 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Centennial IPA
This is a nice light colored, medium strength, VERY bitter and aromatic IPA with great head retention.
| Brewer: | Brian Cooper | Email: | brewerbrian@sbcglobal.net | |||||
| Beer: | Centennial IPA | Style: | India Pale Ale | |||||
| Type: | All grain | Size: | 5 gallons | |||||
| Color: |
|
Bitterness: | 83 IBU | |||||
| OG: | 1.066 | FG: | 1.013 | |||||
| Alcohol: | 6.9% v/v (5.4% w/w) | |||||||
| Water: | I use spring water because the water in my area sucks. | |||||||
| Grain: | 11 lb. 0 oz. American 2-row (Great Western) 4 oz. Munich 9L 4 oz. American crystal 10 - 15L 4 oz. Dextrine malt (Cara-Pils) 4 oz. Wheat malt |
|||||||
| Mash: | 75% efficiency | |||||||
| I use 2 rubbermaid picnic coolers, one fitted with a phil's phalse bottom as a sparge / mash setup. | ||||||||
| Boil: | 60 minutes | SG 1.055 | 6 gallons | |||||
| 2 tsp gypsum added to water. 1 tsp Irish Moss added last 15 minutes. | ||||||||
| Hops: | 2 oz. Centennial (10.5% AA, 60 min.) 2 oz. Centennial (10.5% AA, 5 min.) 2 oz. Chinook (whole hops) (aroma) |
|||||||
| Yeast: | Wyeast 1056 XL (liquid yeast packet) Popped 1 day before brewing. | |||||||
| Log: | brewing on May 2, 2004. Plan to do dry hopping on May 5 or 6, just after peak of fermentation activity. Ask me how it came out and I'll be happy to share the results! | |||||||
| Carbonation: | Standard carbonation level. (4 oz. corn sugar in 5 gallons when bottling). | |||||||
| Tasting: | (I'll let you know.!) | |||||||
Recipe posted 05/02/04.