My first AG Hop Head II IPA ???

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Here is the grain bill

Ingredients: 5 gallon recipe
14 lbs. Domestic 2-Row barley malt,
4 oz. Aromatic,
12 oz. Caramel 60°L,
8 oz. Victory,
1 oz. Chinook, 1 oz. Cascade, 1 oz. Centennial, 1 oz. Crystal and 2 oz. Cascade

1 oz Chinook bittering hops and boil for 60 minutes
After 15 minutes add ½ oz Cascade hops .
Wait 15 more minutes and add ½ oz Centennial hops. After 10 more minutes add the other ½ oz Cascade hops Wait 10 minutes then add the other ½ oz Centennial hops . After 5 minutes add 1 oz Crystal hops and boil for the last 5 minutes

Calls for 1 1/2 quarts per pound of grain for strike @ 152 for 60 min= approx 4.5 gallons

Sparge 1/2 gallon per pound = approx 7.5 gallons. I plan on batch sparging


My question is should I stop the sparge before the full amount of wort is collected or take readings untill I hit 1.010 I have done kits with steeping grain and malt in the past with a start or 6-61/2 gallons .

Seems I would have to boil along time to get from 10 gallons down to 61/2 to start my hop additions
 
I would personally move everything except the initial bittering addition (which I think you may need more of) to the last 15 or so minutes.

I'd try to plug this into actual beer recipe software so you have a better understanding of the IBU, gravity, and so forth.
 
I'd drain the initial runnings, and then calculate how much extra you need to reach your pre-boil volume. I'd then do two equal volume sparges to reach the required volume. The runnings of the second batch will probably be > 1.010, so you will lose a little bit in efficiency, but that sure beats boiling off 4.5 gallons.
If you did collect 10 gallons, then you will almost certainly be over-sparging, and the runnings will drop way below 1,010.

-a.
 
15.5 lbs of grain X 1.5 qts. = 5.8 gallons I think. You will loose a bit of water due to absorbtion and maybe some deadspace in the cooler. I use .14 gallon per pound.

I would collect 7.5 gallons or so and boil from that point on. I take it you don't quite know how much will evaporate?

Looks very hoppy.
 
Blender said:
15.5 lbs of grain X 1.5 qts. = 5.8 gallons I think. You will loose a bit of water due to absorbtion and maybe some deadspace in the cooler. I use .14 gallon per pound.

I would collect 7.5 gallons or so and boil from that point on. I take it you don't quite know how much will evaporate?

Looks very hoppy.

In the past a 1 hour boil would evaporate between 1-1 1/2 gallons per hour but it all depends on the weather. And this is the first time with the keggle I used to use a 24 quart SS pot I bought at Sams.

Love hops ..:rockin:

ajf said:
I'd drain the initial runnings, and then calculate how much extra you need to reach your pre-boil volume. I'd then do two equal volume sparges to reach the required volume. The runnings of the second batch will probably be > 1.010, so you will lose a little bit in efficiency, but that sure beats boiling off 4.5 gallons.
If you did collect 10 gallons, then you will almost certainly be over-sparging, and the runnings will drop way below 1,010.

-a.

Thanks so it looks like I will play it by ear.

I dont want my brew day to last all day ..... unless the the wife puts out the honeydo list then a day away is just the ticket.
 
PseudoChef said:
I would personally move everything except the initial bittering addition (which I think you may need more of) to the last 15 or so minutes.

I'd try to plug this into actual beer recipe software so you have a better understanding of the IBU, gravity, and so forth.

Unfortunately I dont have any extra hops to add at the start and I cant justify an order for just1 or 2 oz of hops..I will try the later additions


I did forget to mention that I will be dry hopping with 2 oz of Williamette leaf hops.. Was suppose to be Cascade but they sent me Williamette
 
PseudoChef said:
I would personally move everything except the initial bittering addition (which I think you may need more of) to the last 15 or so minutes.

I'd try to plug this into actual beer recipe software so you have a better understanding of the IBU, gravity, and so forth.


I just used tastybrew to do some calculations


OG 1.079
FG 1.020
IBU 85
ABV 7.6 %
SRM 7

Specifics
Boil Volume 7.0 gallons
Batch Size 5 gallons
Yeast 75% AA

Style Comparison
Low High
OG 1.050 1.079 1.075
FG 1.012 1.020 1.016
IBU 40 85 60+
SRM 8 7 14
ABV 5 7.6 7.8

% Weight Weight (lbs) Grain Gravity Points Color
90.3 % 14.00 American Two-row Pale 72.5 5.0
4.8 % 0.75 Caramel 3.5 0.8
3.2 % 0.50 American Victory 2.4 2.5
1.6 % 0.25 Belgian Aromatic 1.1 1.3
15.50 79.4
% Wt Weight (oz) Hop Form AA% AAU Boil Time Utilization IBU
16.7 % 1.00 Chinook Pellet 12.0 12.0 60 0.239 43.0
8.3 % 0.50 Cascade Pellet 6.6 3.3 45 0.220 10.9
8.3 % 0.50 Centennial Pellet 10.5 5.3 30 0.184 14.5
8.3 % 0.50 Cascade Pellet 6.6 3.3 20 0.145 7.2
8.3 % 0.50 Centennial Pellet 10.5 5.3 10 0.087 6.8
16.7 % 1.00 Crystal Pellet 3.5 3.5 5 0.048 2.5
33.3 % 2.00 Willamette Whole/Plug 5.5 11.0 DH 0.000 0.0
6.00 84.9

85 IBU can that be correct. I did this at a 70% efficiency(wishfull thinking)
 
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