2nd AG attempt(first went well) and went with a Victory Hop Devil clone from Beer Captured (the authors own my LHBS). Here is the recipe...
11.5 lbs 2 Row Pilsner
8oz Munich
8oz 65L Crystal
8oz Cara Munich
- Mashed at 153
- 90 min boil
... 2 oz Centennial @ 90 min
... 1/2 oz East Kent Goldings @ 15 min
... 1/2 oz Cascade @ 15 min
... 1 oz Cascade @ 3 min
(1/2 oz Cascade Dry Hop)
I was able to mash/sparge without any trouble in my 5g round cooler. However, my sticking point is still my small boil kettle (6.5g).
So, after a 90 min boil and chill I ended up with 4g in the fermenter chilled down to 65 degrees. I pitched 2 Wyeast 1056 smack packs and let it go (so I think my pitching rate was sufficient).
The OG was supposed to be 1.069 per the recipe. With my boil kettle issue, and decision not to top off the fermenter, I ended up with 1.080.
After 2.5 days it is down to 1.050 and is fermenting like crazy right now.
I'm definitely going to end up with a bigger beer than I intended to brew due to the volume. (I'm hoping the 1056 can get it below 1.020.) However, I'm not sure my hop additions are enough to support this. Just listened to the DIPA show from the BN and their recommended hop additions are so above and beyond what this recipe called for it's ridiculous.
So... Lessons learned for sure. But, what do you think my final beer might be?
11.5 lbs 2 Row Pilsner
8oz Munich
8oz 65L Crystal
8oz Cara Munich
- Mashed at 153
- 90 min boil
... 2 oz Centennial @ 90 min
... 1/2 oz East Kent Goldings @ 15 min
... 1/2 oz Cascade @ 15 min
... 1 oz Cascade @ 3 min
(1/2 oz Cascade Dry Hop)
I was able to mash/sparge without any trouble in my 5g round cooler. However, my sticking point is still my small boil kettle (6.5g).
So, after a 90 min boil and chill I ended up with 4g in the fermenter chilled down to 65 degrees. I pitched 2 Wyeast 1056 smack packs and let it go (so I think my pitching rate was sufficient).
The OG was supposed to be 1.069 per the recipe. With my boil kettle issue, and decision not to top off the fermenter, I ended up with 1.080.
After 2.5 days it is down to 1.050 and is fermenting like crazy right now.
I'm definitely going to end up with a bigger beer than I intended to brew due to the volume. (I'm hoping the 1056 can get it below 1.020.) However, I'm not sure my hop additions are enough to support this. Just listened to the DIPA show from the BN and their recommended hop additions are so above and beyond what this recipe called for it's ridiculous.
So... Lessons learned for sure. But, what do you think my final beer might be?