Epic Failure IPA 
All Grain Recipe
Submitted By: lelmore (Shared)
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| Brewer: Link Elmore | |
| Batch Size: 5.00 gal | Style: American IPA (14B) |
| Boil Size: 6.45 gal | Style Guide: BJCP 2008 |
| Color: 12.5 SRM | Equipment: Greg's 15gal kettle and Link's Igloo 54 |
| Bitterness: 24.8 IBUs | Boil Time: 75 min |
| Est OG: 1.066 (16.1° P) | Mash Profile: February 2012 Epic IPA |
| Est FG: 1.015 SG (3.9° P) | Fermentation: Ale, Two Stage |
| ABV: 6.7% | Taste Rating: 30.0 |
Ingredients
| Amount |
Name |
Type |
# |
| 4.58 gal |
Abingdon, VA |
Water |
1 |
| 1.10 tbsp |
PH 5.2 Stabilizer (Mash 60 min) |
Misc |
2 |
| 8 lbs 12.86 oz |
Golden Promise (Simpsons) (2.0 SRM) |
Grain |
3 |
| 1 lbs 1.73 oz |
Caramel Malt - 60L (Briess) (60.0 SRM) |
Grain |
4 |
| 11.80 oz |
Caramalt (Simpsons) (35.0 SRM) |
Grain |
5 |
| 5.81 oz |
Carapils (Briess) (1.5 SRM) |
Grain |
6 |
| 4.00 oz |
Corn Sugar (Dextrose) (0.0 SRM) |
Sugar |
7 |
| 0.25 oz |
Cascade [6.8%] - Boil 75 min |
Hops |
8 |
| 0.50 oz |
Cascade [6.8%] - Boil 30 min |
Hops |
9 |
| 1.00 items |
Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15 min) |
Misc |
10 |
| 1.21 oz |
Cascade [6.8%] - Boil 10 min |
Hops |
11 |
| 1.51 oz |
Cascade [6.8%] - Steep 20 min |
Hops |
12 |
| 1.51 oz |
Cascade [6.8%] - Boil 0 min |
Hops |
13 |
| 0.9 pkgs |
American Ale II (Wyeast Labs #1272) |
Yeast |
14 |
| 2.04 oz |
Cascade [6.8%] - Dry Hop 5 days |
Hops |
15 |
| 2.04 oz |
Cascade [6.8%] - Dry Hop 5 days |
Hops |
16 |
Notes
Brewed at Wolf Hills with Overmountain Brewers as part of AHA Big Brew 2012. Used Greg's new 15 gal kettle but forgot to adjust recipe for evaporation rate. Missed step infusion temps and ended up doing "protein rest" at 128 for 25 min and mashing at 142 for 45 min. Not surprisingly, missed the pre-boil gravity (I hit 1.044). Must have screwed up the sparge volume or didn't account for grain soaking up so much because I also missed my volume; only about 5 gal pre-boil. Greg's kettle is an evaporation machine compared to my turkey cooker and post-boil volume was about 4 gal (so disgusted with myself that I didn't measure). Post-boil gravity was 1.066 so this is now an IPA. I saw what was happening with the evaporation and so I cut down the boil time from 90 minutes to 75 so it wouldn't be overly hopped for style (whatever that is). It's very doubtful that this symphony of errors will turn out anything like what I intended but rather than add water to add volume and lower gravity, I just decided to cool, pitch and let it go as is and see what I get. Maybe this will be a new discovery.This Recipe Has Not Been Rated
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