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3 Dog IPA This is another hoppy Canadian IPA. All Chinook hops. Pretty bitter, at least the sample was from the conical when I dropped some yeast out. I use dry yeast, so I drop it to get clear beer when I keg. I crash cooled it a few days ago and it should be ready to keg by October 28. 15 Gallons 27.50 lbs. Canada Malting 2-row 2 lbs. Flaked Barley 1 lb. Bairds Crystal ( 75 L ) 1 lb. Corn Sugar 86 grams Chinook ( 11.4% AA ) 60 minutes 56 grams Chinook ( 11.4% AA ) 10 minutes 56 grams Chinook ( 11.4% AA ) 0 minutes 40 grams Nottingham O.G. - 1.062 F.G. - 1.010 % - 6.8 SRM - 6.7 BU - 68 It is around 4-5C now and that is as cold as the fridge will get 14 gallons of beer. Even then, the fridge is on a lot. It is an old fridge and I hope it lasts awhile. If crash cooling doesn't do much to clear the beer, I'll just unplug it for the winter. I may even have to move it to my beer room where there is a wall heater. Hopefully, that won't happen until Jan - Feb gets here. Burrr.......

3 Dog IPA I bought Jamil's book ( Brewing Classic Styles ) a couple of years ago and this recipe is based on his American IPA. I used all Chinook because it would of cost way too much to ship these different hops bought on-line. How is $13.00 shipping for 4 ounces of hops? Crazy. I bought 5 lbs. of Chinook from a place in Toronto and the shipping was $8.00. Figure that one out. Anyway, the smell of Chinook hops was fantastic in my garage. I used around 250 grams of hops. The hopstopper had a thick layer of hops on it. It did it's job. 14 Gallons 27.50 lbs. of Canada Malting 2 lbs. Flaked Barley 1 lb. Bairds Crystal 80 grams Chinook ( 11.4% AA ) 60 minutes 56 grams Chinook ( 11.4% AA ) 10 minutes 56 grams Chinook ( 11.4% AA ) 5 minutes 56 grams Chinook ( 11.4% AA ) 0 minutes 40 grams Nottingham yeast O.G. - 1.060 F.G. - 1.010 % - 6.6 SRM - 7 BU - 68.4 I mashed for 90 minutes just to be sure it did it's job because the mash tun was pretty full. I forgot the whirlfloc tablet a...