#27 IIPA #2
| Brewed: | Sep 2014 |
| Style: | IPA |
| ABV: | 8.5% |
| Original Gravity: | 1.077 |
| Final Gravity: | 1.013 |
| Bitterness: | 88 IBUs |
| IBU/OG: | 1.142 |
| Batch Size: | 19 ltr |
| Method: | Batch Sparge |
| Mash Temp: | 64.4°C |
| Mash Volume: | 19.3 ltr |
| Sparge Volume: | 13.0 ltr |
| Mash Time: | 75 min |
| Boil Time: | 90 min |
| 5.0kg | Gladfield Ale Malt | |
| 2.0kg | Maris Otter Pale Malt | |
| 200g | Gladfield Gladiator Malt | |
| 200g | Gladfield Light Crystal Malt | |
| 20g | El Dorado 15.6% | Boil 60 min |
| 40g | Amarillo 8.2% | Boil 40 min |
| 40g | Amarillo 8.2% | Boil 5 min |
| 40g | Amarillo 8.2% | Steep 10 min |
| 40g | El Dorado 15.6% | Steep 10 min |
| 80g | Amarillo 8.2% | Dry Hop 7 Days |
| 40g | El Dorado 15.6% | Dry Hop 7 Days |
| Safale US-05 Dry Ale Yeast | ||
| 2 Carbonation drops per 500ml bottle | ||
I was initially planning to do a porter or similar, maybe even a black IPA. But come “brew shop day” I had nothing organised and I ended up making this one up on the spot in the shop. A simple malt combination, with some Gladiator malt for head retention. The hop selection was simple – Paul the shop owner said he had used the two hops recently and liked them so decision made. That just left me to work out the hop additions which I did based on one criteria – no leftover hops.
Notes
27/9 Brew day went well – really should allow for more kettle loss in my calculations so not to put so much gunk from the kettle into the fermenter (and use a hop spider for less gunk!).
28/9 Fermentation going nicely this morning.
11/10 I added all the dry hops in one go – I was going to split them into two lots, but I liked how clear my last beer was where I used a hop bag for the dry hops, and I have only one, so one lot it was.<
16/10 Set temp to 2deg to crash the beer a little.
18/10 Bottling day! The beer tasted great, I am pleased. Two carb drops per bottle, and having Brook helping with the bottling made it really easy too.
Tasting Notes
There was something a little off with this beer – too sweet I think. Given how nice it tasted at bottling time probably means something introduced at bottling – too many carbonation drops? I am tempted to go back to the bottling bucket approach.