Another APA

[Chris Craig]

Going to do half of this with Ringwood, and half with US-05.  Gonna drink it all with a great deal of satisfaction  :mrgreen:

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 12.44 gal
Post Boil Volume: 11.44 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 11.00 gal  
Bottling Volume: 10.50 gal
Estimated OG: 1.056 SG
Estimated Color: 4.4 SRM
Estimated IBU: 40.0 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 78.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 78.0 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt                   Name                                     Type          #        %/IBU        
19.48 lb              Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM)           Grain         1        90.0 %        
1.29 lb               Munich Malt (9.0 SRM)                    Grain         2        6.0 %        
0.86 lb               White Wheat Malt (2.4 SRM)               Grain         3        4.0 %        
1.30 oz               Horizon [13.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min        Hop           4        29.3 IBUs    
0.99 oz               Cascade [6.40 %] - Boil 10.0 min         Hop           5        4.0 IBUs      
0.99 oz               Centennial [10.90 %] - Boil 10.0 min     Hop           6        6.7 IBUs      
1.00 Items            Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 5.0 mins)         Fining        7        -            
1.00 oz               Cascade [6.40 %] - Boil 0.0 min          Hop           8        0.0 IBUs      
1.00 oz               Centennial [10.90 %] - Boil 0.0 min      Hop           9        0.0 IBUs      
1.0 pkg               Ringwood Ale (Wyeast Labs #1187) [124.21 Yeast         10       -            
1.0 pkg               Safale American  (DCL/Fermentis #US-05)  Yeast         11       -            


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 21.64 lb
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Name              Description                             Step Temperat Step Time    
Mash In           Add 7.0 gal of water at 163 F           152 F         60 min        

Sparge: Batch sparge with 3 steps (Drain mash tun, , 4.14gal, 4.14gal) of 168 F water

[Chris Craig]

I over-shot the gravity of this one by 4 points, and it fermented out a bit more than I expected, so it's about 6.8%!

I'm going to have to get a better mash tun.  I recently measured, and lost about 5F over an hour.  That's probably contributing to the lower finish.  Any recommendations?

Oh!...and this is delicious

[Ian Grant]

My mash tun loses about the same and its the coleman extreme.  But you did say the beer is good so I wouldn't change a thing.

[jamie_savoie]

I have the orange tupperware igloo and I loose about 1-2 degree F per hour.  My last brew I did a 4 hour mash (mashed at lunch, sparge after work), started @ 151 and finished @ 143.  I only have the 5 gal and I'm about to purchase a 10 gal to do higher gravity beer.  I was thinking purchasing the coleman extreme but I might just buy the 10 gal igloo instead since I think I will do 4-hour mash for all my belgians

I don't if it would help insulate the mash tun with heat insulation foil?

[Chris Craig]

I was mashing for 75 minutes, so that probably contributed to the loss.