Early Springa
Brewer: | BobO | Email: | bobouellette@gmail.com | |||||
Beer: | Early Springa | Style: | India Pale Ale | |||||
Type: | Partial mash | Size: | 5 gallons | |||||
Color: |
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Bitterness: | 62 IBU | |||||
OG: | 1.070 | FG: | 1.010 | |||||
Alcohol: | 7.8% v/v (6.1% w/w) | |||||||
Water: | NH well water, Iron mesh mineral filter, water softener, carbon filter | |||||||
Grain: | 5 lb. British pale 2.50 lb. American victory 1 lb. Dextrine malt (Cara-Pils) |
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Mash: | 50% efficiency | |||||||
3 Gal @ 157° for 60 minutes strain 2.5 Gal to boil pot at full heat transfer 3lbs to grain bag and steep until boil (20 minutes) heat other .5 gal seperate pot to 200° and transfer to boil pot once grain bag is removed - |
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Boil: | 60 minutes | SG 1.117 | 3 gallons | |||||
2.50 lb. Light dry malt extract 2.00 lb. Honey 1 oz. Bitter Orange Peel |
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bring to boil - add dry extract and 1st hops - boil @ 212° Hop schedule... &1lb Honey @ 45 1 tbsp Irish moss @ 45 1 oz. Bitter Orange Peel @ 45 |
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Hops: | 0.50 oz. Cascade (6% AA, 60 min.) 1.00 oz. Chinook (12% AA, 60 min.) 0.50 oz. Amarillo (9.1% AA, 45 min.) 0.50 oz. Cascade (6% AA, 30 min.) 1.00 oz. Chinook (12% AA, 15 min.) 0.50 oz. Amarillo (9.1% AA, 15 min.) |
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Yeast: | US-05 - no starter | |||||||
Log: | fermented @ 67° for 10 days, cold crashed and keg conditioned for 14 days | |||||||
Carbonation: | 30 psi for 48hrs, 3-5 psi thereafter | |||||||
Tasting: | Initially, holy honey!, after a couple weeks much more balanced, good malt balance, not too bitter but a little on the sweet side, complex and strong (flavor keeps going until the alcohol comes through). Next time a little less honey or earlier in the boil. |
Recipe posted 03/13/11.