Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Big One Barrel brew weekend!


This weekend was full of brewing activity. Over two days 1 barrel of beer was brewed!
First up was an all Simcoe IPA. It was Tim’s turn to come up with a recipe. He wanted a maltier IPA. Something more along the lines of the English style, but not quite. We brewed 20 gallons of this one. It will be an interesting experiment to see if the malt flavor can make it through the higher IBUs on this beer. I think we will also do some dry hopping in the kegs so we can try out using different types and amounts of hops.

I P Simcoe
Batch Size: 20.00 gal
Style: American IPA (14B)
Boil Size: 24.32 gal
Style Guide: BJCP 2008
Color: 6.9 SRM
Equipment: 26 Gal BCS system
Bitterness: 72.1 IBUs
Boil Time: 60 min
Est OG: 1.060 (14.8° P)
Mash Profile: Single Infusion, Medium Body, No Mash Out
Est FG: 1.016 SG (4.1° P)
Fermentation: Ale, Single Stage
ABV: 5.8%
Ingredients
Amount
Name
Type
#
24 lbs
Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM)
Grain
1
12 lbs
Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM)
Grain
2
5 lbs
Melanoiden Malt (20.0 SRM)
Grain
3
3 lbs
Carafoam (2.0 SRM)
Grain
4
2.0 oz
Simcoe [13.0%] - First Wort
Hops
5
1.6 oz
Simcoe [12.0%] - Boil 60 min
Hops
6
2.0 oz
Simcoe [13.0%] - Boil 20 min
Hops
7
2.0 oz
Simcoe [13.0%] - Boil 10 min
Hops
8
2.0 oz
Simcoe [13.0%] - Boil 5 min
Hops
9
1.6 oz
Simcoe (Hop Back) [12.8%] - Steep 30 min
Hops
10
2 pkgs
SafAle English Ale (DCL/Fermentis #S-04)
Yeast
11
2 pkgs
Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05)
Yeast
12
6.0 oz
Simcoe [13.0%] - Dry Hop 0 days
Hops
13

Next up was a little side project. I had a bunch of 4th or 5th year Cascade hops growing in my yard and I needed to get them picked and used as some were already starting to dry out on the bine.

This brew session was run by just me, although I got a lot of help from the family both on brew day, and picking the hops. 


I had some trouble with these hops. I pulled down the bines and should have worn long sleeves. The bines ended up being pretty brutal on the arms! 

Then I just dumped the hops in like a complete noob. This was not a smart move! I had a ton of problems with chilling, recirculating. I had to dump everything into my cleaned mash tun so I could use the false bottom to keep them out of the pump. I also had to open the wet end of my pump to get all of the wet hops out! Based on this I am calling this beer:



“When Hops Attack!” IPA
Batch Size: 11.50 gal
Style: American IPA (14B)
Boil Size: 15.25 gal
Style Guide: BJCP 2008
Color: 11.1 SRM
Equipment: Stainless Pots (26 gallons) -Brewtroller All Grain
Bitterness: 89.7 IBUs
Boil Time: 90 min
Est OG: 1.068 (16.5° P)
Mash Profile: Single Infusion, Light Body, No Mash Out
Est FG: 1.017 SG (4.4° P)
Fermentation: Ale, Two Stage
ABV: 6.7%
Taste Rating: 30.0
Ingredients
Amount
Name
Type
#
21 lbs
Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM)
Grain
1
6 lbs
Maris Otter (3.0 SRM)(ran out of US pale)
Grain
2
3 lbs
Munich 10L (Briess) (10.0 SRM)
Grain
3
1.5 lbs
Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM)
Grain
4
1.5 lbs 
Wheat - White Malt (Briess) (2.3 SRM)
Grain
5
4.0 oz
Midnight Wheat (550.0 SRM) (some color)
Grain
6
12 ml
Generic CO2-extracted hop resin [60 IBUs] 60 min 
Hops
7
2.0 oz
Amarillo Gold [8.9%] - Boil 15 min
Hops
8
1.0 oz
Citra [14.4%] - Boil 10 min
Hops
9
8.0 oz
Cascade (Wet Hops ) [?%] - Boil 5 min
Hops
10
1.0 oz
Citra [14.4%] - Boil 5 min
Hops
11
2.0 oz
Amarillo Gold (Hop Stand) [8.9%] - Steep 15 min
Hops
12
2.0 oz
Citra (Hop Stand) [14.4%] - Steep 15 min
Hops
13
16 oz
Cascade (Wet Hops)  [?%] - Steep until drained
Hops
14
1 pkg
SafAle English Ale (DCL/Fermentis #S-04)
Yeast
15
1 pkg
Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05)
Yeast
16
Notes: 2 Grams Chalk in mash and 2 in spagre. 8 ml Lactic in sparge water. Never dump wet hops without screen in place! Will dry hop with cascade.

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