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the7yearplan

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Thanks for responses. I think what I'll do for now is brew a smaller batch so I don't have to top off. I don't think my stove can put out enough heat to do a full boil justice and until I get a propane burner to brew outside I'll modify this recipe to do a 3 gal batch rather than 5. My girlfriend isn't a fan of super hoppy beers so this one is just for me anyways and 3 gallons of ruination is plenty.

the7yearplan

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Ok so I brewed a 2.5 gallon batch of Ruination Clone yesterday, here is the recipe I used:

.75# Crystal 20 steeped @ 160F for 30 minutes
1.5# Golden Light DME @ 60
1oz German Magnum pellets 11%AA @ 60
.5oz Centennial Whole Left 10.3%AA @ 15
1 Whirlfloc tablet @ 15
1.5# Golden Light DME @ 5
1.25# Godlen Light DME @ Flameout
.5oz Centennial Whole Left 10.3%AA Aroma Steep for 5 minutes

1 11g pkg Safale S-04 (My LHBS was out of WLP007, WLP002, and Safale S-05 so I went with the 04)

I missed my target OG of 1.076 and hit 1.070. It's currently fermenting @ 65F where it will stay for 2 weeks until I rack to secondary and dry hop with 1oz Whole Leaf Centennial

The hop profile, although a little bit too bitter which I hope will mellow, is pretty close so I'm excited to see what this tastes like when it's all done.

Thanks for all the input.

Moody_Copperpot

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I don't think you're really going to get much hop flavor at all from those additions, and certainly not that bold aroma/flavor that Ruination has. Especially since you used leaf hops and not pellet.
If it were me, I'd toss is a nice big hop addition for the last two. At least an ounce for each if youre using pellet, and the equivalent amount if you're using whole leaf.

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jclark1299

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I followed this extract recipe exactly with the addition of 1/2 # of 2 row and lowered the Magnum to 1 ounce in hopes of lowering the IBUs a little. I cooled to 75 and aerated the wort before putting into the primary. I am waiting to pitch until it gets to at least 70 but I went a head and took a sample to get the gravity. I took from the bottom and had lots of sediment in my thief, I let it back into the wort and sampled from the top at 1.072 (adjusted for temp).

I never used DME and never added LME at flame out, is the sediment I am seeing normal?

Sample tasted great, can't wait!

CastleBlack

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Making my Ruination clone in a couple of weeks. This is what I got so far:


Type: All Grain
Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: CASTLE BLACK EQUIPMENT
Efficiency: 70.00 %

MAKE A 1 USG STARTER USING 1.5 2-ROW AND CASCADE OR CENTENNIAL. THEN SPLIT THIS CAKE INTO TWO BATCHES AND USE THAT TO START OFF RUINATION AND SUBLIMELY SELF RIGHTEOUS.

Ingredients

Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 82.8 %
Caramel Malt - 20L (Briess) (20.0 SRM) Grain 2 10.2 %
Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 3 7.0 %
Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 43.2 IBUs
Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 5 26.2 IBUs
Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 15.3 IBUs
Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 11.2 IBUs
Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 6.2 IBUs
Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 1.0 min Hop 1.3 IBUs
Centennial [10.00 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days Hop 0.0 IBUs
1.0 pkg American Ale (Wyeast Labs #1056) -


Est Original Gravity: 1.070 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.013 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 7.6 %
Bitterness: 103.4 IBUs Calories: 235.5 kcal/12oz
Est Color: 7.3 SRM

Happy brewing everybody!

Vomtaylor

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I'm coming up on 2 weeks.... However my OG was 1.061. Should I not dry hop with 2oz? Maybe 1oz?

CastleBlack

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1.061 might just be a bit too low for this brew. You never know though, it might turn out just great. I would still dry hop it accordingly. If you are short on hops save the dry hop for a V.2 of Ruination.

In any case, happy brewing.

hogwash

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I just bottled this yesterday and it was delicious. It was all I could do to not drink a full glass. Can't wait to see how it is in a month or so.

CastleBlack

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ready to brew this one very soon, at first chance actually. got grains crushed and hops weighed out. brewing soon. i ll post updates.