An untimely blog post

I brewed 8 days ago and didn't post. I am happy to say that after cleaning my barley crusher per instructions from the barley crusher folks, my mill worked like new. I hit all my numbers and the brew day was nearly perfect.

I am making almost an single hop beer using a pile of Amarillo hops. I like very bitter hoppy beers and have noticed that the english yeast strain I am using lately (top cropped Wyeast 1318) that the hop flavor and aroma are a bit muted. So with this beer, upped the amount of hops to get a 1.40 IBU to gravity point ratio. Recipe is below, the beer gets kegged on Wed.

Amarillo IPA

14-B American IPA

Author: hopshead

Date: 11/21/10

Size: 6.0 gal

Efficiency: 80.0%

Attenuation: 75.0%

Calories: 194.85 kcal per 12.0 fl oz

Original Gravity: 1.058 (1.056 - 1.075)

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Terminal Gravity: 1.015 (1.010 - 1.018)

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Color: 8.96 (6.0 - 15.0)

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Alcohol: 5.76% (5.5% - 7.5%)

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Bitterness: 81.7 (40.0 - 70.0)

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Ingredients:

12.0 lb Pale Ale Malt

0.5 lb Pale Crystal Malt

1.0 oz Amarillo (6.9%) - added first wort, boiled 20.0 min

0.5 oz Nugget (11.8%) - added during boil, boiled 60.0 min

1.0 oz Amarillo (6.9%) - added during boil, boiled 30.0 min

1.0 oz Amarillo (6.9%) - added during boil, boiled 20.0 min

1.0 oz Amarillo (6.9%) - added during boil, boiled 10.0 min

1.0 ea Whirlfloc Tablets (Irish moss) - added during boil, boiled 10.0 min

1.0 oz Amarillo (6.9%) - added during boil, boiled 0.0 min

2.0 oz Amarillo (6.9%) - added dry to primary fermenter

1.0 oz Amarillo (6.9%)

1.0 ea WYeast 1318 London Ale III

Schedule:

Ambient Air: 70.0 °F

Source Water: 68.0 °F

Elevation: 500.0 ft

00:03:00 Mash In - Liquor: 4.69 gal; Strike: 161.85 °F; Target: 152.0 °F

01:03:00 Saccharification Rest - Rest: 60.0 min; Final: 151.1 °F

01:15:00 Sparge - First runnings: 0.0 gal sparge @ 170.0 °F, 3.20 gal collected, 5 min; Second Runings: 6.25 gal sparge @ 168.0 °F, 6.25 gal collected, 7 min; Total Runoff: 9.65 gal

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