IPA or isn't an Imperial Pale Ale??

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Whorst

IPA or isn't an Imperial Pale Ale??

Post by Whorst » Thu Mar 18, 2010 9:57 pm

Brewed this today.

12lbs 2-row Pale
1lbs. 15L Crystal
1lbs. Munich
.25oz. Columbus FWH 14.2% AA
.25oz. Simcoe FWH 12.2% AA
.25oz. Citra FWH 11.1%

.50oz. Columbus @ 60
.50oz. Simcoe @ 10
1oz. Citra @ 5
O.G 1.064
Yeast: UK-Double O, Seven! WLP-007

Here's two pretty good pics of how I get my wort into the fermenter. I start a whirlpool and leave it alone for thirty minutes.
I then siphon off the very side of the kettle. You can see in the pics where I began siphoning. The break material stays
in the center of the kettle until the wort moves down, then it begins to flatten out and move to the sides.

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mysterio

Re: IPA or isn't an Imperial Pale Ale??

Post by mysterio » Thu Mar 18, 2010 10:08 pm

Looks good. Do you use an immersion chiller and whirlpool with it in?

Whorst

Re: IPA or isn't an Imperial Pale Ale??

Post by Whorst » Thu Mar 18, 2010 10:17 pm

I do move the immersion around when It's cooling. When the wort is cool, I take my big spoon and start stiring very fast. When it gets up to speed, I pull the spoon out and cover. Come back in thirty minutes and start siphoning.

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Re: IPA or isn't an Imperial Pale Ale??

Post by WishboneBrewery » Thu Mar 18, 2010 10:53 pm

did you hop the Mash?

DarloDave

Re: IPA or isn't an Imperial Pale Ale??

Post by DarloDave » Thu Mar 18, 2010 10:57 pm

Looks good, does whirlpooling work with leaf hops as well?

Whorst

Re: IPA or isn't an Imperial Pale Ale??

Post by Whorst » Fri Mar 19, 2010 2:54 am

pdtnc wrote:did you hop the Mash?
pdtnc wrote:Looks good, does whirlpooling work with leaf hops as well?
I didn't hop mash.

I don't think it would be a good idea to whirlpool with leaf hops, unless you didn't use a lot. You could put you leaf hops in sock.

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Re: IPA or isn't an Imperial Pale Ale??

Post by WishboneBrewery » Fri Mar 19, 2010 8:14 am

Whorst wrote:I didn't hop mash.
#-o Ignore that, I just saw the line break in your recipe and stupidly thought that the first lot of hops were with the grist... 'Forum Blindness!' #-o

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