Brew up a Citra Single Hop IPA for the summer today. I crushed the grain extra-fine today, and for once I reached an efficiency of 75%. Wasn’t really expecting it, so overshot my OG with about 0.005 points (ended up with an OG of 1.070 [17.8 brix]). The brewday went without problems, and 20L of beer is currently fermenting at 18C in the fermentation fridge. Should be ready in about a month. Will dry hop with 70g of Citra (used 130g in the boil from two 100g packs) once the primary fermentation is over in about two weeks. You can find the recipe along with some pictures from the brewday below:
The hops! 130g of Citra goodness!
Recipe: Sneaky Sphinx
Style: American IPA
TYPE: All Grain
Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 31 l
Post Boil Volume: 25 l
Batch Size (fermenter): 23 l
Bottling Volume: 21 l
Estimated OG: 1.065 SG
Estimated Color: 8.6 SRM
Estimated IBU: 57.5 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 82.2 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes
Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
5.75 kg Pale Ale (2.3 SRM) Grain 1 81.6 %
0.55 kg Munich (10.2 SRM) Grain 2 7.8 %
0.25 kg Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 3 3.5 %
0.25 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 4 3.5 %
0.25 kg Melanoidin (Weyermann) (30.0 SRM) Grain 5 3.5 %
10.00 g Citra [15.00 %] - First Wort 90.0 min Hop 6 15.6 IBUs
30.00 g Citra [15.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 7 19.7 IBUs
30.00 g Citra [15.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 8 14.4 IBUs
30.00 g Citra [15.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 9 7.9 IBUs
30.00 g Citra [15.00 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 10 0.0 IBUs
1.0 pkg London ESB Ale (Wyeast Labs #1968) [124. Yeast 11 -
70.00 g Citra [15.00 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days Hop 12 0.0 IBUs
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