Double IPA - Recipe Advice

[jad814]

Awesome! Thanks again for all the time and advice.

 

[Jacinthebox]

Awesome! Thanks again for all the time and advice.

NP good luck

 

[jad814]

I know this is the 3rd or 4th time I've said "this is where I landed" but honestly this is where I landed after trying to accommodate advice and staying in line with what I'm hoping for:

87% 2row
5% crystal 40
5% carapils
3% dextrose

Brew day tomorrow bright and early in the quite cold 6:30am. I'll report back (good or bad)!

 

[cyanmonkey]

2 lbs of C10 and C20 isn't that ridiculous. You won't get the cloying sweetness from say C40 & C60. My favorite IPA I brew has 1.75 lbs of C40-C120. It's a bit old school, but if it tastes good it is good.

My other favorite pale ale I brew has 10.5 lbs 2-row and 1 lb C20. It's still pretty dry since I mash low and get my sulfate a right on my water.

Where you finally landed looks pretty good to me, although I wouldn't use as much carapils, personally.

People hate crystal because its popular, but it makes good beer.

 

[jad814]

Been busy to follow-up, but brew day went really well with the exception of a couple procedural (I suspect) matters:

1. I have yet to do an all grain brew where I come reasonably close to my calculated OG (calculated via software). I fell a good 0.014-0.016 low of my target on this run (after accounting for temperature). I was excited that all my mash/infusion temps went well, I was careful to lauter slowly, and I don't know what it is but it frustrates me that I can't seem to ever hit my OG targets (or close) doing all grain. The only variable I haven't taken first-hand control over is the grain crack, but to my eye the grain as it comes from the local homebrew shop is plenty broken down. I don't know, but it frustrates me! The only other variable I'm holding hope on is that I used a brand new hydrometer, so when I measure the final gravity perhaps it'll be well lower than my target as well, which may mean something is amiss with the hydrometer, but I suspect that's unlikely.

2. I wanted to try to leave behind a lot of the junky/trub from the boil kettle, so I attempted the hand whirlpool procedure, and let it rest for 20-25 minutes (it had spun out), but the bottom of my pot (a Bayou Classic steel pot) must not be condusive to holding the cone, as it was simply a big cake on the bottom of the pot. Nonetheless, I siphoned into the fermenter through a strainer (fine mesh kitchen strainer - which got painful towards the end when it got very sludgy but I powered through).

All things considered, successful brew day, and I'm excited (despite having a hard time being as excited as I was when I'm missing these damn gravity targets by a fair margin) to taste the result.

 

[atom]

1. I have yet to do an all grain brew where I come reasonably close to my calculated OG (calculated via software). I fell a good 0.014-0.016 low of my target on this run (after accounting for temperature). I was excited that all my mash/infusion temps went well, I was careful to lauter slowly, and I don't know what it is but it frustrates me that I can't seem to ever hit my OG targets (or close) doing all grain. The only variable I haven't taken first-hand control over is the grain crack, but to my eye the grain as it comes from the local homebrew shop is plenty broken down. I don't know, but it frustrates me! The only other variable I'm holding hope on is that I used a brand new hydrometer, so when I measure the final gravity perhaps it'll be well lower than my target as well, which may mean something is amiss with the hydrometer, but I suspect that's unlikely.

my efficiency went up 10% when i started to mill my own.

 

[jad814]

my efficiency went up 10% when i started to mill my own.

Wow... I just calculated mine to 78%. Perhaps I'll more seriously consider milling my own grain in a shorter time-frame than I already was.

 

[jimmerz]

I just realized you are in Pittsburgh! No wonder you want to clone a Hop Juju. Im in Mars, PA.

Have you had the Super Juicy Hop JuJu?

 

[jad814]

Wow... I just calculated mine to 78%. Perhaps I'll more seriously consider milling my own grain in a shorter time-frame than I already was.

I stand corrected here. I see now that the site I used (http://www.brewersfriend.com/brewhouse-efficiency/), offers the ability to put various volumes and gravity readings in to calculate various "efficiency" metrics.

"Pre Boil Efficiency" - 78%
"Brewhouse Efficiency" - 60%

 

[jpb2716]

I just realized you are in Pittsburgh! No wonder you want to clone a Hop Juju. Im in Mars, PA.

Have you had the Super Juicy Hop JuJu?

I too am from Pittsburgh and am jealous. I've never had the Super Juicy Hop Juju. Just the regular Juju. Delicious.

 

[jad814]

I just realized you are in Pittsburgh! No wonder you want to clone a Hop Juju. Im in Mars, PA.

Have you had the Super Juicy Hop JuJu?

Haha small world, I'm in Cranberry Twp. I saw Super Juicy was on the last couple weeks but I couldn't get over there unfortunately. JuJu is my fav DIPA for sure (that I've had that is remotely reasonably able to be acquired), thus the inspiration here.

 

[jimmerz]

Haha small world, I'm in Cranberry Twp. I saw Super Juicy was on the last couple weeks but I couldn't get over there unfortunately. JuJu is my fav DIPA for sure (that I've had that is remotely reasonably able to be acquired), thus the inspiration here.

Super juicy is by far the best DIPA/IPA I've ever had. That goes for Heady, Pliny, Sip of Sunshine and any other I could insert here. It was OUTSTANDING!

Fat Heads should make it year round!