Sunday, December 26, 2010

Batch 101, St. Brigid's Lake IPA

Another batch of St. Brigid's IPA. I bought a pound of Centennial this year, so I had the right combination: Centennial, Cascade, and Chinook, the best of the "C" hops!

I got a brand new Blichmann Brewmometer for Christmas (thanks Linda!). I got it installed on my mash tun this morning, so thought I'd brew this evening. My old thermometer is still stuck at 160F. The Brewmometer barely fit, it is quite a bit larger in diameter than my old one. I also had to make the hole in the kettle a little larger.


10 gallon batch.


Recipe St. Brigit's Lake Style American IPA (14B)
Brewer Dale Anson Batch 10.00 gal
All Grain

Recipe Characteristics

Recipe Gravity 1.056 OG Estimated FG 1.014 FG
Recipe Bitterness 95 IBU Alcohol by Volume 5.4%
Recipe Color 11° SRM Alcohol by Weight 4.2%

Ingredients

Quantity Grain Type Use
23.00 lb American two-row Grain Mashed
0.25 lb American chocolate malt Grain Mashed
Quantity Hop Type Time
0.25 oz Chinook Whole 90 minutes
0.25 oz Centennial Whole 90 minutes
0.25 oz Cascade Whole 90 minutes
0.25 oz Chinook Whole 80 minutes
0.25 oz Centennial Whole 80 minutes
0.25 oz Cascade Whole 80 minutes
0.25 oz Chinook Whole 70 minutes
0.25 oz Centennial Whole 70 minutes
0.25 oz Cascade Whole 70 minutes
0.25 oz Chinook Whole 60 minutes
0.25 oz Centennial Whole 60 minutes
0.25 oz Cascade Whole 60 minutes
0.25 oz Chinook Whole 50 minutes
0.25 oz Centennial Whole 50 minutes
0.25 oz Cascade Whole 50 minutes
0.25 oz Chinook Whole 40 minutes
0.25 oz Centennial Whole 40 minutes
0.25 oz Cascade Whole 40 minutes
0.25 oz Chinook Whole 30 minutes
0.25 oz Centennial Whole 30 minutes
0.25 oz Cascade Whole 30 minutes
0.50 oz Chinook Whole 20 minutes
0.50 oz Centennial Whole 20 minutes
0.50 oz Cascade Whole 20 minutes
0.25 oz Chinook Whole 10 minutes
0.25 oz Centennial Whole 10 minutes
0.25 oz Cascade Whole 10 minutes
0.25 oz Chinook Whole 5 minutes
0.25 oz Centennial Whole 5 minutes
0.25 oz Cascade Whole 5 minutes
0.25 oz Chinook Whole 0 minutes
0.25 oz Centennial Whole 0 minutes
0.25 oz Cascade Whole 0 minutes
Quantity Misc Notes
1.00 unit American Ale yeast Yeast Wyeast 1272, 1 qt slurry


Batch Notes
Actually measured 7 grams instead of 1/4 ounce, it works easier with my scale.

Half of the 20 minute hops are actually FWH, the other half are actually at 20 minutes.

Mash at 156F for 60 minutes, collected 14 gallons.  Temp didn't fluctuate more that 1 degree during the entire mash.  It's nice to have confidence in a thermometer.

OG: 1.062 actual
The OG is higher than I'd calculated, which puts this batch more in the middle of the range for the style.

Balance value: 3.357


Jan 7, 2011: Gravity is down to 1.018, so almost done, or close enough not to matter.  I'm going to let it sit on the yeast cake for another week while dry hopping anyway.  Added dry hops, 1 ounce each of Chinook, Centennial, and Cascade.  The hydrometer sample tasted great!  Recalculating numbers, the higher OG bumps the expected ABV to 1.057, assuming the gravity doesn't drop any more.

10/813

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