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Black Death IPA

Simon Brewing Recipes

I’m not really into Halloween, never have been.  However I am into good beer and this one has a slight Halloween feel so it seemed timely to post it today.  Don’t let the ingredients list put you off it’s not really any harder than a simple beer, you just measure a few extras out.  This one ages nicely as well, the Choice Wheat and Roast Barley add a rich feel as they mellow.  Give it a try, let me know how you go!

Black Death IPA
Imperial IPA
Type: All GrainDate: 03 Aug 2014
Batch Size (fermenter): 21.70 lBrewer: Simon Brodie
Boil Size: 27.95 lAsst Brewer:
Boil Time: 60 minEquipment: Braumeister 20L
End of Boil Volume 25.15 lBrewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 %
Final Bottling Volume: 20.20 lEst Mash Efficiency 79.8 %
Fermentation: Ale, Two StageTaste Rating(out of 50): 0.0
Taste Notes:

Ingredients

Ingredients
AmtNameType#%/IBU
4.82 kgPale Malt, Maris Otter (Thomas Fawcett) (5.9 EBC)Grain171.6 %
0.37 kgVienna Malt (Weyermann) (5.9 EBC)Grain25.4 %
0.25 kgChocolate Wheat (Weyermann) (817.5 EBC)Grain33.8 %
0.25 kgRoasted Barley (Thomas Fawcett) (1199.7 EBC)Grain43.8 %
0.19 kgRice, Flaked (Briess) (2.0 EBC)Grain52.9 %
0.15 kgSpecial B Malt (354.6 EBC)Grain62.3 %
0.09 kgCara-Pils/Dextrine (3.9 EBC)Grain71.4 %
0.09 kgCaramel/Crystal Malt – 20L (39.4 EBC)Grain81.4 %
0.52 kgCorn Sugar (Dextrose) (0.0 EBC)Sugar97.6 %
30.20 gWarrior [16.70 %] – Boil 60.0 minHop1049.3 IBUs
17.62 gSimcoe [13.00 %] – Boil 30.0 minHop1117.2 IBUs
12.58 gColumbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] – Boil 30.0 minHop1213.2 IBUs
1.00 tspKoppaFloc (Boil 10.0 mins)Fining13–
25.17 gCascade [8.70 %] – Boil 10.0 minHop147.8 IBUs
25.17 gCascade [8.70 %] – Boil 5.0 minHop154.3 IBUs
50.34 gCascade [5.50 %] – Boil 1.0 minHop161.2 IBUs
50.34 gCentennial [10.00 %] – Boil 1.0 minHop172.1 IBUs
1.0 pkgAmerican Ale (Wyeast Labs #1056) [124.21 ml]Yeast18–
51.67 gCascade [5.50 %] – Dry Hop 8.0 DaysHop190.0 IBUs

Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.076 SGMeasured Original Gravity: 1.074 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.008 SGMeasured Final Gravity: 1.010 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 9.0 %Actual Alcohol by Vol: 8.5 %
Bitterness: 95.0 IBUsCalories: 702.7 kcal/l
Est Color: 73.8 EBC 

Mash Profile

Mash Name: Braumeister 4 step full body 73% efficiencyTotal Grain Weight: 6.74 kg
Sparge Water: 5.89 lGrain Temperature: 20.0 C
Sparge Temperature: 78.0 CTun Temperature: 20.0 C
Adjust Temp for Equipment: FALSEMash PH: 5.20
Mash Steps
NameDescriptionStep TemperatureStep Time
add malt pipeAdd 28.29 l of water and heat to 40.0 C over 20 min40.0 C0 min
Protein ModeHeat to 52.0 C over 5 min52.0 C20 min
Maltose modeHeat to 63.0 C over 5 min63.0 C20 min
Saccharification 1Heat to 73.0 C over 5 min73.0 C35 min
Mash OutHeat to 78.0 C over 5 min78.0 C20 min
Sparge Step: Fly sparge with 5.89 l water at 78.0 C
Mash Notes: 4 step short maltose, long mash out profile produces full body. ??% total efficiency if slow sparging is used

Carbonation and Storage

Carbonation Type: KegVolumes of CO2: 2.3
Pressure/Weight: 86.48 KPACarbonation Used: Keg with 86.48 KPA
Keg/Bottling Temperature: 7.2 CAge for: 30.00 days
Fermentation: Ale, Two StageStorage Temperature: 18.3 C
 
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