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Surgery is on May 3rd, I have 4 days to drink up my stash of Heady Topper and my own Double Simcoe IPA. Check it out:
Simcoe IPA Copy
14-B American IPA
Author: Marc L.
Date: 3/1/13
Size: 5.25 gal
Efficiency: 68.8%
Attenuation: 77.3%
Calories: 219.65 kcal per 12.0 fl oz
Original Gravity: 1.066 (1.056 - 1.075)
Terminal Gravity: 1.015 (1.010 - 1.018)
Color: 11.74 (6.0 - 15.0)
Alcohol: 6.71% (5.5% - 7.5%)
Bitterness: 90.5 (40.0 - 70.0)
Ingredients:
11 lb 2-Row Brewers Malt
2 lb Vienna Malt
.5 lb Cara-Pils® Malt
1 lb Crystal Malt 40°L
2 tsp Ferm-Cap S - added during boil, boiled 60 min
1 ea Whirlfloc Tablets (Irish moss) - added during boil, boiled 10 min
1 oz Simcoe (13.5%) - added during boil, boiled 15 min
3 oz Simcoe (13.5%) - added during boil, boiled 10 min
1 oz Simcoe (13.5%) - added during boil, boiled 5 min
1 oz Simcoe (13.5%) - added during boil, boiled 0 min
1 ea Fermentis US-05 Safale US-05
Schedule:
Ambient Air: 70.0 °F
Source Water: 60.0 °F
Elevation: 0.0 m
00:05:00 Mash In - Liquor: 5.0 gal; Strike: 169.78 °F; Target: 152 °F
01:05:00 Rest - Rest: 60 min; Final: 150.1 °F
01:05:00 Sparge - First runnings: 0.0 gal sparge @ 168.0 °F, 0.0 min; Sparge #1: 4.47 gal sparge @ 195.0 °F, 0.0 min; Total Runoff: 7.62 gal
Notes
bottle on 3/22 w/ 131g corn sugar
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