Hello All this saturday I am making an Imperial IPA I am jumping around to see what would give me the best results as for the water profile for making this beer.
Here is the recipie for a 6 gallon recipe. SG:1.087 FG:1.029 SRM:13
IBU: 208.4 ABV:7.7 Cal. 290 per 12oz.
Grain Bill:
maris otter 12lb
Munich 4 lb
Crystal 60L 8oz
Caramunich2 8oz
Corn Sugar (dextrose) 1lb. Late Boil 5 min.
Light Brown Sugar 8oz. Late Boil 5 min.
Hop Schedule:
Centennial 2 1/2oz. Mash 60 min.
Super Galena 1 oz. First Wort 90 min.
BOIL:
Magnum 2 oz. 90 min.
Super Galena 1/2 oz. 75 min.
Chinook 2 oz. 60 min.
Magnum 1/4 oz. 45 min.
Chinook 1/2 oz. 30 min.
Magnum 1/4 oz. 15 min.
Super Galena 1 oz. 1 min.
Centennial 1 oz post 10 min.
Dry hop
Magnum 1/2 oz.
Chinook 1 oz.
Cascade 1 oz. 7 days
Yeast: WLP 001 California Ale
I live in chicago and my water profile is
Ca: 32.7
Mg:11.7
Na:8.5
SO4: 28.9
CL: 15.2
HCO3: 123.2
PH: 8.33
I am trying to stay with in the range for the residual alkalinity for the beer with the SRM of 13 and still have all the hops shine thru. I have been reading that for one to brighten the characteristics of the hops in a beer one has to add a little Na to do such.
Any ideas on geting the water profile right for this brew would be great and any tips for making my first Imperial would be helpful. Thank you all.
Here is the recipie for a 6 gallon recipe. SG:1.087 FG:1.029 SRM:13
IBU: 208.4 ABV:7.7 Cal. 290 per 12oz.
Grain Bill:
maris otter 12lb
Munich 4 lb
Crystal 60L 8oz
Caramunich2 8oz
Corn Sugar (dextrose) 1lb. Late Boil 5 min.
Light Brown Sugar 8oz. Late Boil 5 min.
Hop Schedule:
Centennial 2 1/2oz. Mash 60 min.
Super Galena 1 oz. First Wort 90 min.
BOIL:
Magnum 2 oz. 90 min.
Super Galena 1/2 oz. 75 min.
Chinook 2 oz. 60 min.
Magnum 1/4 oz. 45 min.
Chinook 1/2 oz. 30 min.
Magnum 1/4 oz. 15 min.
Super Galena 1 oz. 1 min.
Centennial 1 oz post 10 min.
Dry hop
Magnum 1/2 oz.
Chinook 1 oz.
Cascade 1 oz. 7 days
Yeast: WLP 001 California Ale
I live in chicago and my water profile is
Ca: 32.7
Mg:11.7
Na:8.5
SO4: 28.9
CL: 15.2
HCO3: 123.2
PH: 8.33
I am trying to stay with in the range for the residual alkalinity for the beer with the SRM of 13 and still have all the hops shine thru. I have been reading that for one to brighten the characteristics of the hops in a beer one has to add a little Na to do such.
Any ideas on geting the water profile right for this brew would be great and any tips for making my first Imperial would be helpful. Thank you all.