Brew Day - October 24, 2010

3 Dog Harvest Ale

This is another version of an AIPA. This is a lighter beer. 1.048 with only 23 units of bitterness. All the hops are added less than 20 minutes in the boil.

15 Gallons

22 lbs. Canada Malting 2-row
10 ounces Biscuit
8 ounces Crystal 120
4 ounces Special B
65 grams Chinook - 20 min.
65 grams Chinook - 10 min.
84 grams Chinook - 0 min.
50 grams Mauribrew 514 dry yeast

This recipe was put together from what I had in stock.


O.G. - 1.048
F.G. - 1.016
% - 4.2
SRM - 8
BU - 23.2

I had trouble with a good seal on the conical. It was leaking from the lid and the valve on the bottom. I may of added too much yeast. 25 grams is the norm for 15 gallons. I find this yeast lazy. In the past I had too high of final gravities. Back then, I didn't pay too much attention to my mash temp, but I do now. I may go with 25 grams of 514 for my next brew. Rehydrate it of course. The temp got up too 72F before I turned on the fridge. It took a few hours to get down to 67F. I hope the damage was minimal. Since I ran out of whirlfloc, this will take a month to clear, even with gelatin. I never knew how important whirlfloc is. However, this is a new yeast ( Mauribrew 514 ) and it may be slow to clear. I won't buy it again though. I didn't like the flavour in my Pub Ale using it. This yeast is lazy. 1.016 for a final gravity is not what I want in this style. I won't use this yeast again. I may toss some in along with Notty or US-05 just to use it up.

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