AG#16 - 60 minute IPA

[cerbera84]

Hi guys,

Brewed this last weekend, which is a slight twist on Greg Hughes recipe

60 minute IPA by Ben, recipe on Flickr

Due to various duties, I left the mash for three hours, then fly sparged into the boiler. As I was busy, I knew I'd come up with a short length because I was using rough volumes at the beginning, so I had to top up to 23-ish litres with cold water. Overshot OG and ended up with 1.058. Fermentation appeared pretty vigorous. Gravity check after 7 days, was down to 1.020 so dropped a big (well, 122g) dry hop in - recent research has pointed to dry hopping at around 1.020 or below so I'm trying this for the first time.

Untitled by Ben, one of the various duties - walking the brewdog

Untitled by Ben, glorious Wolverhampton

Untitled by Ben, two element, 4.8kw boil in action

Untitled by Ben, on Flickr

Untitled by Ben, on Flickr

Smelling and tasting promising so far!

Ben

[Hogarth]

Nice! I like a few landscape shots.

[cerbera84]

quick update: down to 1.010 now, meaning I'm looking at a 6.3% beer. raising temp to 22 degrees to ensure diacetyl is sorted then crash chill around wednesday and keg on friday