Primary 10 gallon pale
This is my first 10 gallon batch. I wanted a simple, straightforward
APA to start with, since so many of the characteristics of my system
are unknown.
Brewer: | bMike | Email: | mmcmahon@olg.com | |||||
Beer: | Primary 10 gallon pale | Style: | American Pale Ale | |||||
Type: | All grain | Size: | 10 gallons | |||||
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Bitterness: | 97 IBU | |||||
OG: | 1.064 | FG: | 1.010 | |||||
Alcohol: | 7.0% v/v (5.5% w/w) | |||||||
Water: | Good old tap water, I'm lucky enough to have tap water that tastes good. Acidify mash and sparge, since my water comes in at 7.4 to 7.7 (thanks to finewife for the Hanna Instruments pHep3). I ensure the mash comes in at around 5.5, and acidify the sparge water to about 5.6. |
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Grain: | 20 lb. Belgian pale 8 oz. American victory 2 lb. American crystal 40L 1 lb. Dextrine malt (Cara-Pils) |
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Mash: | 75% efficiency | |||||||
Single infusion mash at 154° until converted, plus sparge heating time (my sense of timing is erratic, at best), worked out to 90 minutes. |
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Boil: | 60 minutes | SG 1.051 | 12.5 gallons | |||||
irish moss at 45 minutes | ||||||||
Hops: | 2 oz. Columbus (13.5% AA, 60 min.) 2 oz. Centennial (7% AA, 60 min.) 1 oz. Columbus (13.5% AA, 30 min.) 1 oz. Centennial (7% AA, 30 min.) 1 oz. Columbus (aroma) 1 oz. Centennial (aroma) |
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Yeast: | Sierra Nevada, kindly provided by those fine folks in Chico, with a little prompting from me...pitched about a liter of slurry, stepped up thrice. |
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Log: | Primary Ferment at 65° for 8 days, secondary at 60° for 2 weeks. I missed my target OG by 3, only hit 1.061, but that can be attributed to my new set-up. |
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Carbonation: | Primed with 10.2 oz corn sugar, in two five gallon batches, shooting for 2.8 volumes carbonation. |
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Tasting: | Amazingly hoppy, wonderful flavor at each step, post-boil, transfer, and bottling. The combination of the columbus and centennial is right on, and produces a VERY drinkable, very bitter beer. I think I'll add an ounce of cascades dry to each secondary next time, and probably bump the victory to 1 lb. |
Recipe posted 12/04/98.