re: Homebrewing: In-Process Thread

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OG: 1.065
Mash @ 149

89% 2-row/Pilsner
3% Flaked Oats
3% Wheat
5% Cane Sugar

60 mins - 70 IBUs Hop Shot
0 mins - 1.0 oz Citra
0 mins - 0.5 oz Simcoe
0 mins - 0.5 oz Apollo
180 F - 2.0 oz Citra
180 F - 1.0 oz Amarillo
180 F - 0.5 oz Simcoe
180 F - 0.5 oz Apollo
DH - 2.0 oz Citra
DH - 2.0 oz Amarillo
DH - 1.0 oz Simcoe
DH - 0.5 oz Apollo

Gigayeast Vermont IPA

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Brewed this IPA today... when I went to pull the hops the Galaxy hops started calling me and I can't resist Galaxy. It's like Citra with an Aussie accent..

So I threw in an ounce at flame out and hopstand.

For an Oktoberfest I do a 1 liter starter then pitch that in to 2 liters of additional wort. Assuming you use a stir plate. I think the experts would tell you do a little more than that but it's always worked fine for me.

Checked in on my German Hefe on top of blueberries last night. If you recall I brewed 5.5 gallons of a german hefe, split the batch, bottled half, and racked the other half on top of 3.5 lbs of blueberries. Well i did a visual inspection to see how everything was looking, last night. I have some additional fermentation going, though not much. But what really surprised me, was the color. It looks like the color of cranberry juice. I've got a good feeling about this one, despite the low ABV (4%).

Also, did anyone else enter clash of the carboys? I entered my el dorado IPA, i named El Duderino. If you remember, i wasn't very happy with this IPA. I found it overcarbonated and bubble gummy, flavors. Well, now that it has had time to calm down, it is really turning out pretty good. Getting a more fruity taste from the hops, and the carbonation seems to not be as harsh. It's still slightly over-carbed, but not to the point of ruining the beer. I don't expect too high of a grade from the judges, but we'll see.

Oh, and here's my label for this one.

Developing a Citra/Amarillo IPA right now. Plan on brewing this after i brew the oktoberfest. Give your thoughts on this recipe.

OG = 1.062
FG = 1.010
Gigayeast Norcal Ale #1 (chico strain)
Mash temp 148-149

HOPS
First Wort (60) - 1 oz. Centennial
40 min - .7 oz Citra
5 min - 1 oz. Amarillo
5 min - 1 oz. Citra
Whirlpool 10 min - 1 oz. Amarillo
Whirlpool 10 min - 1 oz. Citra
DH 7 Days - .8 oz. Citra
DH 7 Days - .5 oz. Amarillo
DH 7 Days - .5 oz. Centennial
DH 4 Days - .5 oz. Citra
DH 4 Days - .5 oz. Amarillo
DH 4 Days - .5 oz. Centennial

Estimated ABV = 6.8%
Estimated IBU = 77.5

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thats a lot of Centenial for a Citra/Amarillo IPA

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Well it started as a citra amarillo only, but i wanted a more pronounced bittering hop so i threw in some at first wort.

The 40 min addition is to up my bitterness. I was thinking of maybe using centennial again, or like you suggested, just dropping it completely.

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about 40 IBUs of bittering hops. I used Cascade, because it's what I had.
2 oz Citra and an ounce of Amarillo at 180 F
2 oz Citra and an ounce of Amarillo dry hop 5 days

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I like it. I may drop the centennial out of the dry hop. I was reading on homebrewtalk on single hopped beers and the one for Citra stated it was best for late addition hops, and that Amarillo as a stand alone wasn't very good.
Considering they are nearly all late addition, i may remove the centennial, and do a 2 oz. citra to 1 amarillo dry hop.

Revised

10 lbs 4.0 oz Pale Ale Malt 2-Row (Briess) (3.5 SRM) Grain 1 80.4 %
1 lbs 8.0 oz Vienna Malt (Briess) (3.5 SRM) Grain 2 11.8 %
8.0 oz Carapils (Briess) (1.5 SRM) Grain 3 3.9 %
8.0 oz Caravienne Malt (22.0 SRM) Grain 4 3.9 %

HOPS

1.00 oz Centennial [10.00 %] - First Wort 60.0 m Hop 5 32.0 IBUs
1.00 oz Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 30.0 min Hop 6 22.3 IBUs
0.50 oz Amarillo [9.20 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 7 2.7 IBUs
0.50 oz Citra [12.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 8 3.5 IBUs
1.00 oz Amarillo [9.20 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 10. Hop 9 4.8 IBUs
1.00 oz Citra [12.00 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 10.0 Hop 10 6.3 IBUs

1.00 oz Citra [12.00 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days Hop 12 0.0 IBUs
0.50 oz Amarillo [9.20 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days Hop 13 0.0 IBUs
1.00 oz Citra [12.00 %] - Dry Hop 4.0 Days Hop 14 0.0 IBUs
0.50 oz Amarillo [9.20 %] - Dry Hop 4.0 Days Hop 15 0.0 IBUs

Has anybody read this exbeeriment about the FWH effect?

My homebrew laziness has me wanting to FWH all my brews now.

I saw that, and really hoped that the FWH beer would be favored. I do wonder if it would make a difference with much higher IBU beers (he only went with 26.7 IBUs in the first addition)

I love the hop character in the SMaSH I have right now, with no boil additions. Talk about the lazy way of doing it.

I also took his experiment with single or double dry hops to mean just dump it all in at once rather than splitting the dry hops. The sooner the dry hop is dont the sooner I can drink it (or not drink it these days )

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I also took his experiment with single or double dry hops to mean just dump it all in at once rather than splitting the dry hops. The sooner the dry hop is dont the sooner I can drink it (or not drink it these day

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If Vinnie @ Russian River dry hops Pliny in 2 batches, i will dry hop my beer in 2 batches.

I just need to learn how to make a great IPA like Russian River does.

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Tossing some pellets into the kettle before I sparge is simple. Then I don't have to do anything until my late additions.

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Yeah, I can see that.