As I was setting up for my Winter Warmer brewday today I noticed a 3lb bag of DME that I had forgotten about. I think I'm going to squeeze in an extra brew today. I figure I can win some brownie points with the wife by cleaning a couple of pounds of whole leaf hops out of the freezer.
I don't know if these will all even fit in the kettle, but damn it I'm going to try like hell to stuff them all in there. Hopping rate in the kettle will be just over a pound per gallon. If I calculate a 90 minute hop stand as a 15 minute addition, then Tinseth gives me over 1500 IBU's. That makes my inner hophead smile.
I think I'm actually going to have to turn the heat back on after I add my hops because at this high of a hopping rate they will probably chill my wort down lower than I want.
HOME BREW RECIPE:
Title: That's What She Said IPA
Brew Method: Extract
Style Name: American IPA
Boil Time: 15 min
Batch Size: 2.25 gallons (fermentor volume) <--- Yeah right! Be lucky to get a gallon if I squeeze the hops hard
Boil Size: 2.5 gallons
Boil Gravity: 1.053
Efficiency: 60% (steeping grains only)
No Chill: 15 minute extended hop boil time
STATS:
Original Gravity: 1.059
Final Gravity: 1.017
ABV (standard): 5.61%
IBU (tinseth): 1522
SRM (morey): 12.97
FERMENTABLES:
3 lb - Dry Malt Extract - Light (88.9%)
STEEPING GRAINS:
5 oz - German - CaraRed (9.3%)
1 oz - American - Midnight Wheat Malt (1.9%)
HOPS:
1 oz - Simcoe, Type: Leaf/Whole, AA: 11.9, Use: First Wort, IBU: 53.65
12 oz - Amarillo, Type: Leaf/Whole, AA: 9.5, Use: Boil for 0 min, IBU: 421.11
16 oz - Centennial, Type: Leaf/Whole, AA: 10.2, Use: Boil for 0 min, IBU: 602.85
3 oz - Simcoe, Type: Leaf/Whole, AA: 11.9, Use: Boil for 0 min, IBU: 131.87
6 oz - Simcoe, Type: Leaf/Whole, AA: 14.1, Use: Boil for 0 min, IBU: 312.51
2 oz - Columbus, Type: Pellet, AA: 13.6, Use: Dry Hop for 7 days
1 oz - Simcoe, Type: Pellet, AA: 12.2, Use: Dry Hop for 7 days
YEAST:
Fermentis / Safale - American Ale Yeast US-05
NOTES:
90 minute hop stand