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05/05/08 - Townes IPA
Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 11:55 am
by coatesg
Knocked up this one yesterday based on RTD's recipe
here.
4.45kg MO
180g Wheat Malt
Mashed for 1 3/4 hr at 65C and fly sparged.
64g Cascade (5.4%) - 90min
19g Cascade - 15min
Irish Moss 15min
Landed up with 21L @ 1044 according to the refractometer.
US-05 pitched at 21C - first time with this yeast so we'll see how I fare...
Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 3:13 pm
by roger the dog
Good work, this was one of my favourite brews. The smells from the FV were fantastic too
Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 5:39 pm
by scarer
I'm going to have a go at this one next, just ordered the Cascade.
Good luck with the yeast, I hear it's erm....enthusiastic!
Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 7:29 pm
by Garth
cracker of a brew this one, you'll enjoy it
Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 11:14 pm
by coatesg
roger the dog wrote:The smells from the FV were fantastic too
Just had a whiff .... hmmm....
Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 12:07 am
by coatesg
scarer wrote:
Good luck with the yeast, I hear it's erm....enthusiastic!
You're telling me - just racking and priming and fining it into a barrel now for a nice quiet settle for 6 weeks or so to get the yeast to drop and the refractometer reads 5 brix (vs 11.8 brix starting). Not believeing that, I read it using a hydrometer too, and that reads 1004...!!
Ho hum, that 4.something pint just turned into something a bit stronger - 5.2, 5.3% ish
Looking forward to this BBQ...
Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 8:02 am
by Vossy1
I've just had then same recipe finish at 1005 also.....ruddy US-05
I fined mine and it was still like pea soup 3 days later
