American IPA Brutus - Brut IPA

[hazydayzbrewing]

Recipe Type

All Grain

Yeast

WLP051

Yeast Starter

Yes-1.5L

Batch Size (Gallons)

5 Gal

Original Gravity

1.060

Final Gravity

1.005

Boiling Time (Minutes)

60

Color

3 SRM

Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)

14 Days @ 66'F

Tasting Notes

White Wine, Cherries, Biscuit

60 Min Mash - 142 - add 6ml Amylo300 at start of mash
60 Min Boil

Grain Bill
6# Pilsner Malt
3.75# Flaked Corn
5 oz Acid Malt
1# Rice Hulls
.5# Light DME @ 10 mins

Hops
.25 oz El Dorado @ 15 mins
1.5 oz El Dorado @ Flameout - Whirlpool for 20 Min while letting temp free fall
6 oz El Dorado @ dryhop - 4 days
2 oz Mosaic @ dryhop - 4 days

Yeast
1.5 Liter starter - WLP051 - 66deg for 3 days then ramp to 70

Other
Yeast nutrient @ 15 mins
Irish Moss/Whirlfloc @ 15 mins

Cold Crash for 24 hours after dry hopping then package.

This was my first take on the Brut IPA style. The El Dorado's really imparted a white wine flavor with cherry notes as well. The enzyme was added in the mash only as i was nervous about diacetyl if I added it to the fermenter. This probably explains why I didn't get my FG down to 1.000 but it's still pretty dry at 1.005.

 

[hazydayzbrewing]

Here's a picture as well.

 

[thehaze]

Looks very nice in the glass. I've gotten cherries before with El Dorado, s I'm glad I was not the only one. Sounds delicious as well!

Cheers!

 

[ten80]

DME will also add non-fermentable dextrins that will bump your FG up a little, counteracting some of the FG drop from enzyme in the mash

 

[TechFanMD]

DME will also add non-fermentable dextrins that will bump your FG up a little, counteracting some of the FG drop from enzyme in the mash

The whole point of a Brut with lower temp mash and using enzymes is to make a dry, low FG beer, why would you try to bring up FG?

 

[ten80]

The whole point of a Brut with lower temp mash and using enzymes is to make a dry, low FG beer, why would you try to bring up FG?

My point may not have been clear. I was explaining that the DME may have contributed to his higher-than-expected FG, not suggesting that he should add DME.