brewing this beast in the morning...IIIPA

[grassfeeder]

Any last minute suggestions?

Brew Method: All Grain
Style Name: Imperial IPA
Boil Time: 90 min
Batch Size: 4 gallons (fermentor volume)
Boil Size: 6.25 gallons
Boil Gravity: 1.069
Efficiency: 60% (brew house)


STATS:
Original Gravity: 1.108
Final Gravity: 1.020
ABV (standard): 11.56%
IBU (tinseth): 87.21
SRM (morey): 6.03

FERMENTABLES:
13.45 lb - American - Pale 2-Row (77%)
1.82 lb - Corn Sugar - Dextrose (10.4%)
1.1 lb - American - White Wheat (6.3%)
1.1 lb - Flaked Oats (6.3%)

HOPS:
1.45 oz - Columbus, Type: Pellet, AA: 15, Use: Boil for 60 min, IBU: 87.21
1 oz - Amarillo, Type: Pellet, AA: 8.6, Use: Whirlpool for 30 min at 170 °F
1 oz - Citra, Type: Pellet, AA: 11, Use: Whirlpool for 30 min at 170 °F
1 oz - Galaxy, Type: Pellet, AA: 14.25, Use: Whirlpool for 30 min at 170 °F
1 oz - Mosaic, Type: Pellet, AA: 12.5, Use: Whirlpool for 30 min at 170 °F
1 oz - Motueka, Type: Pellet, AA: 7, Use: Whirlpool for 30 min at 170 °F
2 oz - Citra, Type: Pellet, AA: 11, Use: Dry Hop for 5 days
2 oz - Mosaic, Type: Pellet, AA: 12.5, Use: Dry Hop for 5 days
2 oz - Amarillo, Type: Pellet, AA: 8.6, Use: Dry Hop for 5 days
2 oz - Galaxy, Type: Pellet, AA: 14.25, Use: Dry Hop for 5 days
2 oz - Motueka, Type: Pellet, AA: 7, Use: Dry Hop for 5 days

MASH GUIDELINES:
1) Temperature, Temp: 148 F, Time: 90 min
2) Sparge, Temp: 168 F, Time: 20 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.25 qt/lb

YEAST:
White Labs - San Diego Super Yeast WLP090
Starter: Yes
Form: Liquid
Attenuation (avg): 79.5%
Flocculation: Med-High
Optimum Temp: 65 - 68 F
Fermentation Temp: 65 F

 

[enkamania]

I've been using that hopping method (I do FWH instead of 60 and I whirlpool a little lower temp) and it has worked great. Good luck with this monster

 

[Johow]

That's a big one alright!

 

[m00ps]

Got any more hops?

When I do my biggest IPAs, I skip bittering all together. I pick up some IBUs from a late boil addition, and the rest from a flameout whirlpool

 

[tim_c7]

I suggest sipping it....trust me

 

[grassfeeder]

Got any more hops?

When I do my biggest IPAs, I skip bittering all together. I pick up some IBUs from a late boil addition, and the rest from a flameout whirlpool

more as in when?

 

[sputnam]

the FG of 1.020 might be a little sweet...personally I'd increase the sugar and get it down to at least 1.012 or even lower.

 

[grassfeeder]

the FG of 1.020 might be a little sweet...personally I'd increase the sugar and get it down to at least 1.012 or even lower.

Increasing the sugar actually raised the FG in brewersfriend

 

[henchman24]

If you are going big, you can keep going big. The more hops the better, if you ask me.

This is how I pretty much do all my hoppy beers now... enough bittering to hit ~40-60% of the IBUs I want (you'll get a lot from the whirlpool... I usually 'bitter' around 20 minutes though) and then add as much as I can in the whirlpool and dry hop. WIth my dry hop, I will usually do a third or half 4 or 5 days in and then keg hop the rest (3-4 days at room temp and then move to the kegerator).

In my experience with Galaxy, I think it absolutely shines as a dry hop. When I use it, I either split it 10:90 or just go all in on the dry hop.

 

[sputnam]

Increasing the sugar actually raised the FG in brewersfriend

That shouldn't be possible....put 2.5# sugar in and drop a pound or two of base malt

 

[henchman24]

I'm guessing the calculation is just off on brewersfriend. Putting the recipe into Beersmith, I get 1.011. I've never used SDSY, but that is roughly what I'd expect with Chico.