Dry Hopping Experiment

Whoah, my dry hop experiment (with this particular beer) gave me totally unexpected results. Cascade came out on top of the Amarillo. I think it had to do with a balance thing since I used a lot of amarillo at the end of the boil. The Cascade dry hopped beer was more complex and enticing where as the Amarillo Dry Hopped beer just seemed to be more 1 dimensional. Kegged the Cascade version and threw in an ounce of Cascade and an ounce more of amarillo in the Amarilly dry hopped version for good measure. I'll keg that one once they settle out.

Brians IPA

A ProMash Recipe Report

BJCP Style and Style Guidelines

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14-B India Pale Ale, American IPA

Min OG: 1.056 Max OG: 1.075

Min IBU: 40 Max IBU: 72

Min Clr: 6 Max Clr: 15 Color in SRM, Lovibond

Recipe Specifics

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Batch Size (Gal): 10.00 Wort Size (Gal): 10.00

Total Grain (Lbs): 27.50

Anticipated OG: 1.074 Plato: 18.01

Anticipated SRM: 8.1

Anticipated IBU: 98.4

Brewhouse Efficiency: 75 %

Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Pre-Boil Amounts

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Evaporation Rate: 15.00 Percent Per Hour

Pre-Boil Wort Size: 11.76 Gal

Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.063 SG 15.45 Plato

Formulas Used

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Brewhouse Efficiency and Predicted Gravity based on Method #1, Potential Used.

Final Gravity Calculation Based on Points.

Hard Value of Sucrose applied. Value for recipe: 46.2100 ppppg

Yield Type used in Gravity Prediction: Fine Grind Dry Basis.

Color Formula Used: Morey

Hop IBU Formula Used: Rager

Additional Utilization Used For Plug Hops: 2 %

Additional Utilization Used For Pellet Hops: 10 %

Grain/Extract/Sugar

% Amount Name Origin Potential SRM

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90.9 25.00 lbs. Pale Malt(2-row) America 1.036 2

3.6 1.00 lbs. Wheat Malt America 1.038 2

3.6 1.00 lbs. Crystal 60L America 1.034 60

1.8 0.50 lbs. CaraVienne Malt Belgium 1.034 22

Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon.

Hops

Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time

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2.00 oz. Chinook Pellet 11.40 50.1 60 min.

2.00 oz. Chinook Pellet 11.40 25.5 30 min.

2.00 oz. Cascade Pellet 5.40 8.0 20 min.

1.00 oz. Amarillo Gold Pellet 9.10 6.7 20 min.

2.00 oz. Amarillo Gold Pellet 9.10 8.0 10 min.

1.25 oz. Amarillo Gold Pellet 9.10 0.0 0 min.

1.25 oz. Cascade Pellet 5.40 0.0 0 min.

I split this into two batches and dry-hopped one with 2oz of Cascade and one with 2oz of Amarillo hops. I was 100% sure I'd like the Amarillo better. Turns out, Cascade worked better. (for this recipe anyway). I used a lot of late addition Amarillo so I think the cascade beer was more compled because of the dry hopping.

Big Ol' Something-or-Other

I got to spend some time in the garage on Sunday and brew some beer which was a nice treat. I've been so busy this passed year that brewing has been sparse and the supplies are dwindling. I think this is technically my first "kitchen sink" beer I've ever brewed. No I didn't brew it in my sink. Basically I brewed a huge beer with what I had on hand. Good thing is, it is probably something I would have tried anyway.

A ProMash Recipe Report

Recipe Specifics
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Batch Size (Gal): 5.50 Wort Size (Gal): 5.50
Total Grain (Lbs): 25.25
Anticipated OG: 1.127 Plato: 29.52
Anticipated SRM: 20.2
Anticipated IBU: 65.2
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75 %
Wort Boil Time: 90 Minutes


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Evaporation Rate: 15.00 Percent Per Hour
Pre-Boil Wort Size: 6.47 Gal
Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.080 SG
Final Gravity 1.100 OG
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Grain/Extract/Sugar

% Amount Name Origin Potential SRM
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25.7 - 6.50 lbs. Pale Malt(2-row) - Great Britain - 1.038 - 3
3.0 - 0.75 lbs. Crystal 125L - Great Britain - 1.033 - 120
65.3 - 16.50 lbs. Munich Malt - Germany - 1.037 - 8
4.8 - 1.20 lbs. Flaked Oats - America - 1.033 - 2
1.2 - 0.30 lbs. Rye Malt - America - 1.030 - 4
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Hops

Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
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3.00 oz. Cluster - Pellet- 5.00- 48.5 - 60 min.
1.00 oz. Styrian Goldings - Pellet- 3.75- 8.5 - Mash H
1.00 oz. Styrian Goldings - Pellet- 3.75- 6.2 - 30 min.
1.00 oz. Styrian Goldings - Pellet - 3.75- 2.0 - 5 min.

I pitched SafAle US-05 & SafAle T-58 (supposedly the strain used in De Struise Pannepot)