My understanding is that the Flaked Oats and Red Wheat in this recipe require a mash to convert their starches into sugars. Since the Bell's wort has been boiled already I think this removes its ability to do this. Therefore I had to mash these grains with some kind of enzyme source so I chose two row since I had it on hand. Unfortunately the two-row will contribute its own sugar to the wort so I had to reduce the amount of Bell's wort to keep the gravity down. I ended up using only four of the five gallons of Bell's wort but I couldn't figure out another way to make this recipe keeping the gravity below 1.060. I chose a target gravity a little higher than All Day to give it a little more flavor for the judges and bumped up the IBUs to compensate by using a full 1oz. of Simcoe in the boil.
Brew Recipe
Brew Date: 9/16/2013
Style: India Pale Ale
Batch Volume: 5 gal.
Type: All Grain
Color: ?? SRM (Bell's wort was pretty dark for being all pale malt)
Target Bitterness: 54 IBU
Target OG: 1.056
Estimated FG: 1.012
Grist
4 gal. Two-Row wort from Bells (1.050)
1 lb. American Two-Row (For mash diastatic power. 6-row would have been better)
10 oz. Crystal 10L
8 oz. Crystal 60L
12 oz. Flaked Oats
4 oz. Red Wheat
1/4 oz. Crystal 4.3% (60 min.)
1/5 oz. Simcoe 13% (60 min.)
1/2 oz. Amarillo 8.7% (20 min.)
1/2 oz. Crystal 4.3% (20 min.)
1/2 oz. Simcoe 13% (20 min.)
Style: India Pale Ale
Batch Volume: 5 gal.
Type: All Grain
Color: ?? SRM (Bell's wort was pretty dark for being all pale malt)
Target Bitterness: 54 IBU
Target OG: 1.056
Estimated FG: 1.012
Grist
4 gal. Two-Row wort from Bells (1.050)
1 lb. American Two-Row (For mash diastatic power. 6-row would have been better)
10 oz. Crystal 10L
8 oz. Crystal 60L
12 oz. Flaked Oats
4 oz. Red Wheat
1/4 oz. Crystal 4.3% (60 min.)
1/5 oz. Simcoe 13% (60 min.)
1/2 oz. Amarillo 8.7% (20 min.)
1/2 oz. Crystal 4.3% (20 min.)
1/2 oz. Simcoe 13% (20 min.)
1/2 oz. Amarillo 8.7%(5 min.)
1/2 oz. Crystal 4.3% (5 min.)
3/10 oz. Simcoe 13% (5 min.)
10-Day Dry Hop Addition
1 oz. Amarillo 8.7% (originally 1/2 oz.)
1/2 oz. Crystal 4.3%
1 oz. Simcoe 13% (originally 1/2 oz.)
2-Day Dry Hop Addition (Why not?)
1/2 oz. Amarillo 8.7% (originally 1/2 oz.)
3/4 oz. Crystal 4.3%
1/4 oz. Simcoe 13% (originally 1/2 oz.)
1 pkg. Safale US-05 Ale Yeast
Brew Notes
1/2 oz. Crystal 4.3% (5 min.)
3/10 oz. Simcoe 13% (5 min.)
10-Day Dry Hop Addition
1 oz. Amarillo 8.7% (originally 1/2 oz.)
1/2 oz. Crystal 4.3%
1 oz. Simcoe 13% (originally 1/2 oz.)
2-Day Dry Hop Addition (Why not?)
1/2 oz. Amarillo 8.7% (originally 1/2 oz.)
3/4 oz. Crystal 4.3%
1/4 oz. Simcoe 13% (originally 1/2 oz.)
1 pkg. Safale US-05 Ale Yeast
Brew Notes
Mash Temp: 155 °F
Mash Time: 60 min.
Boil Time: 60 min.
Pre-Mash Volume: 4.5 gal.
Post-Boil Volume: 4 gal. (+ 1 gal top up water)
Measured OG: 1.056
Measured FG: 1.010
ABV: 6.0%
Calories: 183
Measured out all my grain, dumped them in the mill and started the power drill to mill them. The torque from the drill dumped the grain all over the floor because I forgot to hold the other end of the mill down. Bummer. Three pounds of grain in the garbage. That was my only Crystal 20 on hand so I had to change the recipe a bit. Replaced crystal 20 with a combo of crystal 10 and crystal 60 since those were the only crystal malts I had on hand. Mashed 3 lb. of grain in mixture of 4 gal of Bell's wort + 1/2 gal. of tap water.
Measured gravity after boil was 1.070 with 4.0 gal. volume. Added 1 gal. tap water to reach 1.056 OG with 5 gal. volume. It's not Michigan tap water but, hey, it's the best I can do. :) Pitched yeast at 79 degrees.
Update 9/26/13 - Racked to secondary nearly 5 gal. of beer. Gravity reading is a bit over 1.010 which is right around target. Tastes pretty good so far, like a stronger, sweeter version of the All Day. Decided to up the dry hops to 1 oz. Amarillo, 1 oz. Simcoe, 1/2 oz Crystal because you gotta bring your A-game, right?
Update 10/04/13 - Second dry hop addition. Why not? Had some extra hops in the freezer with no home. So I gave them a home. This brings the total dry hop additions to 4 oz. I don't know how much 'too much' hops is but I guess we'll find out if 4 oz. is too much. This is for you Bell's!
Update 10/6/13 - Bottled today with 4 oz. of priming sugar. Got only 43 bottles out of it thanks to dry hop absorption. Boo! I wish I had used slightly less sugar (3.5oz or so) because I don't want too much fizzy out of this. Julie and I tasted the last bit in the bottling bucket and it was SUPER bitter. I hope this is because it may have contained some stuff that settled to the bottom of the bucket. Shouldn't be all that bitter, all things considered.
Update 10/13/13 - Cracked open a bottle after only a week and it is pretty well carbed already. It tastes pretty fantastic with a very strong hop aroma punch and flavor. This'll be one I'm proud to submit for the homebrew competition. I'll be calling it the 'Lost Mitten' as a gesture to my recurring longing to return to Michigan. Fingers crossed! Will be shipping tomorrow.
Mash Time: 60 min.
Boil Time: 60 min.
Pre-Mash Volume: 4.5 gal.
Post-Boil Volume: 4 gal. (+ 1 gal top up water)
Measured OG: 1.056
Measured FG: 1.010
ABV: 6.0%
Calories: 183
Measured out all my grain, dumped them in the mill and started the power drill to mill them. The torque from the drill dumped the grain all over the floor because I forgot to hold the other end of the mill down. Bummer. Three pounds of grain in the garbage. That was my only Crystal 20 on hand so I had to change the recipe a bit. Replaced crystal 20 with a combo of crystal 10 and crystal 60 since those were the only crystal malts I had on hand. Mashed 3 lb. of grain in mixture of 4 gal of Bell's wort + 1/2 gal. of tap water.
Measured gravity after boil was 1.070 with 4.0 gal. volume. Added 1 gal. tap water to reach 1.056 OG with 5 gal. volume. It's not Michigan tap water but, hey, it's the best I can do. :) Pitched yeast at 79 degrees.
Update 9/26/13 - Racked to secondary nearly 5 gal. of beer. Gravity reading is a bit over 1.010 which is right around target. Tastes pretty good so far, like a stronger, sweeter version of the All Day. Decided to up the dry hops to 1 oz. Amarillo, 1 oz. Simcoe, 1/2 oz Crystal because you gotta bring your A-game, right?
Update 10/04/13 - Second dry hop addition. Why not? Had some extra hops in the freezer with no home. So I gave them a home. This brings the total dry hop additions to 4 oz. I don't know how much 'too much' hops is but I guess we'll find out if 4 oz. is too much. This is for you Bell's!
Update 10/6/13 - Bottled today with 4 oz. of priming sugar. Got only 43 bottles out of it thanks to dry hop absorption. Boo! I wish I had used slightly less sugar (3.5oz or so) because I don't want too much fizzy out of this. Julie and I tasted the last bit in the bottling bucket and it was SUPER bitter. I hope this is because it may have contained some stuff that settled to the bottom of the bucket. Shouldn't be all that bitter, all things considered.
Update 10/13/13 - Cracked open a bottle after only a week and it is pretty well carbed already. It tastes pretty fantastic with a very strong hop aroma punch and flavor. This'll be one I'm proud to submit for the homebrew competition. I'll be calling it the 'Lost Mitten' as a gesture to my recurring longing to return to Michigan. Fingers crossed! Will be shipping tomorrow.
