Inspiration
This is the first beer I've made in the past few years. The series is based off of the one that I had while I lived and worked at Crannog Ales. The idea for this beer came from Trinity Brewer's IPA clone of Treehouse Brewing's Julius. An amazing IPA by any standard, I figured that it might be a starting point for launching back into brewing IPAs. The other thing that I've changed with making this beer, and in my setup of brewing in general now, is that I'm doing my best to reduce oxygen uptake as much as possible. I'm now fermenting in corny kegs, and pressure transferring the beer to finishing/serving kegs to attempt to have the beer come into as little contact as possible with oxygen in the process. I'm hoping this helps with the stability of the final product. Anyway, I'm looking forward to launching back into this world.
Recipe
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 12 liters
Original Gravity: 1.067
Final Gravity: 1.016
ABV (standard): 6.7%
Fermentables
Weyermann Pale Ale 1.829 kg
Golden Promise Pale Ale Malt 1.486 kg
Carapils 0.457 kg
CaraMunich II 0.229 kg
Hops
Warrior 8.2 g @60 min
Columbus 8.2 g @20 min
Mosaic 12.3 g @15 min
Columbus 8.2 g @10 min
Columbus 24.5 g @Hop Stand for 60 min
Mosaic 49 g @Hop Stand for 60 min
Mosaic 73.6 g @Dry Hop
Columbus 24.5 g @Dry Hop
Mash Guidelines
69 °C for 60 min
Yeast
Safale - English Ale Yeast S-04 95%
Safale-WB06 5%
Water
Amsterdam Source
Post-Brewday Notes
Hop stand began at 55C for 10 minutes, to 44C for 50 minutes Brewed on Sunday April 26th (Day 1) – S04/WB06:97%/3% – pitch all day 1 at regular pitching temp 22C Monday April 27th (Day 2) – reduce temperature to 18-19C Monday April 27th (Day 2): 1.036 Thursday April 30th (Day 5) – raise temp to 22 and dry hop + add a bit of dextrose Thursday April 30th (Day 5): 1.018 Saturday May 2nd (Day 7) – cold crash for 2 days Monday May 4th (Day 9) - Keg Final Gravity: 1.016
Batch Size: 12 liters
Original Gravity: 1.067
Final Gravity: 1.016
ABV (standard): 6.7%
Fermentables
Weyermann Pale Ale 1.829 kg
Golden Promise Pale Ale Malt 1.486 kg
Carapils 0.457 kg
CaraMunich II 0.229 kg
Hops
Warrior 8.2 g @60 min
Columbus 8.2 g @20 min
Mosaic 12.3 g @15 min
Columbus 8.2 g @10 min
Columbus 24.5 g @Hop Stand for 60 min
Mosaic 49 g @Hop Stand for 60 min
Mosaic 73.6 g @Dry Hop
Columbus 24.5 g @Dry Hop
Mash Guidelines
69 °C for 60 min
Yeast
Safale - English Ale Yeast S-04 95%
Safale-WB06 5%
Water
Amsterdam Source
Post-Brewday Notes
Hop stand began at 55C for 10 minutes, to 44C for 50 minutes Brewed on Sunday April 26th (Day 1) – S04/WB06:97%/3% – pitch all day 1 at regular pitching temp 22C Monday April 27th (Day 2) – reduce temperature to 18-19C Monday April 27th (Day 2): 1.036 Thursday April 30th (Day 5) – raise temp to 22 and dry hop + add a bit of dextrose Thursday April 30th (Day 5): 1.018 Saturday May 2nd (Day 7) – cold crash for 2 days Monday May 4th (Day 9) - Keg Final Gravity: 1.016