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