India Pale Ale

11/6/04
I won a bunch of Chinook hops at TRUB competition
So this was made to use them up.

Brewer:	John Tossberg & Bernie Ball		Email:	-
Beer:	India Pale Ale		Style:	India Pale Ale
Type:	All grain		Size:	24 gallons
Color:	17 HCU (~10 SRM)		Bitterness:	50 IBU
OG:	1.060		FG:	1.008
Alcohol:	6.7% v/v (5.3% w/w)
Water:	Approx 1 Tbsp. CaCO4 to strike/spare H2O.
Grain:	1 lb. American 2-row 38 lb. British pale 3 lb. Wheat malt 5 lb. American crystal 60L
Mash:	82% efficiency
	This is about as much grain, that can be put in my mash tun. Dough in, thick mash temp hit approx. 62°C. Hold approx 20 min. Add more H20 temp 67°C. Hold for approx 40 min. recirculate 3 gal. start sparge. Efficiency was down a bit, maybe cause we didn' get temp higher. (70°C).
Boil:	60 min minutes	SG 1.056	26 gallons
	3 whirl flocs per kettle. at 20 min. run through wort chiller.
Hops:	4 oz. Chinook (13.1% AA, 60 min.) 2 oz. Chinook (13.1% AA, 30 min.) 2 oz. Cascade (aroma)
Yeast:	Wyeast 1098, british ale. 2 1400ml cultures split between 4 carboys. Did not see active fermentation til 36 hours after pitching. Wort may ave been a bit warm.

Recipe posted 11/10/04.