Who's brewing this weekend. 7-12-13

buddy of mine brewed 15 gallons of an all grain all citra pale ale, he let me watch since ive never done all graina nd im about to make the leap on my next batch

 

Not brewing but drinking some fine Maine beers here in Acadia. Visiting Atlantic Brewing tomorrow. Sure is tough being me!

 

I like that recipe...but I've found 3/4# of anything in a 5 gal batch dehusked is in the ballpark for a black IPA...you have 2#s (Midnight Wheat + Carafa III) ...that is goingto be one black IPA.

Just saw that that is an 11 gal. batch...I'd still drop it to 3/4#s of each...cheers

 

Thanks for your feedback. I appreciate it. The beer has already been brewed with 1# of each. It was black as night and damn great looking. Beersmith says 36 srm. 1# each is 3.6% of the overall grain profile. The "max in batch" recommendations are 5% for the carafa III and I believe 15% for the midnight wheat. The midnight wheat info on the briess website says 1-2% minor color adjustment with little to no flavor impact. 2-5% adds color with a very subtle smooth flavor. 5-10% color plus hints of smooth roasted flavor.

I'm thinking of subbing out the cascade dry hops for either centennial or citra. I've read a couple of favorable posts for using citra in a black ipa which seemed contrary to what my gut said. But I think the Citra will work well with the Mosaic. Anybody else ever try citra dry hopping a black ipa?

 

The convention is to say...

60 minutes = bittering hops added at beginning of (a 60 minute) boil.

10 minutes = hops added with ten minutes remaining in the boil

I get what you meant, but notation counts for a lot in calculus II class, so it must at least count for something here...

Why no flameout addition? I would have blasted it with flameout hops. Beersmith doesn't measure hops flavor when it's measuring IBUs. But perhaps you have a reason for what you chose to do, which is fine by me.

Either way, citra added with more than 15 minutes remaining in boil, that could be in violation of the international citra convention (the ICC? ). Citra police stormtroopers could already be on the way, so you'd better come up with an alibi, quick. I'll try to distract them with my citra smash, just to give you a little time to get your story straight.

 

Bottled the next iteration of my take on a Stout. I think this one may get close to what I want.
Same day also brewed a black? brown? IPA. DIPA? I went a little bit crazy. 8 grain types, 6 hop types. Switched from Magnum up front to Citra on a whim from a limited Green Flash all Citra brew I'd had the night before the visit to get supplies. Projected IBU at 125. Hope it doesn't vaporize the fermentor or my nose.

 

Realize the weekend is over but I have a rare weekday off and am brewing a smoked ale in preparation for a trip to Bamberg Germany in a couple months. Ale vs. lager be damned.

I also realize I brew in either the coldest day of the year or the hottest :/