Grain Bill / Fermentables
- 6 lbs 2 Row Pale Malt
- 5 lbs German Pilsner Malt
- 1 lb Crystal 20
- 0.5 lb Crystal 40
Hops
- 3 oz Citra @ 12.5% AA
- 3 oz Centennial @ 9.7% AA
- 2 oz Mosiac @ 11.2% AA
Yeast
- Mangrove Jack’s M44
Other
- Whirlfloc Tablet
- 1/2 tsp gypsum
- 1/4 tsp epsom salts
- 1/4 tsp citric acid
Target Stats
- 5.5 Gallons
- OG 1.067
- FG 1.015
- ABV 6.91%
- IBU 75.03
- SRM 7.58
Final Stats
- 5.5 Gallons
- OG 1.062 (1.062 Tilt)
- FG 1.018 (1.0 Tilt)
- ABV 5.78%
- Efficiency 74%
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 1 oz Centennial hops and continue for 30 minutes.
Add 1 oz Centennial hops and continue boil for another 15 minutes.
Add whirlfloc and 1 oz Centennial hops and continue boil for another 14 minutes.
Add 1 oz Citra hops and continue boil for 1 minute. (This is a good time to drop in the wort chiller.)
Reduce wort temperature to 120° and add 1 oz Citra and 1 oz Mosiac hops.
Reduce wort temperature to 68° and take OG reading.
Sufficiently aerate and transfer to primary fermenter.
Pitch dry yeast directly into fermenter.
After two weeks of fermentation, dry hop with 1 oz Citra and 1 oz Mosiac for 1 week.
Carbonate to 2.5 volumes & Enjoy!
Notes:
- 2022-01-15 – Brew Day
- Pitched yeast at 68° after dropping temperature and continued to drop temp to 67°.
- Dry hopped after 2 weeks
- Kegged 4 days later
- Tilt Readings
- 1.062 @ 67° 2022-01-15
- 1.062 @ 67° 2022-01-16
- 1.057 @ 67° 2022-01-17
- 0.988 @ 67° 2022-01-17 (Pretty sure this Tilt also needs a new battery.)
- 0.980 @ 67° 2022-01-18
- 0.977 @ 67° 2022-01-20 (Allowed to raise to room temperature ~68°.)
- 0.977 @ 68° 2022-01-23
- 0.972 @ 68° 2022-02-01 (2 days into dry hopping. Tilt was clearly off given that the final hydrometer reading was 1.018.)
- 2022-02-05 Kegged