Back in November, the first Saturday is always "Teach a Friend to Homebrew" Day. As I had been on a bit of a hiatus from brewing due to the house being packed up and always show-ready, I figured now that we're in the new house, this was as good a day as any to get going again. Unfortunately, as with any move, things are not found as easily as they are packed, so it was decided extract would be the way to go.
Mikey had purchased a Coopers IPA kit, so he and another friend came over and we fired it up. All went pretty well, except that I had forgotten that carboy fermentations can be pretty powerful, and put an airlock instead of a blowoff tube on the carboy. It didn't explode, but it made a good bit of a mess. I cleaned it up and salvaged the majority of it, and after almost 2 months, the final product is on tap.
My wife was kind enough to go with my idea of bringing the small kegerator into the house and setting the tower on the countertop. I ran the lines through the side of the kegerator and through the cabinet, insulted the lines with 1/2" pipe insulation and promised to always have root beer on one of the taps.
The end product, both taps and IPA, turned out pretty well. It'll likely take a little while for the lines to balance, but I think the beer has already done that.
11-06-2010 Coopers IPA A ProMash Brewing Session Report -------------------------------- Brewing Date: Saturday November 06, 2010 Head Brewer: Mike Ring Asst Brewer: Mikey Snot Recipe: Coopers IPA BJCP Style and Style Guidelines ------------------------------- 14-A India Pale Ale, English IPA Min OG: 1.050 Max OG: 1.075 Min IBU: 40 Max IBU: 60 Min Clr: 8 Max Clr: 14 Color in SRM, Lovibond Recipe Specifics ---------------- Batch Size (Gal): 5.00 Wort Size (Gal): 6.00 Total Extract (Lbs): 5.67 Anticipated OG: 1.046 Plato: 11.47 Anticipated SRM: 9.3 Anticipated IBU: 48.6 Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes Actual OG: 1.049 Plato: 12.15 Actual FG: 1.012 Plato: 3.07 Alc by Weight: 3.81 by Volume: 4.87 From Measured Gravities. ADF: 74.7 RDF 62.2 Apparent & Real Degree of Fermentation. Grain/Extract/Sugar % Amount Name Origin Potential SRM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 66.1 3.75 lbs. Coopers LME - Amber Australia 1.038 16 22.0 1.25 lbs. Generic DME - Light Generic 1.046 8 11.8 0.67 lbs. Corn Sugar Generic 1.046 0 Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon. Hops Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.50 oz. Cascade Whole 3.53 48.6 60 min. Yeast ----- Coopers Brewe 03309 IPA |
