India Pale Ale-Critique please! - Page 2

dirty_martini · 08-05-2011, 06:36 PM

Pacific Ale yeast has a pretty low attenuation. only 65-70%. Its known for leaving a maltier profile. 70% attenuation only leaves you at 1.019 FG, which is really high for an IPA. You should probably be aiming for closer to 1.015-1.016. Considering you have a full pound of crystal along with the carapils, I think you should mash closer to 150. While the PNW IPAs dont tend to be as dry as the california/west coast style, I dont think you will get to that dryness with this yeast even with the lower mash temp. However, with the higher mash temp I think your beer will be much maltier and be lacking in hop character. I also think you should swap the 20 and 5 minute addition. .5oz at 20 and 1oz at 5 as it will give you more hop character.

**iahebert** · 08-06-2011, 05:07 PM

Great advice! I'm about an hour from brewday. Glad I checked hbt

**iahebert** · 08-07-2011, 05:31 PM

So!

Brewday went well, but I missed my OG by about 8 points. Not a huge deal, because it'll still be pretty tasty. I pitched Wyeast Northwest yeast instead of Pacific, and the wort smells great.

I think I'm going to go back to my CPVC manifold though, Not too happy with my SS Braid.

All in all though, I can't wait for this thing to be done.