| By MW66 on Jun 22nd 2010, 5:25 pm | Permalink |
| Sampled my all grain IPA yesterday evening. This was my first batch since not brewing for about 10 years. Finally got a new home and room to brew. I did an all grain IPA, 11 pounds Pale, 2 pounds Vienna, 1 pound Crystal 20L. I did a combination of Chinook, Centennial, and Cascade. DH with Cascade for a week in the keg. TastyBrew stated 88 IBU's. Since it's been so long, I was little out of sorts with my memory and calculations. I started with 6.5 gallons, 90 minute boil, but only ended up with about 3.75 gallons collected wort and a bunch of sludge in the bottom of the kettle. I added cool water to make up the balance to about 5.25 gallons in my 6.5 g carboy. One week in secondary before racking to the keg. I used White Labs California yeast and made a starter. Fermentation started almost immediately. I picked up the carboy after 1 week and noticed that it had a crack and was slowly leaking ever so slightly for the past week. What more could go wrong? Now, 3 weeks later, (1 primary, 2 DH in keg, 3 in carb pressure). Man, this is one of the cleanest, best tasting beers I have ever done! Super clean taste and strong smooth bitterness from the Chinook, no off flavors whatsoever. Boy, how a plan all comes together..ha..ha. Next, I'm going to do a IIPA. However, I'm going to start with 7.5 gallons wort. | |
