AG#9 - Octavius IPA

[Tron]

Batch Size: 23.00 L
Boil Size: 35.00 L
Boil Time: 60 min
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.0

6000.00 gm Pale Malt, Maris Otter 93.8 %
300.00 gm Caramel/Crystal Malt - 30L 4.7 %
100.00 gm Wheat, Torrified 1.6 %

30.00 gm Centennial [10.00%] (30 min) Hops 24.5 IBU
20.00 gm Citra [13.80%] (30 min) Hops 20.3 IBU
20.00 gm Cascade [5.50%] (30 min) Hops 9.0 IBU

50.00 gm Cascade [5.50%] (60 min steep 80c)
70.00 gm Centennial [10.00%] (60 min steep 80c)
80.00 gm Citra [13.80%] (60 min steep 80c)

Yeast - S04

Est Original Gravity: 1.066 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.017 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 6.4 %
Bitterness: 53.7 IBU
Est Color: 14.1 EBC


Weighing out the grains now

[Scotty]

Sounds nice! Personally I would've backed off the crystal a bit but then again I like unbalanced beers.

Nottingham/Gervin would probably be better suited to the hop bill. S04 will probably mask a lot of the hops

[Tron]

I'll bow to your better judgment, i was thinking of using US-05 but think that might attenuate a little too much making it a real head cracker!?!

[mysterio]

Nottingham would be a good choice although I have made some nice hoppy beers with SO4... especially if you're throwing a load of C hops at it. Not keen on US-05 for the reason you mentioned.

[Tron]

Just checked the beer fridge, Got a pack of Notts and a pack of Gervin, think i'll use the Gervin as the Notts is the same batch that has reportedly been bad...

[Tron]

Mash in 60 mins in and just measured out the hops.
My god it smells fantastic!

Lets hope its a good one

[Tron]

All tidy and ship shape in the fermenter. This is the biggest hop bill I've used yet but i wasn't expecting the huge mass of hops left over!
Was quite surprised i managed to collect a little over 22 liters tbh!

[L2wis]

this one sounds like my kinda beer!! report back with first tastings!

[Tron]

Just kegged this, this morning
FG: 1.0.14 so an abv of around 6.5%

Trial tasting was very interesting, carn't wait to get a few weeks conditioning on this and some carbonation

[L2wis]

Great stuff mate! thats a good percentage! Does the beer balance well with the strength or is it too early to tell?

[Tron]

Hi,

The bitterness and residual sweetness seemed quite balanced and the hop flavour wasnt quite as harsh as i was expecting.
The indications are i think its going to be a great pint if your into the AIPA style

[L2wis]

great work! i might have to try a simular recipe sometime soon

[trucker5774]

mmmmmmm C hops mmmmmmmmmmmmm

[Tron]

I bottled up a few bottles of this yesterday to take with me when i went to see beermonsta making false bottoms.
So this was kegged on the 10th of march and its taken me till now to get round to having a proper drink of it and its quite good a lot better from a bottle than from the keg i found.
If you like Punk IPA i this this is definitely worth a try, its no clone but its certainly pointing to the right compass point.