Single hop brewday

[Dude]

Well we are mashed in....21 lbs. of grain.

We are going to make 2 five gallon batches of single hop pale ale--definitley one will be Amarillo, the other either Pacific Gem or Columbus--yet to be decide. Once we smell how funky the Pac gems are, we'll decide.


Could be a long, ugly night. I've never started drinking this early in a brew day.

Pics to come, I'm sure.

BTW, the brewers today are SwAMi, Jon (XtrmXJ), and myself. :rockin:

 

[Lounge Lizard]

Sounds like fun! So where are the pictures??

 

[david_42]

Let us know about the Pacific Gem. I haven't run across that before.

 

[Dude]

ERRRR...change of plans....

Now we are doing a 10 gallon batch of a killer IPA, chock full of Columbus, Centennial, Amarillo and Glacier hops. More to come.

 

[Dude]

We had to change plans once we realize that logistically, doing a split batch would be a nightmare. So, we cobbled together a new recipe real quick.

Here's the recipe we're doing:

Experimental IPA

A ProMash Recipe Report

BJCP Style and Style Guidelines
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Recipe Specifics
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Batch Size (Gal): 11.00 Wort Size (Gal): 11.00
Total Grain (Lbs): 22.00
Anticipated OG: 1.061 Plato: 15.02
Anticipated SRM: 6.9
Anticipated IBU: 57.6
Brewhouse Efficiency: 80 %
Wort Boil Time: 90 Minutes

% Amount Name Origin Potential SRM
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77.3 17.00 lbs. Pale Malt(2-row) Great Britain 1.038 3
4.5 1.00 lbs. Cane Sugar Generic 1.046 0
4.5 1.00 lbs. Cara-Pils Dextrine Malt 1.033 2
4.5 1.00 lbs. Crystal 40L America 1.034 40
4.5 1.00 lbs. Flaked Soft White Wheat America 1.034 2
4.5 1.00 lbs. Munich Malt Germany 1.037 8

Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon.


Hops

Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
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1.00 oz. Columbus Whole 15.00 23.3 First WH
1.00 oz. Centennial Whole 10.50 16.9 60 min.
1.00 oz. Amarillo Whole 10.00 12.4 30 min.
1.00 oz. Amarillo Whole 10.00 3.2 5 min.
1.00 oz. Glacier Whole 5.50 1.8 5 min.


Yeast
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US-56

(Sam, posting under Dude's account)

 

[Dude]

Both of these babies are bubblign away like mad. I can't wait to try this sucker!

I am a litle concerned with the ferment temps, the house is pretty chilly but the thermo is reading about 68 outside the fermenter, which means it is probably closer to 75 inside it.

Oh well....

What a blast of a brewday. I was so tore up by the end it is a wonder we got everything accomplished without any major accidents.

 

[Mykel Obvious]

Even at 75 F the US-56 shouldn't do ya wrong... I did a cider with it at over 80 F and it is clean and tasty, just as it should be!



mikey

 

[Dude]

This brew turned out to be named Solid Gold..it is pretty damn good! Definitley brewing it again!

Yo SwAMi...what was the OG?

 

[Cheesefood]

RAM Brewpub uses Amarillo in their Big Red APA. It's a good hop.

 

[Brewpastor]

Amarillo's are growing on me, not literally, but they are nice.

 

[Ivan Lendl]

Amarillo's are growing on me, not literally, but they are nice.

yeah im drinking an apa dry hopped with Amirillo, they are pretty nice. Very similar to cascade.

 

[Indiana Red]

Mmm I need to use those for a couple batches and see how I like them.. I bet I would