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[positiveContact]

I bet I've made over 100 gallons of Drez inspired APA so why not make some more?

 

I change it a little every time b/c... I dunno.

 

10 gallons

 

19 lb Pilsen

3 lb CMC Pale Ale Malt

1 lb Crystal 15L

2 oz Crystal 40L (wanted to get rid of this so tossed it in)

 

Mash at 151F

 

30 min boil

 

1oz Bravo, 0.5oz Chinook @ 30 min

1.5 oz Chinook, 1oz Citra @ 0 min

3 oz Chinook, 2oz Citra, 1oz Bravo @ hopstand (150F)

 

Ferment on Verdant IPA Yeast

 

Dry Hop (per 5 gallon keg): 2oz Chinook, 2oz Citra, 0.5oz Bravo, 0.5oz Columbus

 

 

 

I think Drez is going to say my dry hop needs to be more bigger

Edited by postSingularityHumanoid, 29 November 2022 - 11:07 AM.

[HVB]

DH looks good weight wise .. but thrown in a half oz of Columbus

[positiveContact]

DH looks good weight wise .. but thrown in a half oz of Columbus

 

done

 

I almost went in a completely different direction on the hops and was going to use all of my hops direct farmers blend #2 but I think I'm going to save that for my next brew.  I really wanted this one to be a fairly guaranteed home run.

 

https://hopsdirect.c...-2-2021-pellets

Edited by postSingularityHumanoid, 29 November 2022 - 11:09 AM.

[neddles]

DH looks good weight wise .. but thrown in a half oz of Columbus

Yes please.

[HVB]

done

 

I almost went in a completely different direction on the hops and was going to use all of my hops direct farmers blend #2 but I think I'm going to save that for my next brew.  I really wanted this one to be a fairly guaranteed home run.

 

https://hopsdirect.c...-2-2021-pellets

 

Use those in an American Wheat beer with a clean yeast or even a Kolsch yeast.  

[positiveContact]

Have you tried this?

https://www.ritebrew...ct-p/830353.htm

[HVB]

I have not but I bet it will work fine.

[positiveContact]

I have not but I bet it will work fine.

 

alternatively I could use lager yeast (diamond is what I have on hand).

 

eta:  doh, just realized I don't have any malted wheat!

Edited by postSingularityHumanoid, 29 November 2022 - 11:55 AM.

[HVB]

alternatively I could use lager yeast (diamond is what I have on hand).

I bet that would make a good beer too.  Brew it!

[positiveContact]

first runnings are heating up in the BK....

[positiveContact]

stuck sparge.  I think I disturbed the my false bottom.

 

I ended up essentially doing 4 BIAB drains in a 5 gallon paint strainer bag.  I ended up with 12.5 gal pre-boil which is about a gallon high for me.  I kind of want to do a hybrid BIAB system now.....

[HVB]

I have not had a stuck sparge in a long time and never since I went to BIAB. Well, I have not brewed in a long time either so I guess that means nothing ...lol

[positiveContact]

yeah, I have not had one in a long, long time.  I don't know what was different here.

[positiveContact]

FG at 1.019 seems a little high but tastes fine after 1 week of fermentation.  thinking of leaving it a little longer though.

[positiveContact]

Despite the high fg this beer is really good and I haven't even dry hopped it yet. I wish it would stay like this but I know it won't.

[positiveContact]

I'm in that sweet spot right now where this beer is really benefitting from the dry hop it taste super juicy.  hoping this last until xmas so I can give my brother some.

[positiveContact]

So this time around there has been essentially no drop in quality over time. And this beer got HSA to the moon and back.

[HVB]

Love it when they stay in the prime zone forever!

[positiveContact]

so making this again with some changes noted below:

 

replacing 11lb of pilsen with 2-row to conserve pilsen for future light colored lagers.

 

changing up the hops:

 

1oz bravo @ 30

1oz simcoe, 2oz azacca @ flameout

2oz simcoe, 3oz azacca, 1oz bravo @ hop stand

 

 

dry hopping TBD

[positiveContact]

pH 5.36.  going okay so far!