Galaxyum

Grain Bill / Fermentables

  • 11 lbs 2 Row Pale Malt
  • 0.65 lb Crystal 20
  • 0.35 lb Crystal 10
  • 0.5 lb Crystal 40

Hops

  • 0.75 oz Magnum @ 12.8% AA
  • 3.5 oz Galaxy @ 16.5% AA
  • 2 oz Amarillo @ 8.6% AA

Yeast

  • Nottingham

Other

  • Whirlfloc Tablet
  • 1/2 tsp gypsum
  • 1/4 tsp epsom salts
  • 1/4 tsp citric acid

Target Stats

  • 5.5 Gallons
  • OG 1.063
  • FG 1.016
  • ABV 6.16%
  • IBU 80.75
  • SRM 7.36

Final Stats

  •  Gallons
  • OG 1.0 (1.0 Tilt)
  • FG 1.0 (1.0 Tilt)
  • ABV %
  • Efficiency %

Brew Day

Heat 8 gallons of water to 158°.  (Unfiltered Dover City water with chlorine removed via campden tablet.)

Gently dough in grains until all grain is covered by water. Add 1/2 tsp gypsum and 1/4 tsp epsom salts and stabilize pH at 5.2

Mash grains at 152° for 1 hour.

Remove “grain bag“, rinse, squeeze and allow grains to drain.

Bring wort to a boil.

Once wort is boiling, add 0.75 oz Magnum hops and continue for 30 minutes.

Add 0.5 oz Galaxy hops and continue boil for another 25 minutes.

Add whirlfloc, yeast nutrient, 1 oz Galaxy, 1 oz Amarillo hops and continue boil for 5 minutes. (This is a good time to drop in the wort chiller.)

Reduce wort temperature to 160° and add 1 oz Galaxy hops and continue reducing wort temp.

Reduce wort temperature to 68° and take OG reading.

Sufficiently aerate and transfer to primary fermenter.

Pitch yeast into fermenter.

Allow beer 1~2 weeks in the primary to adequately ferment and cleanup any diacetyl produced during fermentation.

Dry hop with 1 oz Galaxy, 1 oz Amarillo for 1 week.

Bottle and wait another 2 weeks or keg and carb.

Enjoy!

Notes:

  • 2021-02-28 – Brew Day
    • Tilt Readings