Craig - I'll post LIVID now, I don't care.
If anyone else wants to brew it, go ahead - it's an adaptation of Surly's Furious so I won't take the credit for it. It fits the IIPA, but it's on the lowside. Too high for a regular IPA, though, so I guess Extra IPA isn't really a category but it's the most accurate. I pulled 80%EFF, so my values were higher.
XP IIPA - Livid Extra IPA - Imperial IPA
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Batch Size: 1.452 gal
Boil Size: 2.343 gal
Boil Time: 60.000 min
Efficiency: 77%
OG: 17.7 P
FG: 3.7 P
ABV: 7.6%
Bitterness: 70.8 IBUs (Tinseth)
Color: 13 SRM (Morey)
Fermentables
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Name Type Amount Mashed Late Yield Color
Simpsons - Maris Otter Grain 2.500 lb Yes No 81% 3 L
Briess - 2 Row Brewers Malt Grain 1.000 lb Yes No 80% 2 L
Simpsons - Crystal Dark Grain 4.000 oz Yes No 74% 80 L
Carastan Malt (Bairds) Grain 4.000 oz Yes No 77% 35 L
Briess - Carapils Malt Grain 2.000 oz Yes No 74% 1 L
Total grain: 4.125 lb
Hops
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Name Alpha Amount Use Time Form IBU
Warrior 15.5% 0.250 oz First Wort 60.000 min Pellet 42.1
Mosaic (HBC369) 13.0% 0.250 oz Boil 10.000 min Pellet 11.6
Simcoe 13.0% 0.250 oz Boil 10.000 min Pellet 11.6
Mosaic (HBC369) 13.0% 0.250 oz Boil 2.000 min Pellet 2.7
Simcoe 13.0% 0.250 oz Boil 2.000 min Pellet 2.7
Mosaic (HBC369) 13.0% 0.500 oz Dry Hop 4.000 day Pellet 0.0
Simcoe 13.0% 0.500 oz Dry Hop 4.000 day Pellet 0.0
Yeast
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Danstar - Nottingham Ale Slurry
Mash
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Single step, 90min, 151F
The "Plan" for P2 - is... well, just got my new induction plate tonight and have yet to get my pot to move up to 3gal. As soon as I get my pot in, I've got a 3gal witbeer that'll get brewed, then split in two so I can pitch two separate yeasts and spice one, then I hope to blend them back together post fermenting and bottle. Sooooooo - right now it's hanging out with water in it.
Regarding your trip to Miami, bummer but still awesome - there's some great food and places to visit down there, not to mention actual heat and some sun. Take a pole and hit up the surf! That's what I'd be doing in your shoes.
AFA the plants, I'd say play it by ear until a week before your leave. Last year I didn't get my garden in until Memorial Day last year, and if our weather this year is any indication we could be sitting in the same timeline. Nice part about starter/established seedlings is that they take great and can establish in no time if you end up planting late.
Speaking of grow-lights and plants, my Columbus rhizome is peaking out! Hopefully I'll have so leaves and shoots here soon!