kenb

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k, well after last weekend’s near disaster, i am going to get back on the horse and try my 2nd all-grain batch this saturday. Please comment on my recipe. I am going for a medium bodied hoppy (but not bitter)IPA...does this look good?

Sweet Leaf IPA
Brew Type: All Grain Date: 12/2/2006
Style: American Pale Ale Brewer: Ken
Batch Size: 5.00 gal Assistant Brewer:
Boil Volume: 6.41 gal Boil Time: 60 min
Brewhouse Efficiency: 64.0 % Equipment: Brew Pot (7.5 gal) and Cooler (48 qt)
Actual Efficiency: 0.0
Taste Rating (50 possible points): 35.0

Ingredients Amount Item Type % or IBU
11.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 89.8 %
0.50 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 4.1 %
0.50 lb Munich Malt - 20L (20.0 SRM) Grain 4.1 %
0.10 lb Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain .8 %
0.50 oz Simcoe [12.00%] (60 min) Hops 19.6 IBU
0.50 oz Amarillo Gold [9.70%] (40 min) Hops 13.9 IBU
0.50 oz Simcoe [12.00%] (20 min) Hops 11.9 IBU
0.50 oz Amarillo Gold [9.70%] (10 min) Hops 5.7 IBU
0.50 oz Simcoe [12.00%] (5 min) Hops 3.9 IBU
1.00 oz Amarillo Gold [9.70%] (Dry Hop 3 days) Hops -
1.00 oz Simcoe [12.00%] (Dry Hop 3 days) Hops -
1.00 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
2 Pkgs Nottingham (Danstar #-) Yeast-Ale

Beer Profile Estimated Original Gravity: 1.056 SG (1.045-1.060 SG)
Estimated Final Gravity: 1.014 SG (1.010-1.015 SG)
Estimated Color: 11.5 SRM (5.0-14.0 SRM) Color [Color]
Bitterness: 55.1 IBU (30.0-50.0 IBU) Alpha Acid Units: 3.4 AAU
Estimated Alcohol by Volume: 5.6 % (4.5-6.0 %)

sause

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Sounds like you like Black Sabbath. Sweet Leaf. But it looks good, it's going to be bitter and have a lot of hop flavor and aroma. Good IPA. Should have some nice character to it.

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kenb

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Ok, just pitched my yeast. My efficiency was only 50%..is that really bad for a batch sparge? I had the awful stuck mash last week that i could not get going, so milled my grains at the .40 setting this time. Mash and sparge drained like a charm...but my OG ended up at only 1.046 instead target og of 1.051....i am guessing my eff. was so bad because of milling the gRains less fine?