Category Archives: 21 B Specialty IPA: New England IPA

GRID NEIPA 3V v2_2

Summary:
Brewed 9/23/21
Making progress on my IPA process. Last beer was close but 55F doesn’t look to be cool enough for the dry hop so with this beer trying 40F.

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

RECIPEGUIDELINE MINGUIDELINE MAX
OG1.0741.0561.070
FG1.0241.0081.014
Color5.16.014.0
ABV7.25.57.5
IBU55.040.070.0

Brewery Info
Efficiency: 66 %
Attenuation: 70 %

Mash Info
Weight: 33.5 Lbs
Thickness: 1.25 Qt per Lb
Deadspace: 2.0 G
Strikewater: 12.47 G -> did 11G so i don’t overrun mash tun
Volume: 15.15 G
Temp: 152.0 F

Boil Info
Kettle Gravity: 1.064
Predicted Mash Run-off: 9.46 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
27.500 Lb82.0 %2-row American Malt (Rahr)81.31.8
2.500 Lb7.0 %Flaked wheat canadian malting70.02.5
2.500 Lb7.0 %Wheat – White Malt Great WEstern85.02.3
1.000 Lb3.0 %Carapils (Briess)74.01.3

Hops

WEIGHTNAMEAAUTIMEUSEIBUS
1.0 OzMagnum12.060 minsBoil18.0
3.0 OzIdaho 712.220 minsAroma17.0
3.0 OzCitra13.920 minsAroma19.0
4.0 OzCitra13.93.0 daysDry Hop0.0
4.0 OzIdaho 712.23.0 daysDry Hop0.0

Yeast

AMOUNTNAME
0.400 LJuice Imperial A38

Misc

AMOUNTNAMETIMEUSE
1.000 tabletWhirlfloc Tablet15 minsBoil
1.000 tspYeast Nutrient (Wyeast)10 minsBoil

Water
Predicted Mash Ph: 5.51

CAMGNACLSOBICARBONATE
Water7321302430
Mash673211155230
Sparge53321944930
Final975331688047
Target7500000

Water Profile Name: carrboro
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
When done fermenting drop (once bubbling slows greatly check gravity every other day and look for no further drop) to 40F for 2 days

harvest yeast
dry hop all dry hops under high CO2 flow
at day 3 of dry hopping do dtest every 2 days till clean
cold crash to 35 and rack to keg when cone drop is clean

Brewday notes:
9/23/21 Normal 3V brewday
wort pitched at 2:30pm
cooling system was a bit off. overcooled to 60F. set computer at 66F
9/24/21 no bubbling at 9am
raised to 67F
at noon finally very slow bubbling
by 9pm slow steady
9/25/21 steady bubbling but not ferocious bubbling i would expect. yeast was in 7-8% beer for a few weeks so i should have done a starter.
9/26/21 still steady bubbling
9/29/21 starting to slow ~3 sec
9/30/21 ~4 sec
10/2/21 ~5 sec
10/7/21 ~9 sec
10/16/21 ~9 sec
10/17 no bubbling. FG 1.028
10/18/21 ~22 sec
10/19/21 ~24 sec
10/22/21 ~48 sec. FG 1.026
DTEST cold: clean warm: clean :). cold crash to 40F
10/25/21 dropped cone. not much yeast at all. dry hopped all 8oz of citra and idaho 7
10/28/21 dropped the cone
10/30/21 dropped cone – still a lot
10/31/21 still more hope debris when cone dropped
11/2/21 dropped cone and racked to keg
11/4/21 put on draft

a really nice beer. clean with nice hop character. this process seems to work well!!!

Grid NEIPA 3v v2_1

Summary:
Brewed 7/28/21
Continue to work on hop creep issues. Process with last attempt didn’t go well. In the same article from “The New IPA” from Scott Janish I also saw that some brewers are dry hopping on the cooler side. There are things behind this logic 1) the enzyme that causes hop creep is temperature dependent. lower temperature slows the enzyme or even deactivates it. 2) the yeast goes to sleep at lower temperatures so it won’t ferment any further if low enough 3) recent studies have show that dry hopping still shows good extraction at lower temperatures. at higher temperatures it is done in 24 hours and at lower temps it takes more like 48-72. 4) lower temperature dry hopping extracts estery/fruit forward hop characterics and less harsh characteristics. my initial thought was i need to dry hop warm to get all the oils out and to speed up the enzymes and fermentation of the sugars they free up. having tried a bunch of different methods around this all the way to adding hops at the start of fermentation to get enzymes in as early as possible as well as dry hopping at 70 but still takes weeks for the hop creep to subside it is clear that is not the way. so now i am going to try crashing to 50f and dry hopping at 50F rather then 68F or higher as i have been. i did this with the last beer but it looks like blowing things back up with CO2 go the refermentation going. so this time trying at 50F but no blowing out the cone. also lowered the dry hop from 12oz total to 8 oz total (almost 2 oz /gallon to about 1.25 oz / gallon)

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

RECIPEGUIDELINE MINGUIDELINE MAX
OG1.0741.0561.070
FG1.0241.0081.014
Color5.16.014.0
ABV7.25.57.5
IBU55.040.070.0

Brewery Info
Efficiency: 66 %
Attenuation: 70 %

Mash Info
Weight: 33.5 Lbs
Thickness: 1.25 Qt per Lb
Deadspace: 2.0 G
Strikewater: 12.47 G -> did 11G so i don’t overrun mash tun
Volume: 15.15 G
Temp: 152.0 F

Boil Info
Kettle Gravity: 1.064
Predicted Mash Run-off: 9.46 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
27.500 Lb82.0 %2-row American Malt (Rahr)81.31.8
2.500 Lb7.0 %Flaked wheat (Briess)70.02.5
2.500 Lb7.0 %Wheat – White Malt (Briess)85.02.3
1.000 Lb3.0 %Carapils (Briess)74.01.3

****ended up changing due to ingredient issues:
11.5 lb best malz pilsner
9.3 lb barke pilsner
1.1 lb rahr 2 row
+flaked wheat, malted wheat and carapils

Hops

WEIGHTNAMEAAUTIMEUSEIBUS
1.0 OzMagnum12.060 minsBoil18.0
3.0 OzMosaic (HBC 369)12.220 minsAroma17.0
3.0 OzCitra13.920 minsAroma19.0
4.0 OzCitra13.93.0 daysDry Hop0.0
4.0 OzMosaic (HBC 369)12.23.0 daysDry Hop0.0

****did CTZ and Cascade instead of citra mosaic

Yeast

AMOUNTNAME
0.400 LJuice Imperial A38

Misc

AMOUNTNAMETIMEUSE
1.000 tabletWhirlfloc Tablet15 minsBoil
1.000 tspYeast Nutrient (Wyeast)10 minsBoil

Water
Predicted Mash Ph: 5.51

CAMGNACLSOBICARBONATE
Water7321302430
Mash673211155230
Sparge53321944930
Final975331688047
Target7500000

Water Profile Name: carrboro
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
When done fermenting drop (once bubbling slows greatly check gravity every other day and look for no further drop) to 50F for 2 days

harvest yeast
dry hop all dry hops under high CO2 flow
at day 3 of dry hopping do dtest every 2 days till clean
cold crash to 35 and rack to keg when cone drop is clean

Brewday notes:
7/28/21 normal 3V brewday. pitched 400mL (200mL thick) slurry at 12:30pm. at 8:30pm slow bubbling
7/29/21 rippin’
7/30/21 strong bubbling
7/31/21 strong but slowing
8/1/21 slow steady
8/2/21 ~4 sec
8/3/21 ~6 sec
8/6/21 ~8 sec
8/7/21 ~8 sec 11.2 brix
8/8/21 ~9 sec
8/9/21 no bubbling but cooling
8/10/21 ~9 sec
8/12/21 ~9 sec 10.1 brix
8/13/21 ~12 sec
8/14/21 ~14 sec
8/15/21 ~16 sec 9.8 brix
8/16/21 ~18 sec
8/17/21 dropping to 55F for 48 hours then collecting yeast
8/20/21 full 8oz dry hop of citra and mosaic
8/23/21 dropped cone
9/1/21 dropped cone -> very little hops
9/2/21 fg 1.022
dtest cold: clean warm: very low butter
wait 2 days
9/4/21 dtest cold: clean warm: seems clean
cold crash to 35F
9/7/21 dropped cone and racked to keg 2x kegs ~4g and ~2g

this beer ended up showing very low diacetyl after a couple weeks.

GRID NEIPA 3V v2_0

Summary:
Brewed 7/9/21
Still working on different techniques for dry hopping that eliminates my hop creep issues. so far i was just dry hopping at 68F, then raising it to 70F, then adding hops early in fermentation to try and stop the hop creep earlier. none of these methods eliminated the hop creep. I re-read “The New IPA” by Scott Janish which had a bunch of hop creep tips so for this iteration, i tried to use the method laid out in the tips and tricks from professional breweries. Instead of dry hopping warm, it shows some brewers dry hopping cooler and also get the hops back up in suspension for better extract. Basically this method did not work for me. it involved pushing CO2 into the cone to get the hops back in suspension. this beer is the worst hop bite i’ve ever had in a beer i made. i’m on a 7 gallon conical and think this is likely a scale issue. this process obviously works on 10+bbl systems but not on my small scale. Also, the 50F dry hop temp did not prevent hop creep. it still fermented post dry hop and cause the 15psi safety on my tank to block numerous times. it took over a month for it to dtest negative. all in all a bad beer but I learned a lot.

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

RecipeGuideline MinGuideline Max
OG1.0741.0561.070
FG1.0241.0081.014
Color5.16.014.0
ABV7.25.57.5
IBU55.040.070.0

Brewery Info
Efficiency: 66 %
Attenuation: 70 %

Mash Info
Weight: 33.5 Lbs
Thickness: 1.25 Qt per Lb
Deadspace: 2.0 G
Strikewater: 12.47 G -> did 11G so i don’t overrun mash tun
Volume: 15.15 G
Temp: 152.0 F

Boil Info
Kettle Gravity: 1.064
Predicted Mash Run-off: 9.46 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
27.500 Lb82.0 %2-row American Malt (Rahr)81.31.8
2.500 Lb7.0 %Flaked wheat (Briess)70.02.5
2.500 Lb7.0 %Wheat – White Malt (Briess)85.02.3
1.000 Lb3.0 %Carapils (Briess)74.01.3

****ended up changing due to ingredient issues:
11.5 lb best malz pilsner
9.3 lb barke pilsner
1.1 lb rahr 2 row
+flaked wheat, malted wheat and carapils

Hops

WeightNameAAUTimeUseIBUs
1.0 OzMagnum12.060 minsBoil18.0
3.0 OzMosaic (HBC 369)12.220 minsAroma17.0
3.0 OzCitra13.920 minsAroma19.0
6.0 OzCitra13.93.0 daysDry Hop0.0
6.0 OzMosaic (HBC 369)12.23.0 daysDry Hop0.0

****did CTZ and Cascade instead of citra mosaic

Yeast

AmountName
0.400 LJuice Imperial A38

Misc

AmountNameTimeUse
1.000 tabletWhirlfloc Tablet15 minsBoil
1.000 tspYeast Nutrient (Wyeast)10 minsBoil

Water
Predicted Mash Ph: 5.51

CaMgNaClSoBicarbonate
Water7321302430
Mash673211155230
Sparge53321944930
Final975331688047
Target7500000

Water Profile Name: carrboro
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
When done fermenting drop (once bubbling slows greatly check gravity every other day and look for no further drop) to 50F for 2 days

harvest yeast
dry hop all dry hops under high CO2 flow
purge from bottom @ 30 psi for 30 sec then seal tank till 10 psi
keep an eye on the pressure gauge to make sure it doesn’t get too high

once each day for 3 days, burp the tank again from the bottom of the tank at 30. psi for approx. 1 minute or until the tank gets up to 15 psi

after two days of dry hopping, drop the cone and do DTest daily till clean.
once dtest is clean drop to 35F

Brewery Notes:
7/8/21 1L starter w/ imperial juice 1 pouch (200B cells) A38. blew off a little.
7/9/21 normal 3V brew day. pitched whole starter @ 2:30pm @66F
@ 10:30 pm very slow bubbling so raised to 67F
7/10/21 strong fermentation with small amount of blowoff @2pm up to 68F
7/11/21 still strong bubbling but slowing
7/12/21 slow and steady
7/13/21 ~3 sec
7/14/21 ~5 sec
7/15/21 ~5 sec
7/16/21 ~ 7 sec
7/17/21 10.5 brix (new digital refractometer) ~5 sec
started at 16.5 brix
7/18/21 ~6 sec
7/19/21 ~6 sec
7/20/21 ~8 sec
7/22/21 10.1 brix. pulled sample for hydrometer
FG 1.022
DTest cold: clean warm: seems clean so will cold crash tomorrow
7/23/21 ~18 sec. dropped to 50F
7/26/21 dropped cone ~400mL of loose slurry
did full dry hop
6 oz of cascade, 6 oz of ctz
10 psi on co2 while dry hopping.
closed lid at 30 sec of co2 through blowoff. then fully closed at 4psi.
7/27/21 blew out cone at 20psi
only took 10 sec to get to 10psi.
7/28/21 blew out cone again. realized i didn’t purge line fully yesterday so hoping its not badly oxidized.
7/29/21 pulled sample FG 1.024
DTest cold: clean warm: little butter, not a lot
7/31/21 DTest cold: clean warm: low butter
8/2/21 DTest cold: clean warm: low butter
8/6/21 pressure built up to 15psi and blew safety valve. opened up relieve to get down to 5psi. seems close system on small scale a bad idea.
FG 1.020. has dropped.
DTEST DTest cold: clean warm: low butter
….kept testing every two days….
9/5/21 finally seems DTest cold and warm are both clean
cold crash
9/8/21 racked to keg. only got 5 gallons. so 1-1.5 gallons of hop loss over normal.

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

Grid NEIPA 3V v1_2

Recipe Info
Recipe: grid_session_ipa_3v_v1
Style: Specialty IPA 21B BJCP 2015
Author: 
Date: 11-27-2020

RecipeGuideline MinGuideline Max
OG1.0531.0501.085
FG1.0121.0081.018
Color3.75.040.0
ABV5.53.010.0
IBU49.040.0100.0

Brewery Info
Efficiency: 72 %
Attenuation: 78 %

Mash Info
Weight: 21.0 Lbs
Thickness: 1.25 Qt per Lb
Deadspace: 2.0 G
Strikewater: 8.56 G
Volume: 10.24 G
Temp: 154.0 F

Boil Info
Kettle Gravity: 1.047
Predicted Mash Run-off: 6.68 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
16.000 Lb76.0 %2-row American Malt (Rahr)81.31.8
2.000 Lb10.0 %Wheat – White Malt (Briess)85.02.3
2.000 Lb10.0 %Flaked Oats (Briess)70.02.5
1.000 Lb5.0 %Carapils (Briess)74.01.3

Hops

WeightNameAAUTimeUseIBUs
1.0 OzMagnum12.060 minsBoil22.0
2.0 Ozbru-113.120 minsAroma15.0
2.0 OzAzacca10.320 minsAroma12.0
2.0 Ozbru-113.13.0 daysDry Hop0.0
2.0 OzAzacca10.33.0 daysDry Hop0.0

Yeast

AmountName
1.000 unit ***actually 200ML compact repitchFlagship Imperial A07

Misc

AmountNameTimeUse
1.000 tspYeast Nutrient (Wyeast)10 minsBoil

Water
Predicted Mash Ph: 5.47

CaMgNaClSoBicarbonate
Water7321302430
Mash813211355930
Sparge53321944930
Final964291637541
Target7500000

Water Profile Name: 
Target Profile Name: standard

Mash Water
Total Water Treated: 32.176 G
Percent RO / Distlled: 0 %
Water Used: 8.500 G

Mash Water Adjustments
Gypsum: 2.0 g
Calcium Chloride: 7.0 g
Lactic Acid: 5.0 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 154 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:

2-3-21. Normal 3V brewday. pitched @ 2:30 pm. no starter. just 200mL repitch from blond ale. 64F
@9pm bubbling slowly
2-4 strong bubbling raised to 68F
2-5 strong bubbling
2-6 strong bubbling but slowed a little. first 1/2 of dry hop.
2-8 ~11 sec
2-9 ~11 sec. dropped cone. added 2nd dry hop.
2-10 ~10sec
2-12 dropped cone
2-13 ~11 sec
2-15 ~21 sec
2-17 no bubbling
FG 1.010
Diacetyl test: cold – clean. warm – butter. raised to 70F
2-21 DTest. cold-clean warm-butter but seems lower?
2-24, 2-26, 2-28, 3-3, 3-5 tested again but warm – butter
3-7 DTest cold-clean, warm-clean

grid neipa 3v v1_1

Recipe Info
Recipe: grid_neipa_3v_v1
Style: American IPA 21A BJCP 2015
Author: 
Date: 03-02-2020

RecipeGuideline MinGuideline Max
OG1.0701.0561.070
FG1.0151.0081.014
Color4.86.014.0
ABV7.25.57.5
IBU79.040.070.0

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: 150.0 F

Boil Info
Kettle Gravity: 1.061
Predicted Mash Run-off: 8.01 G
Target Starting Boil Volume: 11.5 G
Boil Duration: 60 min
Evaporation Rate: 1.5 G per Hour
Final Boil Volume: 10.0 G

Fermentables

Weight% by WeightNameYieldSRM
21.000 Lb78.0 %Canada malting pale ale malt80.02.0
2.500 Lb9.0 %Flaked Oats (Briess)70.02.5
2.500 Lb9.0 %malted oats70.02.0
1.000 Lb4.0 %Carapils (Briess)74.01.3

Hops

WeightNameAAUTimeUseIBUs
1.0 OzCtz13.960 minsFirst Wort24.0
2.0 Ozsimcoe15.030 minsAroma20.0
2.0 OzMosaic (HBC 369)12.230 minsAroma16.0
2.0 OzCitra13.930 minsAroma18.0
1.0 Ozsimcoe15.07.0 daysDry Hop0.0
1.0 OzMosaic (HBC 369)12.27.0 daysDry Hop0.0
1.0 OzCitra13.97.0 daysDry Hop0.0
1.0 Ozsimcoe15.05.0 daysDry Hop0.0
1.0 OzCitra13.95.0 daysDry Hop0.0
1.0 OzMosaic (HBC 369)12.25.0 daysDry Hop0.0

Yeast

AmountName
0.200 LLondon Ale III Wyeast Labs 1318

Misc

AmountNameTimeUse
0.500 tspYeast Nutrient (Wyeast)10 minsBoil

Water
Predicted Mash Ph: 5.52

CaMgNaClSoBicarbonate
Water7321302430
Mash703211195330
Sparge53321944930
Final1025341758348
Target75002002000

Water Profile Name: carrboro
Target Profile Name: neipa

Mash Water
Total Water Treated: 37.854 G
Percent RO / Distlled: 0 %
Water Used: 10.000 G

Mash Water Adjustments
Gypsum: 2.0 g
Calcium Chloride: 7.0 g
Lactic Acid: 5.0 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 mins
Mashout 168 for 10 mins

Add Fwh during sparge

Pitch at 67 and hold 3 days
Raise to 73 one degree a day
When reaches 1.020 to 1.022 do 3 day dry hop then add second dry hop for 3 days

7/7/20 used all the cal ale for the last beer so build up a 1L starter pitch of london ale III.
7/8/20 normal 3v brewday. no issues. pitched @ 2:30pm @ 66f. raised to 67F @ 10pm.
7/9/20 @8am strong bubbling. raised to 68f.
7/10-11/20 steady bubbling
7/12/20 steady but starting to slow. first 1/2 of dry hop.
7/13/20- ~4 sec
7/14/20 ~6 sec
7/15/20 ~6 sec. 2nd half of dry hop.
7/16/20 ~5 sec
7/17/20 ~4 sec
7/18/20 ~6 sec. dropped cone. 1.024
7/19/20 ~10 sec
7/20/20 no bubbling when cooling ~7 sec when heating 1.023-1.024
7/21/20 ~14 sec
7/22/20 ~1.022-23. diacetyle test – cold: clean warm: a little butter. raised to 70F
7/24/20 1.020. still dropping so wait.

kept getting diactyl and gravity kept dropping to steady and clean on
8/2/20
8/3/20 cold crash
8/8/20 racked to keg. put on 30 psi overnight.
8/9/20 put on draught. really good. a bit of hop bite but minor.

ended up being a pretty good neipa but hops didn’t pop the way i wanted. assuming taking a full month to keg didn’t help. also thinking dry hop rates may be low. need to figure out this hop creep / diacetyl issue.