brewerbeev
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This pertains to a fairly high OG IPA extract recipe I brewed two weeks ago. Here's the recipe:
1# Crystal 40L (steeped 20 min at 154F in 2.5 gal water)
4# Extra Light DME
4# Light DME
.75 oz Warrior (15% AAU, 60 min)
.50 oz Centennial (10% AAU, 35 min)
.25 oz Simcoe (13% AAU, 30 min)
Wyeast 1056 w/ 1L starter
1.00 oz Centennial (10% AAU, dry hop 7 days)
1.00 oz Simcoe (13% AAU, dry hop 7 days)
This was a full volume boil for those of you thinking the hop measurements seem low. Measured OG was 1.074, expecting a FG of around 1.017-18 for about a 7-7.5% ABV IPA.
I allowed it 2 weeks in the primary and decided to xfer to secondary at that point. Fermentation began at about 12-18 hours in and was very active for almost 5 days. At two weeks, any visible fermentation had stopped and when popping the lid off it was clear the krausen had dropped. I took a refractometer reading and it came out to 1.036, which obviously seemed high. I considered leaving it in the primary for another week but didn't since there seemed to be very little fermentation taking place at that point. Can I expect the SG to drop at all while in the secondary or am I going to end up with an overly-malty IPA?
Thanks!
1# Crystal 40L (steeped 20 min at 154F in 2.5 gal water)
4# Extra Light DME
4# Light DME
.75 oz Warrior (15% AAU, 60 min)
.50 oz Centennial (10% AAU, 35 min)
.25 oz Simcoe (13% AAU, 30 min)
Wyeast 1056 w/ 1L starter
1.00 oz Centennial (10% AAU, dry hop 7 days)
1.00 oz Simcoe (13% AAU, dry hop 7 days)
This was a full volume boil for those of you thinking the hop measurements seem low. Measured OG was 1.074, expecting a FG of around 1.017-18 for about a 7-7.5% ABV IPA.
I allowed it 2 weeks in the primary and decided to xfer to secondary at that point. Fermentation began at about 12-18 hours in and was very active for almost 5 days. At two weeks, any visible fermentation had stopped and when popping the lid off it was clear the krausen had dropped. I took a refractometer reading and it came out to 1.036, which obviously seemed high. I considered leaving it in the primary for another week but didn't since there seemed to be very little fermentation taking place at that point. Can I expect the SG to drop at all while in the secondary or am I going to end up with an overly-malty IPA?
Thanks!