
0.50 oz Simcoe Pellet 60 minutes
0.50 oz Simcoe Pellet 30 minutes
Quantity Misc Notes
1.00 unit Belgian Ale yeast Yeast Fermenter 2
1.00 unit California Ale yeast Yeast Fermenter 1
1.50 unit Canned Pumpkin Additive Boil (3 lbs)
1.50 unit Canned Pumpkin Additive Mash (3 lbs)
1.00 unit Pumpkin Spice Other 1 tsp

   

Recipe Notes

Three cans of pumpkin. Half in the mash. Half in the boil.

Batch Notes

This batch is thick in the mash and thicker in the boil. Be careful not to get it stuck.


Brew

Prepared to brew last night.  Started feeling sick around noon.  Came home around 2:30pm.  Gutting through the brew so I can be done around 8pm.  I have meetings tomorrow starting at 10am


Cleaned the brew kettle

Cleaned some buckets and my mash coolers.  Boiled 15 gallons of a vinegar and water solution to remove the beer stone buildup in my keggle.  Vinegar is nearly as effective as TSP.  It is a lot less caustic.  Shiny clean.

Formulated a pumpkin ale using QBrew.


Wal-mart Run

Went to Wal-mart at lunch.  Two propane exchanges and green scrubbers.  Need to get the beer stone buildup off my kettle to brew tomorrow.