{"id":851,"date":"2014-10-21T18:18:21","date_gmt":"2014-10-21T18:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thebottlefarm.com\/ProjetsThoughts2\/?p=851"},"modified":"2014-10-26T04:44:50","modified_gmt":"2014-10-26T04:44:50","slug":"imperial-ipa-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebottlefarm.com\/wpbottle\/imperial-ipa-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Imperial IPA II"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After having a few of Mike\u2019s latest hoppy beer, pliny light, I had to brew another imperial IPA. My first attempt<\/a> was ok<\/a>, but was pretty sweet, higher abv, and darker than it\u2019s inspiration (heady topper). My goal is to get this one to dry out, have a lighter finish, less fruity, more dank, more grapefruit hop profile. When reworking this recipe, I referenced the same sources I hit up the first time. Brew Your Own – Hop stand article <\/a>Home Brew Talk – Heady Clone Thread<\/a><\/p>\n

And added some new ones. Q&A with John Kimmich at Music City Brew Off – Curtesy of Chop and Brew.<\/a> Bear Flavor\u2019s Shrunken Heady<\/a> Home Brew Talk – Heady Topper Water Analysis<\/a><\/p>\n

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Just when you think you can\u2019t learn any more about a beer, a bunch of new info is thrown at you. The Q&A with John is very educational, makes you want to really understand your water, handle your beer with kid gloves, and rethink your dry hop timing. The water Analysis discussion is still over my head, but I\u2019m getting there. Then when it came time to brew I didn\u2019t have all the exact ingredients called for in the recipe from the HBT forum, I did the best I could with what I\u2019ve had on hand.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s my recipe:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/beersmithrecipes.com\/viewrecipe\/581659\/imperial-ipa-2<\/a><\/pre>\n
Recipe Specifications\r\n\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\r\nBatch Size: 5.20 gal\r\nOG: 1.0742 IBU: 127.2 IBUs\r\nBoil Time: 60 Minutes\r\nMash 150.0 F        75 min<\/pre>\n
Ingredients:\r\n------------\r\nAmt                   Name\r\n14.00 g               Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash 60.0 mins\r\n4.00 g                Calcium Chloride (Mash 60.0 mins)\r\n4.50 kg               Pearl (2.10 SRM)\r\n0.30 kg               Carapils (Briess) (1.50 SRM)\r\n0.30 kg               Red Winter Wheat (2.10 SRM)\r\n0.10 kg               Acidulated (Weyermann) (1.80 SRM)\r\n0.60 kg               Dextrose (Briess) (1.00 SRM)\r\n47.00 g               Magnum [8.00 %] - Boil 45.0 min          36.8 IBUs\r\n0.50 Items            Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 5.0 mins)\r\n29.00 g               Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min          8.8 IBUs\r\n14.00 g               Chinook [13.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min         4.3 IBUs\r\n45.00 g               Simcoe [13.00 %] - First Whirlpool  40 mins\r\n23.00 g               Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - First Whirlpool 40 mins\r\n23.00 g               Amarillo [9.20 %] - Second Whirlpool  20 mins\r\n23.00 g               Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Second Whirlpool 20 mins\r\n23.00 g               Simcoe [13.00 %] - Second Whirlpool  20 mins\r\n12.00 g               Centennial [10.00 %] - Second Whirlpool 20 mins\r\n12.00 g               Chinook [13.00 %] - Second Whirlpool  20 mins<\/pre>\n
1.5l Starter      Conan<\/pre>\n
23.00 g               Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - First Dry Hop 4 Days\r\n22.00 g               Simcoe [13.00 %] - First Dry Hop 4.0 Days\r\n23.00 g               Centennial [10.00 %] - First Dry Hop 4.0\r\n23.00 g               Simcoe [13.00 %] - Second Dry Hop 4.0 Days\r\n12.00 g               Chinook [13.00 %] - Second Dry Hop 4.0 Days\r\n23.00 g               Amarillo [9.20 %] - Second Dry Hop 4 Days<\/pre>\n
You can see from the recipe it\u2019s a lot of hops, nearly an lb for a 4g batch. I\u2019d like to try hop extract and see how this recipe works with no green matter in the boil, but with my hop backlog, real high alpha it is!<\/p>\n
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This wasn\u2019t the smoothest brew days. I managed to forget the grain bag in my mash tun. I nearly overflowed my mash tun with strike water. Despite my attempt at plotting my volumes<\/a> on a chart for reference during the brew day. I screwed up the first chart, and used too much strike and sparge water. The mashtun was so full I couldn\u2019t put the lid on tight. It didn\u2019t seem to matter, I was aiming for a very fermentable wort and seemed to have gotten good conversion. Despite the\u00a0volume my temp was w\/in a degree. I over collected run off, I must have been compensating for my first attempt (way undercollection). I am hoping this does not result in\u00a0a\u00a0no body and over hopped beer. At the time, I wasn\u2019t sure how close I was going to be to the desired OG, after adding the dextrose (.6kg) to the kettle. I should have known the target preboil gravity. I also wish beersmith would show the point contribution for grains like it does IBU for hops. Ultimately it was not enough, only a mere 1.064, instead of 1.074. I was however smart enough to push my 60m hop addition to 45m. In the future, I will boil until I reach desired prevail gravity, but that\u2019s hindsight.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve incorporated some process changes to this batch. Adding water treatment to this batch. Bagging my bittering hops so they can be removed post boil. Using double whirlpool additions at 0, and 180 for 20 minutes each. I also double dry hopped. If the volume of hop matter in the whirlpool and dry hop don\u2019t impart amazing hop flavor and aroma, I don\u2019t know what will. I made changed to my post fermentation beer handling. I dry hopped in primary and transferred via c02 to a c02 purged keg for the second dry hop. In the keg I hung a hop bag from the gas inlet using dental floss. To facilitate transfer, I removed about a 1\/2 inch from the dip tube. This will now be used solely for dry hopping.<\/p>\n
Prior to transfer, gravity was only down to 1.017, I expect a few more points from secondary. I didn’t get to the desired FG, but it’s hard to count on yeast grown from a can, despite the starter.<\/p>\n
Next attempt.<\/p>\n
Similar recipe. Hit gravity. I can’t say for real until I I get to sample this.
\n\"IMG_3822.jpg\"<\/a>Update<\/strong> 10\/25\/14 – for 3\/4 of a gallon of excess wort I used s-05 instead of conan, and an alternate dry hop regimen.<\/p>\n
First 4 days<\/p>\n
6g Galaxy<\/p>\n
6g Citra<\/p>\n
6g Bullion<\/p>\n
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Second 4 days<\/p>\n
6g Galaxy<\/p>\n
6g Cascade<\/p>\n
3g Bullion<\/p>\n
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The small batch finished out at 1.010 (with priming solution), maybe as low as 1.008. Since there was so little to bottle, I wasn\u2019t planning on taking a gravity, but I broke a bottle during the process, so I took a reading. I guess I need to take these readings, even it if it means a 10% bottling loss.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s interesting it finished out so dry when Conan stopped so high. I\u2019m debating splitting the next batch 50\/50 wit h s-05 and London III. That decision will be driven by the comparison of these two beers to see the impact of dryness and different dry hops. I guess I\u2019m a little glad I broke off the top, otherwise I\u2019d have never known it\u2019s FG.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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