Brian and Jill at Nepenthe recently provided an astute diagnosis of developing off flavors in my beer. Turns out I’ve been neglecting the health of my yeast, both in terms of under-pitching and not controlling temps. I’ve had some pissed off yeasts. I’ve also recently begun to really dial in my water. With these tools in hand, I will attempt a new IPA which I’ve named in homage to my originally very careful but\u00a0forgotten and new-found respect for temps and pitching rates \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Recipe Type:<\/strong>\u00a0All Grain 7.5# Maris Otter (what I had left) 1oz CTZ\u00a0FWH Mash was too hot (~158, intended ~150), didn’t sparge with enough water,\u00a0wanted to whirlpool at 180* but instead ended up whirlpooling at 120*. Missed the mark in lots of ways, but let’s see if I can keep the temps in check after overpitching, as this was the real goal \ud83d\ude42 the carboy is resting at a balmy 62* in a water bath.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Brian and Jill at Nepenthe recently provided an astute diagnosis of developing off flavors in my beer. Turns out I’ve been neglecting the health of my yeast, both in terms of under-pitching and not controlling temps. I’ve had some pissed off yeasts. I’ve also recently begun to really dial in my water. With these tools […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/home.kimusubi.net\/beer\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/home.kimusubi.net\/beer\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/home.kimusubi.net\/beer\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/home.kimusubi.net\/beer\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/home.kimusubi.net\/beer\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=514"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/home.kimusubi.net\/beer\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":515,"href":"http:\/\/home.kimusubi.net\/beer\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514\/revisions\/515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/home.kimusubi.net\/beer\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/home.kimusubi.net\/beer\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/home.kimusubi.net\/beer\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nYeast:<\/strong>\u00a0Safale US 05
\nYeast Starter:<\/strong>\u00a0no starter, just two packets of Safale 05 \ud83d\ude42
\nBatch Size (Gallons):<\/strong>\u00a0intended 5.5, collected ~3-3.5, added 1 gal spring water from Whole Foods
\nOriginal Gravity:\u00a0<\/strong>1.074 – then added 1 gal fresh water, assuming this brings me down to about 1.062
\nFinal Gravity:\u00a0<\/strong>
\nIBU: <\/strong>~60?
\nBoiling Time (Minutes):<\/strong>\u00a060
\nColor: <\/strong>~9 SRM
\nPrimary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp):\u00a0<\/strong>62* to start
\nSecondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp):<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n2.5# German Pils (what I had left)
\n10oz C60 (what I had left)<\/p>\n
\n0.5oz Nugget, 0.5oz CTZ, 0.5oz Cascade 10min
\n0.5oz Nugget, 0.5oz CTZ, 0.5oz Cascade @Whirlpool\u00a0(~15 minutes at 120*)<\/p>\n