Another Simple IPA

Grain:

13 lbs 2 Row Pale Malt
1.5 lbs Victory
1.5 lbs Munich
1 lb Crystal 40L

Hops:
2.5 oz CTZ @ 60
1.5 oz CTZ @ 30
1 oz Cascade @ 15
2 oz Cascade @ 5

Yeast:
Safale-05

OG: 1.066
FG:

19NOV2012- I calibrated and added volume marks to my boil kettle sight glass. This helped me get some exact numbers. At 0 minutes I had 8.7 gallons in the kettle. After sending everything through the chiller ended up with 7.5 gallons. That's a lot of wort loss. But whatever, 1.066 is a good IPA and I'm excited to see how this turns out.

Winter Seasonal (7.5 Gallon batch)

Ingredients:

Grain:
15 lbs 2 Row Pale Malt
1.5 lbs Crystal 120L
12 oz Crystal 80L
3 oz Roasted Barley

Hops:
1.5 oz CTZ @ 60
0.75 oz Cascade @ 60
1.5 oz Cascade @ 30
0.75 oz Cascade @ 5

Yeast:
Safale-04 English Ale in 5 Gallons
Safale-05 American Ale in 2.5 gallons

OG: 1.068
FG:


10NOV2012- Brewing went well again without a hitch. I decided to start doing seven and a half gallon batches so I can Keg five for myself and bottle two and a half to give away. I'm not a big fan of doing ten gallon batches, being careful of boil overs and having to bottle a full five gallons. I think this will work out nicely. We'll see if I like it and keep it up if it works out.

I'm not sure how much I collected as I ran out of fermentation vessels and had to use a carboy for the five gallon portion. I know it's at least five and a half gallons but it could be closer to six. Ended up with exactly two and a half in the other. Can't wait for this to be ready.

Mashing:

Cooling:

Mini CDA (2 gallon Batch)

Ingredients:

Grain:
6 lbs 2 Row pale malt
6 oz Roasted Barley (500L)

Hops:

0.5 oz CTZ @ 60
2 oz Cascade @ 5

Yeast:
Pacman Slurry

OG: 1.080
FG:

03NOV2012: This batch was done on the mini system. Basically a 4 gallon pot and a 3 gallon beverage cooler mash tun. Before homebrew club I heated the strike water and mashed in. The cooler is small enough that even when full it's easy to tote around so I just put it in my car and mashed on the way over to Andy's. Brewing while driving, never done that before. Everything went well and is in the basement fermenting away. (hopefully, I haven't gone down to check yet.)