Columbus APA

cweston · 02-02-2007, 02:33 PM

Recipe Type: All Grain
Yeast: WLP 001 Cali Ale
Yeast Starter: Yes
Batch Size (Gallons): 5.25
Original Gravity: 1.052
Final Gravity: 1.013
IBU: 40
Boiling Time (Minutes): 60
Color: 8 SRM
Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 7 days at 68
Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 2 weeks

Grains:
9 lb. American 2-row
1 lb. American Munich
2 oz. Belgian CaraMunich
1 oz. Belgian Special B
8 oz. American crystal 20L

Mash 60 minutes at 152

.4 oz. Columbus (14.5% AA, 60 min.)
.5 oz. Columbus (14.5% AA, 20 min.)
.5 oz. Columbus (14.5% AA, 10 min.)
.5 oz. Columbus (14.5% AA, 2 min.)
.75 oz. Columbus dry hop

This was an excellent APA with a nice balance of malt structure for the massive columbus flavor/aroma.

Blender · 02-02-2007, 03:56 PM

Looks to be a nice recipe. Columbus is one of my top 3 hops and I really never discovered them until I started homebrewing. You might think about posting that recipe in the recipe section for us all to refer to when we need a new brew.

Edit.....Duh!! I guess I didn't look where the recipe was posted in the first place. I feel rather dumb.

Monk · 02-02-2007, 05:57 PM

I have a question about your technique: how did you go about dryhopping? I've heard a lot of different techniques and was curious.

On a bitter I made a few weeks ago, I racked to secondary and chucked in about .75 oz of Crystal hop pellets. I let it sit for ~1.5 weeks and bottled last night. However, it didn't seem to have any discernable hop aroma or flavor...

Monk

KRYLOK · 11-30-2010, 08:15 PM

tastey