Grid NEIPA 3V v1_3

Recipe Info
Recipe: grid_neipa_ipa_3v_v2
Style: American IPA 21A BJCP 2015
Author: 
Date: 11-27-2020

RecipeGuideline MinGuideline Max
OG1.0691.0561.070
FG1.0151.0081.014
Color4.46.014.0
ABV7.05.57.5
IBU55.040.070.0

Brewery Info
Efficiency: 72 %
Attenuation: 78 %

Mash Info
Weight: 27.0 Lbs
Thickness: 1.25 Qt per Lb
Deadspace: 2.0 G
Strikewater: 10.44 G
Volume: 12.6 G
Temp: 152.0 F

Boil Info
Kettle Gravity: 1.060
Predicted Mash Run-off: 8.01 G
Target Starting Boil Volume: 12.0 G
Boil Duration: 60 min
Evaporation Rate: 1.5 G per Hour
Final Boil Volume: 10.5 G

Fermentables

Weight% by WeightNameYieldSRM
21.000 Lb78.0 %2-row American Malt (Rahr)81.31.8
2.500 Lb9.0 %Wheat – White Malt (Briess)85.02.3
2.500 Lb9.0 %Flaked Oats (Briess)70.02.5
1.000 Lb4.0 %Carapils (Briess)74.01.3

Hops

WeightNameAAUTimeUseIBUs
1.0 OzMagnum12.060 minsBoil20.0
3.0 Ozstrata10.320 minsAroma15.0
3.0 Ozctz13.120 minsAroma20.0
3.0 Ozstrata13.13.0 daysDry Hop0.0
3.0 Ozctz 10.33.0 daysDry Hop0.0

Yeast

AmountName
1.000 unitFlagship Imperial A07

Misc

AmountNameTimeUse
1.000 tspYeast Nutrient (Wyeast)10 minsBoil

Water
Predicted Mash Ph: 5.53

CaMgNaClSoBicarbonate
Water7321302430
Mash673211155230
Sparge53321944930
Final975331688047
Target7500000

Water Profile Name: 
Target Profile Name: standard

Mash Water
Total Water Treated: 39.747 G
Percent RO / Distlled: 0 %
Water Used: 10.500 G

Mash Water Adjustments
Gypsum: 2.0 g
Calcium Chloride: 7.0 g
Lactic Acid: 7.0 ml @ 88.000 %

Sparge Water
Leftover Mash Water Used: Yes
Total Water Treated: 6.000 G
Percent RO / Distlled: 0 %
Water Used: 6.000 G

Sparge Water Adjustments
Gypsum: 1.0 g
Calcium Chloride: 3.0 g

Notes

Mash 150 for 60
Mash out 168 for 10

Pitch at 67 and raise to 68 after 24
Half of dry hop day 3
Day 6 drop come and add other half of dry hop
Day 9 drop cone
Day 14 d test and once clean cold crash

Brewing Notes:
3-11-21 normal 3v brew day. no issues. pitched @ 3:30pm
@9pm slow bubbling
3-12 fermenting hard
3-13 still ripping
3-14 steady bubbling but slowed a little
3-15 steady but slow steady. first 1/2 of dry hop
3-16 ~6 sec
3-17 dropped cone. 2nd half of dry hop
3-18 ~9 sec
3-19 ~ 6 sec
3-20 ~9 sec dropped cone
3-21 ~12 sec
3-22 ~24 sec
3-23 ~17 sec
3-24 ~13 sec raised to 70F
kept bubbling to finally stopped
3-31 fg 1.012
dtest cold: clean; warm: seems clean
will retest once more to be sure
4-4 dtest cold: clean, warm: clean
dropped to 35F for cold crash
4-8 racked to kegs

this beer was ok but still having hop creep issues and not a big fan of cal ale for neipa


thoughts on things to try:
rva/boddingtons strain
cryo hops?
50F dry hop
focus on 7.5% beers -> this one had lower abv and it was noticeable in the mouth feel

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