Making a Statement Triple IPA

[Jake]

So I mentioned to Richard the other day that I haven't done a good IPA in quite some time ... so I thought I'd go big on this one.

Assuming I can hit my numbers it should come out around 11-12%, assuming it can get down around 1.014. I'm hoping I can hit 70% efficiency with such a large grain bill (i've had problems with this in the past). This time I'm sparging with more water and doing a 90 min boil, and I split my sparge into two steps for the first time ever.




Recipe Specs
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Batch Size (L):           21.0
Total Grain (lb):         22.000
Total Hops (oz):          10.00 (in boil) + 2oz Dryhop
Original Gravity (OG):    1.103  (°P): 24.4
Final Gravity (FG):       1.026  (°P): 6.6
Alcohol by Volume (ABV):  10.12 %
Colour (SRM):             16.1   (EBC): 31.7
Bitterness (IBU):         176.2   (Average)
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 70
Boil Time (Minutes):      90

Grain Bill
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17.000 lb American 2-Row (77.27%)
3.000 lb Munich I (13.64%)
1.500 lb Crystal 60 (6.82%)
0.500 lb Caramunich III (2.27%)

Hop Bill
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4.00 oz Nugget Pellet (13% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil) (0.2 oz/L)
2.00 oz Amarillo Pellet (9.3% Alpha) @ 15 Minutes (Boil) (0.1 oz/L)
1.00 oz Citra Pellet (13% Alpha) @ 10 Minutes (Boil) (0 oz/L)
1.00 oz Amarillo Pellet (9.3% Alpha) @ 2 Minutes (Boil) (0 oz/L)
2.00 oz Cascade Pellet (5.3% Alpha) @ 2 Minutes (Boil) (0 oz/L)

1.00 oz Cascade Pellet (5.3% Alpha), 1.00 oz Citra Pellet (13% Alpha) Dry Hop after fermentation

Misc Bill
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Fermented at 75°F with 2 pkgs of Safale US-05

Notes
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1.1qts/lb Mash Ratio. Mash @ 150 for 75mins

Split sparge between two separate sparges. both around 7.5L each

About 27L going into boil, boiling for 90 Mins

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[Richard]

I'd recommend adding some sucrose to make up for the efficiency loss... worked fine in the ones I've done. Up to a couple of lbs seems to work just fine.

[Jake]

So I ended up hitting 1.095. If it ferments out as dry as I`m expecting, It should be pretty close to the 11% I was aiming for. Should be pretty good

[Richard]

Nice efficiency

[Jake]

Wow! I checked this and it has fermented down to 1.020 ... so right around 10% and it is AMAZING. I just dry hopped it with an additional oz of Cascade and Citra each, planning to keg maybe in 10 days or so.

I'd like to see it come down around 1.016ish range. Krausen has dropped completely, but still some minor airlock activity, so think it still should drop a couple points.

Probably my favourite beer to date. I should have it at the Sept 29 meeting.

[Richard]

Nice job; curious to see how Nugget does as bittering amongst all those citrus hops.