Brewed
heavenscent IIPA
5 gallons
Yeasts
US-05 - Safale US-05
Fermentables
11.15 pounds
Malt - Pilsen LME
33ppg, 3°L 9.9 pounds
89%
Crystal 20L
34ppg, 20°L 1.25 pounds
11%
Hops
7.00 ounces
Chinook
11%, Pellet 3 ounces
43%
Sorachi ace
13%, Pellet 2 ounces
29%
Simcoe
13%, Pellet 2 ounces
29%
Miscellaneous
Irish moss
Fining 4tsp
100%
Steep Crystal
30 minutes, 3 gallons
155°F
Boil
1 hour, 4 gallons
Added half of total LME
Chinook hops
11%, Pellet 1 ounce
60 minutes (+0)
Chinook hops
11%, Pellet 1 ounce
30 minutes (+30)
Sorachi Ace hops
13%, Pellet 0.5 ounces
15 minutes (+45)
Simcoe hops
13%, Pellet 0.5 ounces
15 minutes (+45)
Irish moss
Fining 4tsp
Last half of LME
15 minutes (+45)
Sorachi ace hops
13%, Pellet 0.5 ounces
5 minutes (+55)
Simcoe hops
13%, Pellet 0.5 ounces
5 minutes (+55)
Top off 1 gallon to make 5 gallons.
Pitch 11.5g (package) us-05 + 1 extra tsp (rehydrated)
Ferment
19 days @ 63°F,
Dry hop - 10 days
Chinook hops
11%, Pellet 1 ounce
Simcoe hops
13%, Pellet 2 ounce
Cold crashed 3 days.
FG - 1.016. Didn't get OG, my hydrometer literally broke as I was taking it.
Force carbed over three days. Have had on tap for a little over a week now. It's super sweet and super hoppy. I would like to maybe use a starter or more dry yeast next time and get this down to 1.012-1.014. The simcoe flavor is amazing and definitely gives off a sweet citrus flavor. More sweet than orange, maybe more like a grapefruit. Little bit of lemon flavor. The caramel 20 is awesome and balances well with the bitterness. I'm not going to skip the corn sugar next time because this could be a bit drier tasting. I'll dry hop even more next time, probably another oz of simcoe and an oz of sorachi since I left that out of the dry hop. Also going to add one more bitterinf hop and going to scale the crystal 20 down to maybe just 1lb. Overall this is the best beer I've made so far! Thank you for the recipe! I can't wait to see how this continues to develop and to brew again with the alterations I mentioned above.