Wanting to do a Red IPA, I had a look around for some grain bill ideas. I came across John Palmer’s recipe and surprised by the huge amount of crystal malt – 1kg! One would expect the beer to be super cloying with that amount of crystal despite 60 IBUs, but surely John Palmer knows best. It had me wondering, I was almost tempted to do it to see for myself but en the end I went with the League’s “The Rooster” grain bill with slight modifications – I reduced the Shephard’s Delight a little because I recall some of my reds in the past coming out too dark. I also didn’t bother with the sour grapes malt (was going to add a touch of lactic to the mash but forgot). For hops I was going to go with all Motueka plus some bittering hops but Dan pointed out that they had Peacharine on discount and reckoned it would pair well with Motueka.
Brew date: 8th November
strike water: 20L @ 73.6°
mash start: 68.8°
mash middle: 67.5°
end mash: 66.4°
sparge water: 12.5L @ 80°
Vol in kettle: 28.5L
water additions added to sparge water – gypsum, CaCl, Lactic acid
koppafloc @ 15 mins
30 min boil
Gravity after mash: 12 Brix = 1.048
Hops stand – 44g hops for 30 mins starting at 96° going down to 76°
OG: 13.2 Brix = 1.053
Chilled wort to 18.5°
Rehydrated yeast @ 30°, cooled to 21.5° with aliquots of wort prior to pitching
Fermented @19°, 20psi during peak fermentation
Bumped up to 21.5° around day 4
Dry hopped: 14th Nov (Day 6), re-pressurised to 6 psi
Started Cold Crash: 20 Nov (day 12)
Kegged 22 Nov (day 14)
Style Information
Name:
Red IPA
Recipe Type:
All Grain
Grains & Extracts
| Gladfield Ale malt |
2.3 kg |
|
| Gladfield Aurora Malt |
1.32 kg |
|
| Gladfield Vienna Malt |
1.32 kg |
|
| Gladfield Redback Malt |
0.5 kg |
|
| Gladfield Shepherds Delight |
0.15 kg |
|
Hops
| Pacific Gem |
0.03 kg |
16% |
0.48 |
30 |
|
| Motueka |
0.012 kg |
8.7% |
0.1044 |
10 |
|
| Peacharine |
0.012 kg |
10.4% |
0.1248 |
10 |
|
| Motueka |
0.013 kg |
8.7% |
0.1131 |
5 |
|
| Peacharine |
0.013 kg |
10.4% |
0.1352 |
5 |
|
| Motueka |
0.013 kg |
8.7% |
0.1131 |
1 |
|
| Peacharine |
0.013 kg |
10.4% |
0.1352 |
1 |
|
| Motueka |
0.022 kg |
8.7% |
0.1914 |
0 |
|
| Peacharine |
0.022 kg |
10.4% |
0.2288 |
0 |
|
| Motueka |
0.04 kg |
8.7% |
0.348 |
0 |
|
| Peacharine |
0.04 kg |
10.4% |
0.416 |
0 |
|
Adjuncts
| Lactic Acid |
Water Agent |
Mash |
0.0015 kg |
0 |
|
| Calcium Chloride |
Water Agent |
Boil |
0.0033 kg |
0 |
|
| Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) |
Water Agent |
Boil |
0.009 kg |
0 |
|
| Koppafloc |
Fining |
Boil |
0.003 kg |
0 |
|
Yeasts
| Safale US-05 |
1 pkt |
Rehydrated |
Mash Steps
| Saccharification Rest |
Infusion |
45 |
68 C |
Boil
Amount:
25.2 liters
Water Description:
Time:
30 minutes
Target Batch Size:
24 liters
Profile
Estimated OG:
1.055
Estimated FG:
1.014
Estimated ABV:
5.40%
Actual OG:
1.053
Actual FG:
1.012
Actual ABV:
5.60%
Bitterness:
53 IBU
Estimated Color:
15 SRM
Tasting notes
Tasting good at kegging.
