I had a fantastic night tonight, I think it went well. For those who are unaware, I have just started brewing about 3 weeks ago. Anyways, I designed a DIPA in beersmith I brewed tonight. (is an alteration from the original recipe since Amarillo is non existent right now!)
Anyways, I thought it was a successful night, I celebrated by pulling my Southern Tier Imperial Oat from the Cellar, and I am not finishing the night off with a Founders Porter(best porter I have ever had!)
Heres my night in a nutshell
Steeping my Caramel Malt
after sparging over a strainer and filling to boil volume
boil went insane after I added the Centennials
went insane again after I added the last aroma Cascades
Final reading at about 76F(hydrometer calibrated at 70 so a bit off) 1.084 or so (pretty damn close to the calcs in beersmith!)
For my primary this time I am using the Mr Beer again, but I went to my LHBS and purchased 225 bucks worth of stuff which was:
-6.5 gal 1 stage bucket fermenter with bottling bucket and all the bells and whistles(capper, racking cane, spring loaded bottle filler etc)
-25 ft Wort chiller(was thinking about doing a homemade one but after calculating the cost id be saving like 5 bucks, meh. it also comes with a faucet adapter)
-All the specialty grains(chocolate, black barley, black patent, crystal 60L) for my 5.5 gal Vanilla porter, plus 6 lbs of light DME and 3 lbs x lite DME, 2 vanilla beans, and hops (Northern Brewer, Fuggles, Williamette)
-3 gallon better bottle for use as secondary for my small high gravity batches
-24 inch plastic spoon
-1 gallon glass jug for starters
I will be racking it to the better bottle next week on 1 oz of cascades
3L starter for my porter with WLP002
Celebration of my night with a delicious Stout(I have never had before)
oh and heres the porter recipe redone with some more suitable hops IMO. Based off the Edmund fitz clone with some additions
Code:
BeerSmith Recipe Printout - www.beersmith.com
Recipe: My IPA
Brewer: Spak
Asst Brewer:
Style: Imperial IPA
TYPE: Extract
Taste: (35.0)
Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 2.20 gal
Boil Size: 1.25 gal
Estimated OG: 1.086 SG
Estimated Color: 13.7 SRM
Estimated IBU: 101.1 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: - %
Boil Time: 65 Minutes
Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
1.55 lb Extra Light Dry Extract (3.0 SRM) Dry Extract 29.0 %
3.30 lb Amber Liquid Extract (12.5 SRM) Extract 61.7 %
0.50 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L (20.0 SRM) Grain 9.3 %
1.00 oz Centennial [9.60%] (60 min) Hops 71.0 IBU
0.50 oz Cascade [5.40%] (30 min) Hops 15.3 IBU
0.50 oz Cascade [5.40%] (15 min) Hops 9.9 IBU
0.50 oz Cascade [5.40%] (5 min) Hops 4.0 IBU
0.50 oz Cascade [5.40%] (1 min) Hops 0.9 IBU
1.00 oz Cascade [5.40%] (Dry Hop 7 days) Hops -
0.50 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs California Ale (White Labs #WLP001) 2000 mL Starter
Mash Schedule: None
Total Grain Weight: 0.50 lb
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Notes:
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Amber Extract added after boil.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Anyways, I thought it was a successful night, I celebrated by pulling my Southern Tier Imperial Oat from the Cellar, and I am not finishing the night off with a Founders Porter(best porter I have ever had!)
Heres my night in a nutshell
Steeping my Caramel Malt
after sparging over a strainer and filling to boil volume
boil went insane after I added the Centennials
went insane again after I added the last aroma Cascades
Final reading at about 76F(hydrometer calibrated at 70 so a bit off) 1.084 or so (pretty damn close to the calcs in beersmith!)
For my primary this time I am using the Mr Beer again, but I went to my LHBS and purchased 225 bucks worth of stuff which was:
-6.5 gal 1 stage bucket fermenter with bottling bucket and all the bells and whistles(capper, racking cane, spring loaded bottle filler etc)
-25 ft Wort chiller(was thinking about doing a homemade one but after calculating the cost id be saving like 5 bucks, meh. it also comes with a faucet adapter)
-All the specialty grains(chocolate, black barley, black patent, crystal 60L) for my 5.5 gal Vanilla porter, plus 6 lbs of light DME and 3 lbs x lite DME, 2 vanilla beans, and hops (Northern Brewer, Fuggles, Williamette)
-3 gallon better bottle for use as secondary for my small high gravity batches
-24 inch plastic spoon
-1 gallon glass jug for starters
I will be racking it to the better bottle next week on 1 oz of cascades
3L starter for my porter with WLP002
Celebration of my night with a delicious Stout(I have never had before)
oh and heres the porter recipe redone with some more suitable hops IMO. Based off the Edmund fitz clone with some additions
Code:
BeerSmith Recipe Printout - www.beersmith.com
Recipe: Wedding Porter
Brewer: Spak
Asst Brewer:
Style: Robust Porter
TYPE: Extract
Taste: (35.0)
Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 5.50 gal
Boil Size: 6.74 gal
Estimated OG: 1.065 SG
Estimated Color: 37.9 SRM
Estimated IBU: 42.7 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: - %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
6.00 lb Light Dry Extract (8.0 SRM) Dry Extract 58.5 %
2.00 lb Extra Light Dry Extract (3.0 SRM) Dry Extract 19.5 %
1.00 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 9.8 %
0.50 lb Chocolate Malt (450.0 SRM) Grain 4.9 %
0.50 lb Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM) Grain 4.9 %
0.25 lb Black (Patent) Malt (500.0 SRM) Grain 2.4 %
1.00 oz Northern Brewer [8.50%] (60 min) Hops 29.0 IBU
0.50 oz Fuggles [4.50%] (30 min) Hops 5.9 IBU
0.50 oz Williamette [5.50%] (15 min) Hops 4.7 IBU
0.50 oz Fuggles [4.50%] (10 min) Hops 2.8 IBU
0.50 oz Williamette [5.50%] (1 min) Hops 0.4 IBU
1 Pkgs English Ale (White Labs #WLP002) Yeast-Ale
Mash Schedule: None
Total Grain Weight: 2.25 lb
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Notes:
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