Some Like it Hoppy IPA, April 10 2011

The past three weeks have been amazing.  Our first child arrived and with it, an insane amount of excitement and a number of adjustments.  While my wife, Michelle, has taken the brunt of changes, I have found myself in a state of awe and chillindamos.  Knox will grow up in a homebrewery that I'm sure will also dabble in homemade sodas when the time comes.

Parenting skills harmonizing with chillindamos.

 Homebrewing has slowed down a tad but today I'm back in the game!  I made some subtle modifications to the last IPA batch, Stay Classy IPA.  I eliminated the 20°L crystal malt to add more to the German special malts, Vienna and Munich.  I also upped the whole hop Centennial addition and Amarillo to bring the flavor and aroma just a notch up (eleven).

Grain bags make great swaddles.

Everything else remained identical to the previous IPA.  Stay Classy IPA is still on tap and is great.  I bottled out a few for NHC but am a bit weary of how it will travel considering my inexperience with counter-filling bottling.  I bottled out a few extras to see how it will hold up come judging time.  Though I tried to blow out a pint or so of the trub at the bottom of the keg, some chunks are showing in the other bottles.  I suppose I'll find out in a couple of weeks when I get the judging sheets.

Knox's first homebrewing session!

Some Like it Hoppy IPA
BJCP Category 14-B American IPA
Author: Chillindamos
Date: 4/10/11

Size: 5.0 gal
Efficiency: 72.55%
Attenuation: 78.5%
Calories: 219.23 kcal per 12.0 fl oz

Original Gravity: 1.066 (1.056 - 1.075)
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Terminal Gravity: 1.014 (1.010 - 1.018)
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Color: 5.64 (6.0 - 15.0)
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Alcohol: 6.81% (5.5% - 7.5%)
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Bitterness: 121.3 (40.0 - 70.0)
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Ingredients:

9.3 lb 2-Row Brewers Malt
1.4 lb German Vienna
0.8 lb Belgian Munich
3.0 tsp 5.2 pH Stabilizer - added during mash
1.0 lb Rice Extract
1.0 oz Chinook (11.0%) - added first wort, boiled 90.0 min
1.0 oz Magnum (10.6%) - added during boil, boiled 60.0 min
1 tsp Whirlfloc Tablets (Irish moss) - added during boil, boiled 15.0 min
1.0 oz Chinook (11.0%) - added during boil, boiled 10.0 min
1.6 oz Centennial (10.0%) - added during boil, boiled 10.0 min
1.0 tsp Servomyces - added during boil, boiled 10.0 min
0.1 tsp Anti-Foam - added during boil, boiled 1.0 min
0.5 oz Simcoe (12.3%) - added during boil, boiled 0.0 min
0.5 oz Citra (14.0%) - added during boil, boiled 0.0 min
1.0 oz Amarillo (8.5%) - added during boil, boiled 0.0 min
1.0 ea White Labs WLP001 California Ale (will change later)
0.5 oz Simcoe (12.3%) - added dry to secondary fermenter
1.0 oz Citra (14.0%) - added dry to secondary fermenter
1.0 oz Amarillo (8.5%) - added dry to secondary fermenter

Schedule:

Ambient Air: 60.0 °F
Source Water: 60.0 °F
Elevation: 0.0 m

00:14:30 Mash-In - Liquor: 3.44 gal; Strike: 172.11 °F; Target: 152.0 °F
01:14:30 Saccharification Rest - Rest: 60.0 min; Final: 147.5 °F
01:24:30 Vorlauf, bitches! - Rest: 10.0 min; Final: 146.7 °F
02:24:30 Fly Sparge - Sparge Volume: 5.33 gal; Sparge Temperature: 168.0 °F; Runoff: 6.0 gal

Notes

Small changes from last IPA, Stay Classy IPA. 70% dilution rate. 4 grams Gypsum, 1 gram Epsom Salt, and 1 gram of Baking Soda added to the mash. Chinook and Centennial hops are grown at our hop farm (IBUs estimated). Mash dilution ratio: 1.04 Tap, 2.41 Water Lady (3.44 gallons total). HLT dilution ratio: 1.51 tap, 3.59 Water Lady (5.1 gallons total). Oxygen added for 60 seconds. OG 1.066 @ 68°F. 1 vial to 900ml yeast starter. Will likely share this keg for NHC (unless thirsty for more IPA).

Results generated by BeerTools Pro 1.5.15

Anyone ever seen an ale yeast do this after fallen krausen?

Above shows an interesting phenotype from fermentation of the last batch of IPA.  I was planning on racking the new IPA on the yeast bed of the last batch when I saw this happen and delayed the brew.  No off flavors, nothing suspicious, just likely characteristic of this particular strain.  I'll know for sure if it does it again this batch.

2011 AHA NHC in San Diego

Finally, I'll have no excuse to attend next year's American Homebrewers Association's National Homebrew Competition and conference.  The dates are June 16th - June 18th, 2011.  I look forward to seeing many of you here!

The video "Some Like It Hoppy", below, is the introductory video for the 2011 NHC in San Diego.  Enjoy.