Feisty Chihuahua IPA
on April 5th, 2010 at 5:49pm
Feisty Chihuahua IPA
- 2.5 Pint Starter
- 1.25 Cup Briess DME
- 1/16 tsp. yeast nutrient
- Brewed 3/1
- Boil volume started a little high ~4 gal, ended at about 3.5 gal
- Boil gravity at knockout: 1.120
- est. OG: 1.076
- Racked to secondary 3/8
- Gravity at rack: 1.022
- Bottled 3/24
- FG: 1.015
- est. ABV: 7.6%
| BJCP Style | 14B. American IPA | Notes | |||||
| OG | 1.064 | 1 week primary, 3 week secondary, 4 week bottle | |||||
| est. FG | 1.016 | ||||||
| est. ABV | 6.3% | ||||||
| Boil Vol. | 3.5 | gal | |||||
| Fermentation Vol. | 5.5 | gal | |||||
| Yeast | |||||||
| White Labs California Ale Yeast (WLP001) | |||||||
| Req. cells | 264.6 | billion | |||||
| Starter (L) | 2 | ||||||
| Malt | |||||||
| Weight (lbs) | % Grain Bill | before Hops (lbs) | Type | ° Lovibond | PPG | Points | Boil Points |
| 9.3 | 82% | 6 | Gold LME | 4 | 36 | 60.87 | 61.71 |
| 1 | 9% | 1.00 | 2-Row Pale Malt | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 0.5 | 4% | 0.50 | Caramel 10L Malt | 10 | 14 | 1.27 | 2.00 |
| 0.5 | 4% | 0.50 | CaraMunich I | 43 | 22 | 2.00 | 3.14 |
| Total | 64.1455 | 66.86 | |||||
| BG | 1.067 | ||||||
| Hops | |||||||
| Weight (oz.) | Type | AA | Time (min.) | AAU | Util. | IBU | |
| 1 | Magnum | 14.4% | 60 | 14.40 | 0.19 | 37.90 | |
| 0.5 | Simcoe | 12.2% | 60 | 6.10 | 0.19 | 16.05 | |
| 0.75 | Centennial | 8.3% | 15 | 6.23 | 0.10 | 8.15 | |
| 0.75 | Cascade | 7.2% | 5 | 5.40 | 0.04 | 2.80 | |
| 1.5 | Cascade | 7.2% | 0 | 10.80 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Dry Hop in secondary |
| Total | 64.90 | ||||||
| Other | |||||||
| Irish Moss | 1 tsp. | boil 15 minutes | |||||