Hoptastic

Type: All Grain
Date: 7/9/2012
Batch Size: 5.00 gal (4.75 NET minus hop trub and yeastcake)
Brewer: Loneleigh
Boil Size: 6.00 gal
Boil Time: 60 min
Equipment: Brew Pot (6+gal) and Igloo/Gott Cooler (5 Gal)
Taste Rating(out of 50): 50.0
Brewhouse Efficiency: 68.00
Taste Notes: YUM!

Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU
11.00 lb 2 Row Malt (1.7 SRM) Grain 84.62 %
2.00 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 15.38 %
0.50 oz Comet [9.50 %] (45 min)
1.50 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %]
1.00 oz Palisade [8.00 %] (15 min)
1.00 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (15 min)
1.00 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (10 min)

1.00 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] (Dry Hop 6 days)
1.00 oz Falconer's Flight [5.00 %] (Dry Hop 6 days)
1.00 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] (Dry Hop 6 days)


Mash @ 155 (5 Gallons) 90 minutes
Sparge @185 (3 gallons) 15 minutes

Dryhopped in primary for 6 days.

Kegged 7/27/12

I guess no one had an opinion on this. ??

Looks pretty tasty man Did you dry hop those hops all on the same 6 days all together?

I did. Its been carbing up in a keg for about 2-3 weeks now. I need to test it again. I hope it hasnt lost too much aroma from sitting.

Thanks for replying btw!!

Awesome. I am looking forward to hearing how the aroma came out. I just dry hopped 3 oz of two different hops together and it came out EXCELLENT!! Nice stats too on the original post. Do you use Beer Smith to get all your calculations?

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It looks good, only that is around 3 times as much crystal as I would use, and mashing at 155 I can't imagine this didn't turn out to be very sweet. What was your FG?

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I see most people dont like to use this much crystal. Why not?? Color? Malt flavor? My mash temp was too low? What should it have been? 159? For sweeter?

I need to look up my recipe and see what FG was. Thanks for feedback. I really appreciate it.

159 is crazy hot.. If its an IPA you should be mashing 148-150. As far as all that crystal, well, unless you like your beer to have a very sweet, syrupy quality I would cut it back.

Ok lower mash temp for ipa. Got it. Actually I do like my ipa a little sweeter. But thats me I guess.

The FG was 1.011, making it 6.5% abv

So I just sampled this. It definitely has a sweetness to it, (I like it, but maybe I'll reduce the crystal next time) with a melon-y/citrus-y aroma, It needs to get colder. I had my keezer set at 60 for fermenting a steam beer batch. Just cranked it down to 46.
next time I think I will go back to old hop schedule for this beer. Which was amarillo/citra dryhop.