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Hop Experiment 2
This is my experimentation based on the Brewers Best HopNog 2011 kit.
| Brewer: | Mark Stolberg | Email: | Markestolberg@me.com | |||||
| Beer: | Hop Experiment 2 | Style: | India Pale Ale | |||||
| Type: | Extract w/grain | Size: | 5 gallons | |||||
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Bitterness: | 60 IBU | |||||
| OG: | 1.069 | FG: | 1.016 | |||||
| Alcohol: | 6.8% v/v (5.4% w/w) | |||||||
| Grain: | 4 oz. Wheat malt 8 oz. American crystal 10L 8 oz. American crystal 20L 8 oz. American crystal 40L 4 oz. Dextrine malt (Cara-Pils) 8 oz. Gambrinus Honey malt 8 oz. Smoked |
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| Steep: | Began the steep at 158, flame off, lid on and it held well. Steeped for 60 minutes ending at 145 degrees. Fly sparged with 2 quarts water at 150 degrees. | |||||||
| Boil: | 60 minutes | SG 1.115 | 3 gallons | |||||
| 6.6 lb. Light malt extract 1 lb. Light dry malt extract |
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| Added the bittering hops as it was warming to boil. Added LME at boil, added DME with 10 minutes remaining. | ||||||||
| Hops: | 0.75 oz. Millennium (17.4% AA, 60 min.) 1 oz. HBC-342 (14.9% AA, 30 min.) 1 oz. HBC-342 (14.9% AA, 10 min.) 1 oz. HBC-342 (aroma) 1 oz. Cascade leaf (aroma) |
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| Yeast: | White Labs Belgian Strong Ale Liquid yeast #WLP-545. It erupted at opening and I lost some of it. I added 2 teaspoons of Safale S-04 to help achieve a dry finish. | |||||||
| Log: | Brewed on 11/12/11. Cascade whole hops will be added at racking as a dry hop. | |||||||
Recipe posted 11/13/11.
