So this will be a rolling review and I will update it over the
course of Its development.
So I am brewing my American double IPA
The kit comes with about 6.2KG (approx) of grain which is a mixture
of Maris otter and Crystal so all familiar there.
I cannot do a full volume yet asI am planning on getting the BIAB
kit in a month or two. so I am doing a 50/50
I am going to make sure I get a good mash so going for at least 60 mins and maybe a tad more.
The kit comes with leaf hops, for whatever reason I have never used
leaf before.. so it will be interesting to see how they turn out.
we have a 60 minute hop , a 10 minute one a flame out and some for
a dry hop, so this kit is really geared up for that late hop and
dry hop burst. They are unnamed on what's what but they website says
Nugget Zeus and Centennial (which is labelled as the dry hop) I am
guessing Nugget is the 60 minute and Zeus the flavour /aroma hops
The kit instructions say the OG should be 1060 based on 72%
efficiency which I have yet to achieve so lets see how it goes.
..
Anyway grains halved and I have milled the half again
I mashed for just over 1 hour in 9 liters of water and sparged in 5
more with and additional 1 lt pour over sparge which I will add
during the boil.
...
So Boil done and now wort cooling, I should also add that the kit
comes with a whirfloc tablet which I halved and added with the
final 10 minute hop addition..
....
Wort added to FV but a bit short in volume just a liter out
something I commonly have where I boil off too much or
miscalculate.. on my second half batch I can try and adjust for
this with a little more sparge. You could say I did a Maxi BIAB this time around.
Wort at 23ºc gravity 1060 so thats bang on without any adjustment for temp
(whether or not it would make much difference) really pleased with that I
think the crush and the sparge have helped a lot.
Pitched with half a packet of safale us 05 which came with the kit
at 23ºc
Had a cheeky sip of the wort, obviously sweet really spiky on the hops the aroma is very powerful and you get that bitterness coming through.
THe dry hop looks like it says boil in some water and add, I am not sure but I wonder whether it is pellets in the foil bag.
Anyway will keep this updated as I go along but so far looks promising!
Cheers again to mods for organising these raffels and of course HBC!:drunk:
course of Its development.
So I am brewing my American double IPA
The kit comes with about 6.2KG (approx) of grain which is a mixture
of Maris otter and Crystal so all familiar there.
I cannot do a full volume yet asI am planning on getting the BIAB
kit in a month or two. so I am doing a 50/50
I am going to make sure I get a good mash so going for at least 60 mins and maybe a tad more.
The kit comes with leaf hops, for whatever reason I have never used
leaf before.. so it will be interesting to see how they turn out.
we have a 60 minute hop , a 10 minute one a flame out and some for
a dry hop, so this kit is really geared up for that late hop and
dry hop burst. They are unnamed on what's what but they website says
Nugget Zeus and Centennial (which is labelled as the dry hop) I am
guessing Nugget is the 60 minute and Zeus the flavour /aroma hops
The kit instructions say the OG should be 1060 based on 72%
efficiency which I have yet to achieve so lets see how it goes.
..
Anyway grains halved and I have milled the half again
I mashed for just over 1 hour in 9 liters of water and sparged in 5
more with and additional 1 lt pour over sparge which I will add
during the boil.
...
So Boil done and now wort cooling, I should also add that the kit
comes with a whirfloc tablet which I halved and added with the
final 10 minute hop addition..
....
Wort added to FV but a bit short in volume just a liter out
something I commonly have where I boil off too much or
miscalculate.. on my second half batch I can try and adjust for
this with a little more sparge. You could say I did a Maxi BIAB this time around.
Wort at 23ºc gravity 1060 so thats bang on without any adjustment for temp
(whether or not it would make much difference) really pleased with that I
think the crush and the sparge have helped a lot.
Pitched with half a packet of safale us 05 which came with the kit
at 23ºc
Had a cheeky sip of the wort, obviously sweet really spiky on the hops the aroma is very powerful and you get that bitterness coming through.
THe dry hop looks like it says boil in some water and add, I am not sure but I wonder whether it is pellets in the foil bag.
Anyway will keep this updated as I go along but so far looks promising!
Cheers again to mods for organising these raffels and of course HBC!:drunk: