Third brew on the new single vessel eBIAB setup and now that I have most the kinks worked out time to see how it handles a serious quantity of hops! I’ve brewed this beer before but adjusted the recipe a little since I couldn’t get my previous ingredients (namely British Medium Crystal – I had to substitute in Briess Caramel 60). Note: stick with real British crystal malt (Briess has a more candy caramel character that reminds me of diacetyl and lacks some of the depth of flavor that british crystal has). Here is the recipe:
BrewDesign
Recipe Info
Beer Name: Hop Fu eBIAB 1
Style: American IPA
Style
Original Gravity: 1.067
Final Gravity: 1.013
Color: 5.9
Alcohol: 7 %
Bitterness: 214.1 IBUs
Brewery
Efficiency: 70
Attenuation: 80
Mash
Mash Fermentable Weight: 14.25 Pounds
Mash Thickness: 1.75 Quarts per Pound
Grain Temp: 72 F
Strike Water Qty: 8.23 Gallons
Mash Volume: 9.37 Gallons
Strike Water Temp: 161.6 F
Mash Temp: 152 F
Boil
Kettle Gravity (start of boil): 1.050
Starting Boil Volume: 7.375
Boil Duration: 90 Minutes
Evaporation Rate: 1.25 Gallons per Hour
Final Boil Volume: 5.5
Fermentables
| Weight (Lbs) | % by Weight | Name | Yield | SRM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 91.2 | Rahr Pale Malt; American (Rahr) | 80.0 | 1.8 |
| .25 | 1.8 | Briess Caramel 60 | 76.0 | 60.0 |
| .75 | 5.3 | Briess Carapils | 74.0 | 1.3 |
| .25 | 1.8 | Weyermann Acidulated Malt | 78.7 | 2.3 |
Hops
| Weight (ozs) | Name | AAU | Time (mins) | Use | IBUs / Addition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnum Pellets | 15.2 | 60 | Boil | 52.7 |
| 1 | Columbus Pellets | 15.6 | 30 | Boil | 41.6 |
| 1 | Simcoe Pellets | 14.1 | 10 | Boil | 17.7 |
| 1 | Amarillo Pellets | 8.5 | 20 | Whirlpool | 8.9 |
| 1 | Citra Pellets | 14.5 | 20 | Whirlpool | 15.2 |
| 1 | Centennial Pellets | 10.0 | 20 | Whirlpool | 10.5 |
| 1 | Columbus Pellets | 15.6 | 20 | Whirlpool | 16.4 |
| 1 | Simcoe Pellets | 14.1 | Dry Hop | 0.0 | |
| 1 | Amarillo Pellets | 8.5 | Dry Hop | 0.0 | |
| 1 | Citra Pellets | 14.5 | Dry Hop | 0.0 | |
| 1 | Centennial Pellets | 10.0 | Dry Hop | 0.0 | |
| 1 | Columbus Pellets | 15.6 | Dry Hop | 0.0 |
Yeast and Friends
| Amount (Milliters) | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 vial and 1 L starter | White Labs WLP001 California Ale |
Misc
| Amount | Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 tablet | Whirlfloc Tablet | 15 |
| 1 tsp | Yeast Nutrient (Wyeast) | 10 |
Notes
9g gypsum
2g cc
pitch @ 66 and ramp to 68 over 1 day then hold till day 8 and half dry hop, day 10 swirl and do other half day 12 swirl again and when dropped clear (~day 14) rack to keg and force carb to ~2.5 volumes.
4/11/15 made 1 L starter
4/13/15 brew day
ebiab notes:
+ mash started @~155 but dropped to 150F within a few minutes. can probably target 5F overshoot
+ dropped back edge and some grain got out. i fished all out of the wort but maybe missed a little
+ normal brew day otherwise. fairly trubby into the ferment since i was short on wort. 5 gallons @ end w/ 4 gallons into the fermenter so finishing with 1 gallon more would have been good.
+ all numbers were on
+effienciency ok but not great @ 68%
+ stabilized @ 66.8F (was 65F in kettle at end of cooling) so set to raise to 68 over 24 hours
@ 1pm pitched
@10pm kreusen formed and slow steady bubbling
4/14/15 big fluffy kreusen and furious bubbling
4/27/15 racked to secondary to dry hop all 5oz at once and plan to swirl. 1.014 FG. sample is very promising. clean. big hop flavor and aroma.
5/4/15 racked to keg and put in lagering fridge ~3 gallons
5/5/15 added .5 tsp of gelatin to 1/4 cup of filtered water. microwaved 15sec at a time to 180F and added it to the keg, purged. swirled just a little.
5/10/15 racked to sanitized and purged serving keg and did 5 min shake @ 30psi to start carb. pulled 1/3 pint before transfer to clear out gelatin. clear and sample tastes awesome. only 2.5 gallons 🙁
gelatin worked really well. beer is crystal clear.