Sunday, March 13, 2011

Batch 105, Panama Hat

This is a "lite" version of Panama Red. It's still red, and still an IPA, but not quite as strong, alcohol-wise. This is a 5 gallon batch with a new pack of 1272, I went 'lite' to grow the yeast cake for future use.



Panama Hat


Recipe Panama Hat Style American IPA (14B)
Brewer Batch 5.00 gal
All Grain

Recipe Characteristics

Recipe Gravity 1.047 OG Estimated FG 1.012 FG
Recipe Bitterness 59 IBU Alcohol by Volume 4.6%
Recipe Color 14° SRM Alcohol by Weight 3.6%

Ingredients

Quantity Grain Type Use
0.12 lb American chocolate malt Grain mashed
0.50 lb American wheat Grain Mashed
8.50 lb American two-row Grain Mashed
0.75 lb Crystal 120L Grain Mashed
Quantity Hop Type Time
1.00 oz Mt. Hood Whole FWH
0.75 oz Centennial Whole 60 minutes
1.00 oz Cascade whole 30 minutes
1.00 oz Cascade whole 5 minutes
1.00 oz Mt. Hood Whole 5 minutes
Quantity Misc Notes
1.00 unit Irish Moss Fining 1 tsp 15 min
1.00 unit American Ale yeast Wyeast 1272

Recipe Notes



I was side-tracked with bourbon barrel maintenance, so I mashed a little hot, 160F rather than the 154F I was aiming for. Again, not paying attention, it was a little cold and windy outside, so the mash dropped to about 150F after an hour. I meant to keep an eye on it and keep it at 154F when it got there, but I forgot. I think I need to reset the efficiency setting on qbrew also. I have it set at 65%, but I overshot my OG (again), getting 1.052 instead of the expected 1.045. It looks like setting it to 70% will be just about right.

I used Centennial instead of Nugget this time. The Nugget I have looks a little odd, I think maybe it wasn't completely dry before I put it in the freezer.

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