EuBrew
Well-Known Member
I'm working on a clone of a favorite of mine from a large microbrewery. I spoke with someone at the brewery and he was very helpful about hop additions and the whole process, but one thing he said I'm way confused about. The beer is an IPA with IBU's of 59. He said they get 15 IBU's first wort hopping with cascade, columbus is added at 48 min on a 70 min boil to get another 20 IBU (about .65oz according to beersmith) and then they add a "Bunch" of centennial at flameout to get the other 24 IBU. If I plug in anything into beersmith at 0 or flame out you get nothing, nadda for IBU's. Anyone have any thoughts on this??
Another thing, they step mash, I'm not set up to do this yet. Their process is mash in at 60 C (140F) and hold at 63 c (145) for 15 min then bump to 73 c (163F) for the remaining 60 min mash. I'm not sure if they use mash out, don't remember hearing anything about that. Any ideas what an acceptable single infusion temp would be given this info?? BTW they use 2 row, amber munich and cara 50 for grains.
Another thing, they step mash, I'm not set up to do this yet. Their process is mash in at 60 C (140F) and hold at 63 c (145) for 15 min then bump to 73 c (163F) for the remaining 60 min mash. I'm not sure if they use mash out, don't remember hearing anything about that. Any ideas what an acceptable single infusion temp would be given this info?? BTW they use 2 row, amber munich and cara 50 for grains.