I said "what do you want to drink?" He said "a nice dry IPA with a kick". That was all the encouragement I needed. I left at noon, stopped by the shop, and was brewing by 3:00PM.
12 lb 2-row
1 lb crystal #60
1 oz Gelena @ 13.2%
1 oz Sterling @ 6.0%
1 oz Kent @ 4.5%
1 oz Cascade @ 5%
Safale dry yeast us-05
Mashed in the the boiling pot and maintained temperature by placing the pot in a foam insulated box. I had some 2 inch rigid foam insulation that was begging to be made into something productive.
Boiled for 90 min and added hops every 20 min or so. Mashing temps still a little rocky. Need to tighten up on the temperature control.
The beer was freakin' awesome despite all the mistakes made with the temperature.
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Interested to see what kind of mistakes i need to avoid! thanks for sharing, have been winemaking for my second year now and would like to start brewing this spring...
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