EJay
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Nice recipe. I did it as a 2.5 gallon Biab. Last night I pulled my first pint and tonight my second. This is the first time I've kegged too. This recipe is a keeper.
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Hello, I currently have this fermenting on its 4th day. I have a quick question. Here is what you mentioned in your original post:
Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 7days @ 68f
Additional Fermentation: 7 days keg conditioned while force carbing
Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 14days @ 68
Does this mean 7 days in primary fermentation, at which point you rack into a keg, toss in hops, and let sit for 14 days, then pull hops out and its ready to go?
Or does this mean 7 days in primary fermentation, rack into keg and let sit for 7 additional days, then pop keg lid and put in hops for 14 additional days, then pop keg lid, remove hops, then its ready to go?
Thanks!
Do it all in primary. Dry hop 3-7 days or so before kegging/bottling. Secondaries+IPAs=stupid
IPA brewing techniques have come a long way since 2008. Take advantage of it
I think lines 2 and 3 got switched. As written, it makes no sense.
Leave it in primary for 10 days. Dump in the dry hops, wait 3-5 more days. Rack to keg and carbonate.
IPA brewing techniques have come a long way since 2008. Take advantage of it
And while you're at it, feel free to add in another step - whirlpool hop addition!
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=568961
Don't under-hop it. Go big or go home, with IPAs & DIPAs.
I am brewing this, this weekend ... any general do's/donts for a newbie brewing first IPA?
I too am planning on brewing this beer next weekend. Would you consider the current hop schedule enough? Or is it a bit "under-hopped"? A lot of people have said this is not a 'hop-bomb', but I tend to like hoppier, more aromatic beers. What would you change in this recipe to make it a bit more hop forward?
This will be my second brew, but my first AG-BIAB method.
I know OG is supposed to be 1.065 ... i used about 1.75 packets of dry yeast
Sounds like you should be fine. Personally, I'd only use 1 pack of yeast and no secondary but you could have 100 of us make the same beer and see 100 different little variations.
I gave this recipe a shot a few weekends ago. This was only my second beer, and first time BIAB. This was certainly a learning experience!
I've only got an 8G kettle, and with 14# of grain I had to do a dunk sparge to get full volume. I missed my mash temp by 3* and it dropped quite a few over the hour long mash. (Lesson#1)
I used too much water in my dunk sparge and ended up with about 7.25G in the kettle after all was said and done. (Lesson#2)
Boiled for 90 minutes and was left with about 6.25G post boil. Made me realize my two burners on my stovetop aren't really up to the challenge of a boiling 7+ gallons. So I'm going to look into an outdoor burner... (Lesson#3)
I chilled the kettle in my sink with an ice bath. This takes way too long for my liking... Going to invest in a wort chiller. (Lesson#4)
Pitched my 2L starter of Conan yeast into wort that was around 80*, it was getting late and I was getting impatient Hope this wasn't much of a shock to my yeast. (Lesson#5) Fermented at 67* for 3 days, 68* for 2 days, 69* for 2 days, now it's sitting at 70* til I bottle.
Starting Gravity: 1.052
Original Gravity: 1.060
Final Gravity: 1.012 (Test #1: 9 days in primary)
So from my noob calculations I think my brewhouse efficiency was around 66%, but I think that's from adding too much sparge water and not a heavy enough boil.
Even with all my mistakes, the OG wort tasted amazing! The FG sample was delicious (pre-dry hopped). Dry hopped last night and should bottle on Saturday or Sunday.
1) you def need to get a mash tun (I installed a valve on a 10 gal picnic beverage cooler and it works great, there's plenty of instructional stuff on this around, it's cheap, effective and necessary). That 3* isn't that big of a deal, but that drop could be.
2) I think the excess volume is okay, it's because you added too much water, not because your range isn't good enough (I use my kitchen stove and a 10 gal pot w no problems)
3) 80* is no big, there's plenty of yeast cells that will be able to get you to where you want to be.
I think you're over analyzing things. RDWHAHB and that brew will turn out fine. You can screw up pretty hard and still wind up with something drinkable.
After trying one of my bottles after only 5 days of carbonation, you are completely right - I was absolutely over analyzing it! Everything worked out great! This IPA is fantastic! Even after only 5 days conditioning, it's mighty tasty and waaay too easy to drink! Not very hoppy, but super smooth as of now. Very well balanced. I love it!
I just took a Secondary Gravity reading ... it was 1.018
Can I expect the gravity to hit a lower # at this point?
Also, I was going to rack to a secondary and dry hop, but with the higher reading I decided to leave it in the primary and dry hop there.
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Just wanted to add to the commendations. Brewed this 2.5 weeks ago. I dumped the hops at flame out rather than dry hop. It's in the keg, clearing and well carbed. It's a cracking drop. Will brew again. Thanks!!
Hey,
Just brewed this yesterday and I don't have a filter for hops yet and man a ton of hop residue made it into the carboy. Did others have same issue or do most use a hop screen / filter. Thinking about buying either the blichmann hop filter or filter that hooks on to the top of the kettle and you put all the hops into it.
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