Brew #22 - IPA

Yes, another IPA. For one thing, we're just about out of the Par Four IPA, but also we want to have this and the following brew ready for the summer so we can dole them out to people. So, we're trying to fine-tune this brew. It's mostly a copy of the Third Shot IPA, but there's something of everything in there. 

Ingredients

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Our recipe is designed for a 1.046 OG 10 gallon batch, assuming 75% efficient mash. IBUs clock in around 182. Holy crap. 

15lbs. Pale Malt

2.0lbs. Crystal 40°L

8oz Chinook (14%AA)

2oz Cascade (4.6%AA) (dry hop)

WLP008 East Coast Ale Liquid Yeast

Mash Method

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April 3, 2010 
For this brew we were able to make use of a new remote thermometer probe that we just left inside the mash tun. As such, we were able to control the temperature without contributing to heat loss by opening the tun to measure. 

Unfortunately, there was a bit of a chase in temperature as we found there were many hotspots inside (and our strike water temp was too high). We did wind up having to open it a lot to mix it up well. Overall, however, we believe we were well within range for a good mash. 

Once the hour of mashing was up, we vorlaufed for twenty minutes, then lautered into the boil pot. We sparged with five gallons of ~190° water. Mixed it up, vorlaufed for another twenty minutes. Lautered into the boil pot. Sparged with 4.5 more gallons. Mixed, vorlaufed for 20, lautered. 

11 gallons in the pot. 

Brew Method

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April 3, 2010 
It actually took a while to get to boil, but we were able to get a hot break with MINIMAL boil over (there wasn't a ton of headspace in the pot). We lost maybe a few spoonfuls. Shucks. Regardless, we were then able to proceed as such: 

T=60min 
Added 5oz Chinook (14%AA) 

T=30min 
Added 3oz Chinook (14%AA) 

T=15min 
Added 2 tspn Irish Moss 


T=0min 
Killed the heat, hooked up the counterflow chiller and drained the boil pot into the two fermenters. Our OG wound up being 1.044, yielding a 72% efficient mash. That's pretty kick ass. 


Fermentation

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April 3, 2010 
We got our ten gallons of 1.044 wort bubbling away in a appropriately heated nook upstairs. Pretty awesome. 

April 17, 2010 
Transferred to secondary fermenters, and added 1oz of Cascade to each fermenter. 


Bottling

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May 2, 2010 
Today was bottling day yay! Our FG was 1.010, yielding an ABV of 4.68%. In all, we garnered 48x 22oz bottles and one half-gallon growler. Wowzers! 

Notes

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• Strike with water ~165° as opposed to 175°.