Mar 19 2022

Hops Harvest 2022

By Aidan Curran

This years fresh hops stew brewed with a total of 1.8kg (1.1 C, 0.7 N) of hops picked the night before. Hops measures for recipe divided by 5 to get approx weight in dry hops.

– Mash: start temp 68° (66.5° after 40mins), 1.5hrs
– 32L in kettle @ 1.053
– Added final hops over last 5 mins of boil (needed that amount of time to mix them in)
– 25min hops stand (100° -> 84°)
– OG: 1.062
– Chilled to 21° and further cooled in fridge
– Rehydrated yeast (29.5° -> 24°) and pitched @ ~ 16.5° est, set temp controller for 19°

Day 1 (Sun, 20/3) ~ 17°
Day 2 (Mon) ~ 18-19° – signs of fermentation, a little bit of pressure building
Day 3 (Tue) – 19° – up to almost 40psi!!! Spunding & pressure gauge were not properly seated. Hooked up keg to gas out. A bit of a mess up because the posts were not tight and sealed; it released too much pressure too quick so it foamed up and got some liquid into line and keg. Had to clean out keg and line before hooking up again. Back on track after extra clean up.
Day 4 (Wed) – pressure built back up to 30psi overnight, gradually reduced to 13psi
Day 5 (Th) – reduced to 11psi
Day 6-9 (Fri-Mon) – let temp rise to 20-20.5 and pressure up to 15psi
Cold crashed for ~1 week
Kegged on 11/04/22

Style Information

Name: American IPA

Recipe Type: All Grain

Grains & Extracts

Name	Amount	Notes
Maris Otter Malt	5.5 kg
Wheat Malt	0.5 kg
Crystal 60	0.3 kg
Gladfield Sour Grapes	0.2 kg

Hops

Name	Amount	Alpha Acid %	AAU	Time	Notes
Cascade	0.02 kg	7.8%	0.156	30	actual 100g fresh hops
Cascade	0.04 kg	7.8%	0.312	10	actual 200g fresh hops
Cascade	0.158 kg	7.8%	1.2324	1	actual 790g fresh hops, added throughout final 5 mins of boil
Nelson Sauvin	0.146 kg	11.5%	1.679	1	actual 730g fresh hops, added throughout final 5 mins of boil

Adjuncts

Name	Type	Use	Amount	Time	Notes
Koppafloc	Fining	Boil	0.002 kg	15
Calcium Chloride	Water Agent	Boil	0.004 kg	0	added to sparge water
Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate)	Water Agent	Boil	0.012 kg	0	added to sparge water

Yeasts

Name	Amount	Notes
Safale US-05	1 pkt	rehydrated

Mash Steps

Name	Step Type	Step Time	Temperature
Saccharification Rest	Infusion	60	67 C

Boil

Amount: 28.35 liters

Water Description:

Time: 30 minutes

Target Batch Size: 27 liters

Profile

Estimated OG: 1.057

Estimated FG: 1.014

Estimated ABV: 5.64%

Actual OG: 1.062

Actual FG: 1.013

Actual ABV: 6.44%

Tasting notes

Initial tasting at kegging - found it to be a bit sweet/cloying and not super hoppy. A bit surprising considering how much hops went in. Perhaps not enough bittering hops? However, I got to really love this beer despite lack of a big hops hit. Such a great malt base that I decided to use same grain bill in next beer but with different set of hops.