July 19th, 2015 - Will It Blend Black IPA

Slightly Confused Brewing Company

Will It Blend Black IPA (HT recipe)

Batch 48

Ingredients:

US 2-Row

US C-40

Weyermann Chocolate Wheat

Weyerman Carafa Special III

---total grain bill 13.75#

Hops:

Aussie/NZ Bittering

Falconer's Flight

Falconer's Flight 7Cs

Zythos

Dry: Blend Blend (FF, FF7Cs)

Yeast:

WLP 001 (via 0.5 L starter)

-Second use

Stats:

OG: 1.070 (estimated); 1.064 (measured)

FG: 1.015 (estimated); *** (measured)

ABV: 7.2% (estimated); ***% (measured)

Brewing Steps:

• Heated 4 gallons of water to a strike temperature of approximately 163 degrees
• Target mash temperature 152; volume at 1.25 quarts/pound
• Used Sparge Pal app for volume calculations
• Added water to mash tun first (water, then grains)
• Mashed 60 minutes
• Did not stir
• After 60 minutes lautered into bucket (to measure volume)
• Lautered over about 7 minutes
• Heated 3.8 gallons of sparge water to approximately 175 degrees and added to mash tun
• Took 0.3 gallon off Sparge Pal calculation 
• Let sit for 10 minutes, then lautered until we had about 6.25 gallons
• Volume may have been slightly above 6.25 gallons
• Had ~1/4 gallon left 
• Boiled for 60 minutes
• Added hops
• Chilled
• took about 9 minutes (hot day?)
• Pitched yeast and aerated wort 
• Pitched yeast from starter
• Poured into fermenting bucket 
• Ferment about 2 weeks 

Notes:

-Second time making this recipe