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Had a fun brewday today brewing a very hoppy American IPA.

Grain and lots of hops.


Doughing in.


Almost hit my 152 deg f target.


Wrapped up nice and cosy.


Draining off the grain bag.


Boil is well underway, this is the 10 min addition.


Flameout hops have been added, wort cooled and now on its way into the fermenter.


White Labs California Ale Yeast starter pitched and into the fermenting fridge.



Postponing the clean up.

Very tidy!

Can I ask where you got that colander from? Looks like it sits nicely in your kettle. My current technique involves a half arsed, poorly fitting one in an fv.

I got the colander off trademe (New Zealands version of ebay), it's just a cheap made in China thing so I'm sure you'll be able to get something similar wherever you are based.

Sound lovely mate, any chance of you posting up the recipe?

Here you go. Yeast is WLP001 California Ale. I've listed IBUs as 60+ because the BIAB calculator doesn't account for 0min additions in its bitterness calculation. With such a large flame out addition it is bound to add more bitterness. Bit of a hop monster this one, I've never brewed this recipe before so fingers crossed

Recipe Specs
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Batch Size (L): 23
Original Gravity (OG): 1.065
Bitterness (IBU): 60+
Mash: 70min @ 152 F
Boil Time (Minutes): 60

Grain Bill
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7.121kg Gladfield Ale Malt (92%)
387g Gladfield Light Crystal (5%)
232g Dextrose (3%)

Hop Bill
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20g Pacific Jade (14% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes
50g Centennial (8.7% Alpha) @ 15 Minutes
50g Centennial (8.7% Alpha) @ 10 Minutes
25g Citra (13.2% Alpha) @ 10 Minutes
25g Simcoe (12.1% Alpha) @ 10 Minutes
50g Centennial (8.7% Alpha) @ 0 Minutes
25g Citra (13.2% Alpha) @ 0 Minutes
25g Simcoe (12.1% Alpha) @ 0 Minutes
50g Centennial (8.7% Alpha) @ dry hop
25g Citra (13.2% Alpha) @ dry hop
50g Simcoe (12.1% Alpha) @ dry hop

Misc Bill
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1 tsp Irish Moss @ 15 Minutes
pinch of gypsum @ 15 Minutes