Friday, December 26, 2014

Triple Red IPA

Dec 26, 2014

1 lb 6 oz. Carared
30 lb 2-row
1 lb carafoam
5 oz Biscuit

Made 16 gallons

3.5 hr boil plus 1 hr boil with hops reduced wort to 10 gallons. 

OG 1.091, 21.8 Brix
FG  1.012 est. 
ABV 10% est. 


60 min 3 1/4 oz pellet magnum, loose
40 min 1 oz pellet Simcoe
30 min 3 oz
20 min 4 oz
10 min 2 oz
Removed bag at with 5 mins left. 
Added 2 Whitlock tablets with 5 mins. 
Cool to 100F
Poured into vessel with spray spout

Add red ale yeast
Fermenting in house at 70F

Oxygen for 30 seconds on day 2 of fermentation. 

Dry hop schedule. 

Jan 11 - Simcoe 1 oz added to each 4 gal batch 
Jan 16 - large bucket 8 oz of citra and 8 oz of simcoe. 
Jan 16 In small bucket 8 oz citra only 
Jan 21- moved beer to 5 and 3.5 gallon kegs. Note that due to the large amount of hops this made a total 6.5 gallons(4 &2 .5 respectively)
- beer retained flavour and feel however after Feb aroma starts to fade. 
- This DIPA is similar to the darker one on the market I reviewed how ever mine is smother  and less heavy. Aroma was anazing for about 40 days.