Cavan IPA - Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020
5.5 Gallons
Changed the Cavan IPA recipe to reflect what grains I have on hand. Trying to keep it simple and get a lighter colour to it. I still want to clone Square Nail, but do not have the specialty grains figured out yet.
Ingredients
Changed the Cavan IPA recipe to reflect what grains I have on hand. Trying to keep it simple and get a lighter colour to it. I still want to clone Square Nail, but do not have the specialty grains figured out yet.
Ingredients
11 lbs. UCM
1 lb. Munich I
6 ozs. Thomas Faucett Crystal 85 L
31 g Chinook at 20 min.
75 g Chinook at 5 min. ( Should of been 10 min )
56.70 g Chinook at 0 min.
56.70 g Chinook - Hop Stand
28.35 g Chinook - dry hop 3 - 5 days before kegging
Escarpment Labs Cali
56.70 g Chinook - Hop Stand
28.35 g Chinook - dry hop 3 - 5 days before kegging
Escarpment Labs Cali
PH - 5.32
O.G. - 1.044 ( turned mill down to notch 3 )
F.G. -
% -
SRM - 6.2
BU - 33.5
Since I got yelled at for buying homebrew supplies, I am not sure if I am going to go with a new recipe with specialty malts. May just go with what I have and figure out something later when they run out. I still need C02 and barley malt. I seem to be out of everything all at once. Still having mill issues. Next brew session you have to double mill the grain and take a good look at it. If you need to go to notch 4, then so be it. It is 17 years old. If this is astrigent, then it isn't the mill. Need to get higher than 1.044, this is not a lager. Double mill the grain next brew. Take a good look and decide to go to notch 4.
NOTES
That night - Some activity around midnight.
Day 2 - Feb. 12 - Going good next morning. Needs heat - 62 F. Wall heater on.
Day 3 - Feb. 13 - Same, but 19 C.
Day 12 - Still going, but slowly. Taking it's time. Tasting the last one, I think I will dry hop. Not sure
how much, 1 or 2 ozs?
Feb 21 - Added 28.35 g Chinook hops to primary. Keg in 3 - 5 days.
Feb. 26 - Still not done but today is day 5 for the dry hops. Winter storm here too.
Feb. 29 - Kegging today. It is still bubbling every 10 - 15 seconds now. God, when will this stop?
I am kegging it anyway since the dry hops have been in there over 7 days.
Taste on kegging day - Feb. 29
Tastes like a Session IPA. I like it.
Taste on March 13
Same but clearer. Not bright as I didn't use any gelatin. Since I used this water profile, ( 2nd time ) I have noticed that the hop taste and aroma haven't gone away like they usually have. Still the same beer. No oxidation or whatever was going on in the previous IPA which I tossed out. I had to change my closed syphon because it got plugged with hops. Oxidation? Nope, not yet.
This is better than a few store bought Ontario made brews. Not as good as Square Nail, but not yet. I am working on it if I ever get my supplies from Brewers Pantry.
Since I got yelled at for buying homebrew supplies, I am not sure if I am going to go with a new recipe with specialty malts. May just go with what I have and figure out something later when they run out. I still need C02 and barley malt. I seem to be out of everything all at once. Still having mill issues. Next brew session you have to double mill the grain and take a good look at it. If you need to go to notch 4, then so be it. It is 17 years old. If this is astrigent, then it isn't the mill. Need to get higher than 1.044, this is not a lager. Double mill the grain next brew. Take a good look and decide to go to notch 4.
NOTES
That night - Some activity around midnight.
Day 2 - Feb. 12 - Going good next morning. Needs heat - 62 F. Wall heater on.
Day 3 - Feb. 13 - Same, but 19 C.
Day 12 - Still going, but slowly. Taking it's time. Tasting the last one, I think I will dry hop. Not sure
how much, 1 or 2 ozs?
Feb 21 - Added 28.35 g Chinook hops to primary. Keg in 3 - 5 days.
Feb. 26 - Still not done but today is day 5 for the dry hops. Winter storm here too.
Feb. 29 - Kegging today. It is still bubbling every 10 - 15 seconds now. God, when will this stop?
I am kegging it anyway since the dry hops have been in there over 7 days.
Taste on kegging day - Feb. 29
Tastes like a Session IPA. I like it.
Taste on March 13
Same but clearer. Not bright as I didn't use any gelatin. Since I used this water profile, ( 2nd time ) I have noticed that the hop taste and aroma haven't gone away like they usually have. Still the same beer. No oxidation or whatever was going on in the previous IPA which I tossed out. I had to change my closed syphon because it got plugged with hops. Oxidation? Nope, not yet.
This is better than a few store bought Ontario made brews. Not as good as Square Nail, but not yet. I am working on it if I ever get my supplies from Brewers Pantry.
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