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.