IPA (APA?) (G)

First all grain beer made using Brew in a Bag method. Like the beers before this, it was brewed in the Mountain View apartment's kitchen.

Brewed 5.0 gallons on 2013-05-22

Original gravity: 1.068

Final gravity: 1.019

ABV: 6.4%

Apparent Attenuation: 72.1%

Process notes

2013-06-08

Moved to secondary. S.G. 1.019. Nice Bitterness.

2013-06-28

Bottled. F.G. 1.019 (after 4oz corn sugar added)

Boil for 60 minutes

At 60 minutes

1 ounce of 16% Alpha Acid Warrior pellets (dank, garlic aroma)

At 15 minutes

1 ounce of 10.5% Alpha Acid Centennial pellets

At 5 minutes

1 ounce of 9.5% Alpha Acid Amarillo pellets

At 0 minutes

1 ounce of 10.5% Alpha Acid Centennial pellets

Mash

[86.27%] 11 pounds of 2-Row (Briess)

[7.84%] 1 pound of Munich (Weyermann)

[5.88%] 12 ounces of Crystal 60L (GreatWesternMalting)

Single infusion brew in a bag mash. Mashed with 4 gallons (1.25 quarts per pound) of tap water for 60 minutes. 12lb 12oz of grain was used in the mash. (Dumped in grains (in bag in kettle), closed lid, temp slowly started dropping. Turned heat on still dropped to about 140 degrees in ~30 mins, then shot way up to 160 degrees really fast. Heat was no more than medium, eventually it settled back to ~150 degrees. Let sit for another 30 min.)

Sparge

Sparged for 15 minutes with 3 gallons of 185° tap water. (Started at 185 degrees to get a target temp of 170 degrees. Mixed sparge + water from mash and then started boil.)

Yeast

2013-05-22

Pitch 1 pack of Safale US-05 American Ale (Fermentis) at 68°. (after pitching, set thermostat to 65°)

Dry additions

2013-06-19

1 ounce of 9.5% Alpha Acid Amarillo pellets.

Tasting notes (7.00/10; 4 ratings)

2013-07-07

[7/10] Cloudy, reddish orange color, maybe with more time in fridge it will clear up. Some head retention with small amount of lacing, white head. Tropical fruit aroma, pineapple? Similar to El Dorado single hop from Hermitage. Taste is decently balanced, sweet but not really malty. Hops start fruity and end bitter.

2013-07-10

[7/10] Aroma and taste seem more raw hop; probably dry hopped too long.

2013-08-13

[7/10] Overcarbed, head retention + lacing are good. Dark yellow/orange slight haze. Aroma is pleasing, tropical, citrus, pine, both subtle. Bitter finish, subtle also.

2013-08-28

[7/10] Fruit, citrus aroma appears to be gone. Very bitter grapefruit finish. Aroma is subtle.