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Bi-Centenial

Bi-Centenial. Two additions of Centenial hops. Also, tis recipe is very similar to Bell's Two Hearted Ale.

Brewer: KOBB Email: -
Beer: Bi-Centenial Style: India Pale Ale
Type: All grain Size: 5.25 gallons
Color:
9 HCU (~7 SRM)
Bitterness: 69 IBU
OG: 1.068 FG: 1.014
Alcohol: 7.0% v/v (5.5% w/w)
Grain: 10 lb. American 2-row
1 lb. American Vienna
1 lb. American crystal 20L
Mash: 82% efficiency
140-10 min
150-60 min
Boil: 60 minutes SG 1.055 6.5 gallons
Hops: 1 oz. Centennial (10.5% AA, 60 min.)
1.5 oz. Centennial (10.5% AA, 20 min.)
2 oz. Centennial (aroma)
Yeast: Harvested yeast from one bottle of Bells pale ale and two bottles of Sierra Nevada pale ale.
Log: Estimated brew date:late June.
Actual brew date:June 19, Fathers day.

Two boilovers. Still hit the OG on the head. Already some activity 9 hours after pitching.

6/28/11 checked gravity. 1.022 @67F. Not as far along as I would like. I will move the fermenter to a warmer room tomorrow. There was still noticable yeast activity on top of the beer.
The taste and aroma are great. Once gravity bottoms out at around 1.014 I will add two ounces of dry hop Centenials. And wait to keg.

7/3/11 Gravity reading of 1.012 @ 75F which equates to 1.014 @60F. Added 2oz of Centenial pellets.

7/22/11 Kegged and primed with 1/2 cup table sugar boiled in water. Smell and taste were both incredible! Drinking this by Labor Day!
PS moving the fermenter to a warmer room helped. FG was hit.

Recipe posted 05/24/11.