Ruination Clone

I never have, but I would trust to BYO recipe to be good enough to brew as is first and then tweek from there to better suit your system. With 22oz. of whole cone dry hop, you will have quite a bit of absorption. Not sure how much since I'm not taking my computer out to calculate, but just an observation. Good luck.

 

22 oz doesn't equal 57g's...there's a missed decimal. I'm assuming that should read "2.2 oz" not "22 oz"

 

Ha. Yep seemed excessive on its face. I should have caught that. With a 22oz. DH you wouldn't end up with enough beer to be worth the cost.

 

BYO's Ruination recipe comes straight from the horse's mouth.

I've brewed the AG version almost 20x.
It's fookin'delicious.

 

Personally, when it comes to situations like this, I go with the even number so I don't have to throw away a partial bag of hops or have to sit on them wondering if I can count on them for the next batch that needs them.

I measure grains in oz and hops/water salts in g. The higher the alpha acid, the more important it is to measure accurately in a clone or to-style recipe. A extra 14g of 2% hallertau makes a much less significant difference than 14g of 14-17% magnum or apollo. But if I had purchased 3-1oz. packs of centennial, I'd put in either 2oz or the entire third oz. than have to babysit 0.8oz.

 

Reading this recipe kinda blows me away. People are literally putting a pound or more of hops in their IPA/IIPAs, this is checking in under a half pound and I'm sure packs the same punch

 

One of my major considerations when either following or developing a recipe is how smartly does it use the ingredients. For example, I have substituted a much smaller amount of Magnum for a 90 minute addition when the original recipe called for nearly 1/2 # of Saaz.

 

That's just crazy

 

Just how important is that decimal point " . " ? Here is Stone's published recipe for Ruination . . . and yes, they have the decimal point wrong here also. If anyone actually dh'ed with 22 oz's in a 5 gallon batch I'd like to be there when they opened the lid!

For the OP: of interest in the linked article is Stone's technique for whirlpooling and dh'ing. Some is unique to their equipment, but I found it to be helpful. Now if they could only go back and move that stinkin' dot.

 

They changed the recipe... Maybe a couple years ago? Now it's stronger and has more hops. I prefer the original, as posted.

 

The goal is to keep your wort/beer at a constant temp, it's okay for the air temps to bounce around. It takes a long time to change the temp of 5 gallons of liquid by even one degree . . . your 67 - 69 will never be a problem here. I normally have my differential around 8 degrees (± 4°) and the liquid barely moves. This is easy to test: fill a 750 wine bottle with water and place in your ferm chamber with a thermo, liquid temp will stay the same in your narrow range of air temps. This is exactly how your home fridge keeps liquids at the same temp.

Of more importance is accounting for the exothermic reaction of fermentation. When the yeast take off the liquid temps may rise as much as 6° depending on intensity of fermentation. So to maintain 68 you'll want an air temp below this level. A thermowell with probe is the best way to measure this, a simpler (less accurate) approach is to place your thermo on the side of the fermentor covered with bubble wrap. I would tend to error on being slightly too cool versus too warm for this type recipe.

 

I had this beer a few days ago and.... well, what is the dominant hop flavor in this beer? Because I'm sure it's not my favorite. I have a feeling its Centennial which is bad because my fermentor is currently working on NB's Dead Ringer, a Bells Two-Hearted clone.

Not that I won't drink it all, mind you.

 

I have a question that has been bothering me for a little bit. If a recipe, like the one here, says "5 gallons", is that the final yield? So if you end up with 4.5 gallons, should you top off with .5 gallon to get the final amount?

 

5 gal to fermenter

As far as topping off, you can, but it would effect your og and ibus, so you need to take that into account if you want to help you decide.