My second parti gyle - IPA and APL

[D-Train]

Here's what I brewed 9 days ago. This is my second parti gyle. What do you think?

Mash ~
22.00 lb Golden Promise (Simpsons) (2.0 SRM) 90.5 %
1.00 lb Barley, Flaked (1.7 SRM) 4.1 %
1.00 lb Light Carastan (15.0 SRM) 4.1 %
0.30 lb Acidulated (Weyermann) (1.8 SRM) 1.2 %

Cap final batch sparge with 0.5 lb medium english crystal (50-60L).

Mash at 150F for 60 minutes, batch sparge.

Collect 3 runnings. Blend the runnings to pre-boil 7.1 gallons at 1.058 and 7.0 gallons at 1.044. All of the second runnings go to beer #1 and all of the third runnings with the english crystal go to beer #2. The first runnings are split.

Beer #1 (India Pale Ale) is OG 1.068, 70 IBU's, 4.9 SRM ~
1 oz Warrior at 60 minutes
3 oz (1 oz ea. Citra, Mosaic, Centennial) flameout for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally
3 oz (1 oz ea. Citra, Mosaic, Centennial) dry hop after 5 days
3 oz (1 oz ea. Citra, Mosaic, Centennial) keg hop
WY1318 London Ale III

Beer #2 (American Pale Lager) is OG 1.053, 45 IBU's, 6.8 SRM ~
0.5 oz Warrior at 60 minutes
1 oz (0.5 oz ea. Cascade and CTZ) at 15 minutes
1 oz (0.5 oz ea. Cascade and CTZ) at 5 minutes
2 oz (1 oz ea. Simcoe and CTZ) dry hop after 9 days
WY2124 Bohemian Lager

Both should be kegged within the next week. I'll report back on the results.

 

[D-Train]

Crickets in here for sure. That's ok the beers came put great. The real surprise was the hoppy lager. The WY2124 yeast has a slight fruitiness that complements hops well. I didn't realize it has that component until I brewed an Oktoberfest with it and didn't care for that.

Here's the IPA. My first time using London Ale III and it's very hazy just like they say.

 

[D-Train]

Here's the hoppy lager. This one was the dark horse and keeps you coming back for more.

 

[Cardassian]

Ale looks good. Lager looks stunning.
How hoppy does the lager seem?
Might have to try something like this soon.

 

[runningfarmer]

How was IPA? Looking at the hops you used for a northeast IPA. Love 1318 for my favorite yeast. Thanks

 

[catdaddy66]

A damn fine duo... I like how you split ale and lager styles. Or was the lager done like a steam beer?

 

[D-Train]

I rebrewed this and kegged the IPA a couple of days ago. The lager is sitting on the 3rd day of dry hops right now. I forgot that I used simcoe and went off memory by using cascade and ctz as the dry hops this time. Oh well.

I'm setup with a temp controller and ferm fridge so I do my lagers in the traditional style at low temps, though I do find that WY2124 gets a little fruity and fermented this a little higher at 54 or so. The first time I realized that WY2124 was fruity my neighbor had my oktoberfest and said tastes good, a little fruity. That annoyed me but I realized he was right and 2124 does kick out some esters. Next oktoberfest will be white labs bock yeast, but I digress...

 

[D-Train]

Ale looks good. Lager looks stunning.
How hoppy does the lager seem?
Might have to try something like this soon.

Not very hoppy, but just perfect for a nice everyday beer.

 

[D-Train]

How was IPA? Looking at the hops you used for a northeast IPA. Love 1318 for my favorite yeast. Thanks

I love the citra-mosaic-centennial combo. I did a hop test by dry hopping miller high life bottles with a different hop per bottle, and then blended in glasses. This was my favorite. In my opinion mosaic needs to be cut to 1/3 otherwise it gets too overpowering, though it does make a fine single hop beer too.

 

[jjeffers09]

looks like an American IPA and Bohemian Pale Lager... well done btw. Your APL is more to the #'s of a bohemian pilsner and the yeast was a good choice. I would assume the 60 min warrior to dominate the cascade and simcoe, but Columbus will stand strong on pretty much anything you put it in. I like it but it is assertive. Glad all is well! I think you will like wlp833, I do anyway