Columbus IPA

[yashicamat]

Brewed this today, one for bottles I think:

85% Pale Malt
10% Munich Malt
5% Vienna Malt

Mashed for 70 minutes at 68 deg C

OG 1057
FG 1012 (?)

Volume: 25 litres

This would give an ABV of about 5.8%

36g Columbus 14% AA for 60 minute boil
68g Columbus 14% AA for 5 minute boil
46g Columbus 14% AA steep

60 IBUs

Nottingham yeast

A reasonably smooth brewday, although my (previously unstoppable) hopstopper seemed to struggle with the run off. I don't think it was the hops though, but rather break material. I had noticed during the boil that the wort was very clear and there was a lot of break floating about. Sure enough, afterwards when I was cleaning the boiler out, there was a thick deposit of break material all over the gauze which had obviously restricted the wort flow. I resorted to scraping the hopstopper a bit during the runoff as it was that slow.

All tucked up in the FV now, hoping this will be ready for bottling early next week.

[mysterio]

Nice one, that's going to be a hoppy one for sure.

Where did you get the Columbus from? It's a hop i've been meaning to try for a while.

[yashicamat]

Yes it should be a hoppy one. The hops were a donation from a friend; a one off unfortunately. A shame really as beers made with this hop are usually outstanding. I believe craftbrewer sells them though?

[mysterio]

Yeah they do. Theres a few other hops I want to try though and I can't justify the expense for a Craftbrewer order.

[DarloDave]

I looked on the craftbrewer website cos I was going to put an order in, but im sure they've put their prices up. They seem a lot more expensive than they did the last time I bought from them

[196osh]

Sounds great.

Thats one I would be interested in doing a swap for. Columbus is a hop I would love to get my hands on.

[OldThumper]

Just before Xmas I brewed the Townes IPA using Columbus instead of Cascade. It tastes and smells lovely already but has not cleared fully yet (it is in bottles). I am expecting this to improve a lot in the next couple of weeks:

Pale Malt 5 EBC 9 lbs. 11.4 oz 4410 grams 96.2%
Wheat Malt 3.5 EBC 0 lbs. 6.2 oz 175 grams 3.8%

Columbus (Tomahawk) Whole 14.4 % 90 mins 0 lbs. 0.9 oz 25 grams 100%
Columbus (Tomahawk) Whole 14.4 % 15 mins 0 lbs. 0.0 oz 0 grams 0%

Final Volume: 23 Litres
Original Gravity: 1.045
Final Gravity: 1.010
Alcohol Content: 4.5% ABV
Total Liquor: 32.9 Litres
Mash Liquor: 11.5 Litres
Mash Efficiency: 75 %
Bitterness: 40 EBU
Colour: 7 EBC


I got a load of Columbus from my local microbrewery for something like £2 per 100g. I definitely recommend it if you like Cascade. I also got Galena which seems very similar. I plan to do another IPA soon with Columbus. Any thoughts on this recipe I guys?

Low Colour Pale Malt 2.5 EBC 10 lbs. 12.6 oz 4890 grams 86.7%
Wheat Malt 3.5 EBC 0 lbs. 8.8 oz 250 grams 4.4%
Crystal Malt 130 EBC 0 lbs. 8.8 oz 250 grams 4.4%
Flaked Barley 0 EBC 0 lbs. 8.8 oz 250 grams 4.4%

Cascade Whole 5.7 % 90 mins 0 lbs. 0.4 oz 10 grams 10.5%
Styrian Goldings Whole 4.5 % 90 mins 0 lbs. 0.4 oz 10 grams 10.5%
Columbus (Tomahawk) Whole 15 % 90 mins 0 lbs. 0.5 oz 15 grams 15.8%

Cascade Whole 5.7 % 15 mins 0 lbs. 0.4 oz 10 grams 10.5%
Columbus (Tomahawk) Whole 15 % 15 mins 0 lbs. 0.4 oz 10 grams 10.5%

Columbus (Tomahawk) Whole 15 % 0 mins 0 lbs. 1.4 oz 40 grams 42.1%

Final Volume: 21 Litres
Original Gravity: 1.060
Final Gravity: 1.014
Alcohol Content: 6% ABV
Total Liquor: 31.7 Litres
Mash Liquor: 14.1 Litres
Mash Efficiency: 75 %
Bitterness: 46 EBU
Colour: 16 EBC


This wil be bottled and left to mature for a few months.

[yashicamat]

Bottled tonight, OG ended up at 1010 (doh, Nottingham attenuates again . . . although the body of the hydrometer sample would suggest otherwise ), so about 6.1% abv.

Give it a few weeks and I'll start tucking in.