bgrubb7
Well-Known Member
Brewed a Pale Ale using BM's Nierra Sevada recipe as a starting point. I made a Hop substitute for Perle to what I had on hand, and tinkered with the grain bill a little. I wanted something in the neighborhood of SNPA, but different.
8lb 2-row
1lb Carmel 60L
.5lb Carapils
.5oz Chinook (13.0)
1oz Cascade (7.4) @ 15m
1oz Cascade (7.4) @ 0m
Target OG - 1.046
Target IBUs - 35
Everything was perfect. After a few up and down AG batches, I finally hit my mash temps on the nose this time around, and even though the sparge was slightly stuck due to my SS braid getting bent around a flattened, it was easily corrected.
Problem, was that I had approx 1.5-1.75 oz of Chinook in a bag. I weighed out .5oz for the brew into a different baggie. Sure enough once my boil got rolling, I grabbed the wrong damn bag, and dumped at least an entire oz (maybe a little more) into the boil. By the time I realized it the damage was done. I went ahead and finished with the rest of my hop schedule as planned.
My OG ended up being 1.047 and my IBUs are now somewhere in the 55-65 range. I'd just call it an IPA and be happy with it, but I think the gravity is too low for that many IBUs.
What would you do?
A. Don't worry about it, You'll have a nice Hoppy IPA on your hands.
B. After a few months aging, the bitterness should calm down and be drinkable.
C. Brew another lower IBU batch and cut 50/50 before bottling. (I have enough ingredients left to do this)
8lb 2-row
1lb Carmel 60L
.5lb Carapils
.5oz Chinook (13.0)
1oz Cascade (7.4) @ 15m
1oz Cascade (7.4) @ 0m
Target OG - 1.046
Target IBUs - 35
Everything was perfect. After a few up and down AG batches, I finally hit my mash temps on the nose this time around, and even though the sparge was slightly stuck due to my SS braid getting bent around a flattened, it was easily corrected.
Problem, was that I had approx 1.5-1.75 oz of Chinook in a bag. I weighed out .5oz for the brew into a different baggie. Sure enough once my boil got rolling, I grabbed the wrong damn bag, and dumped at least an entire oz (maybe a little more) into the boil. By the time I realized it the damage was done. I went ahead and finished with the rest of my hop schedule as planned.
My OG ended up being 1.047 and my IBUs are now somewhere in the 55-65 range. I'd just call it an IPA and be happy with it, but I think the gravity is too low for that many IBUs.
What would you do?
A. Don't worry about it, You'll have a nice Hoppy IPA on your hands.
B. After a few months aging, the bitterness should calm down and be drinkable.
C. Brew another lower IBU batch and cut 50/50 before bottling. (I have enough ingredients left to do this)