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Centennial APA

Grist

Lager Malt 2.5 EBC 5 lbs. 8.1 oz 2500 grams 58.1%
Pale Malt 5 EBC 3 lbs. 8.4 oz 1600 grams 37.2%
Crystal Malt 130 EBC 0 lbs. 3.5 oz 100 grams 2.3%
Biscuit Malt 50 EBC 0 lbs. 3.5 oz 100 grams 2.3%

Hops

Bravo Whole 13.5 % 60 mins 0 lbs. 0.4 oz 10 grams 11.4%
Centennial Whole 11.7 % 15 mins 0 lbs. 1.1 oz 30 grams 33.2%
Centennial Whole 11.7 % 0 mins 0 lbs. 1.1 oz 30 grams 33.2%
Centennial Whole 11.7 % 0 mins 0 lbs. 0.7 oz 20 grams 22.1%

Final Volume: 17 Litres
Original Gravity: 1.053
Final Gravity: 1.012
Alcohol Content: 5.3% ABV
Total Liquor: 28 Litres
Mash Liquor: 10.8 Litres
Mash Efficiency: 70 %
Bitterness: 41.5457351610037 EBU
Colour: 13 EBC

Yeast: US-05

Could only find my dodgy thermometer, is always about 3/4C down. So I am mashing at what looks like 62C but it will be 65/66C.

Am a bit rushed today so I am doing a 60 min mash and boil. Hopefully my efficeny wont change much.

Collected 24L @ 1054 corrected.

My efficency seems to be up a bit....

Looks like a good one - let me know how it turns out and I might give a brew myself. Really into APAs at the moment

Centennial is a wonderful hop. You're going to love this brew.

That was pre boil 24l @1054.

So I have chucked in 5g more Bravo at the start of the boil should bring the IBUs up to 40.

Maybe this will be one for a swap. My Centennial IPA is going to get some dry hops too, t'would be interesting to compare them

@ Mysterio. Sure that sounds good. This might be my least hoppy number. You can get a bottle of the 9.6% IIPA because I think its super stuff, taking a wee while to carbonate but its getting there.

Here are the pictures:



Grist, mixed up


Hops


Run off from the mash


FW hops




Break pictures I like for some reason



My attempts to blow steam out of the window.

Ended up with 20L @ 1052, after watering down a bit. That puts my efficeny at 80%.

You may have over hopped. I never go over 40.152989845 EBU!

Whorst wrote:You may have over hopped. I never go over 40.152989845 EBU!

What can I say? Beer Engine is aparently very accurate.

Centennial works very well in this style; my pale ale made with 100% lager malt and about 90g of late centennial hops (all in at 5 minutes to go) worked really well.

Tried a wee sample of this out of the fermenter and it is pretty bland atm.

Needs more hops.

196osh wrote:Tried a wee sample of this out of the fermenter and it is pretty bland atm.

Needs more hops.

Hmm that's odd. Even lightly hopped beers usually taste hoppy to me out of the FV as almost all of the hop flavour is still hanging around at that point. Possible cause . . . do you have a cold coming on perhaps? I can't imagine any hops being poor enough quality not to give any hop aroma really . . .

I think theres a certain desensitisation to hops that occurs over time

mysterio wrote:I think theres a certain desensitisation to hops that occurs over time

Don't know why you would say that about me.

I think I am going to double the dry hopping rate to 40grams or so.

In other news the hydrometer is reading 1009, and there is still a massivly thick yeast head on the beer and there is plenty in suspension. Hopefully it wont dry out too much.

That US-05 yeast head usually sticks around until well after the ferment has finished until you chill it