Billy Bones

IPA #3

Another IPA, and another Pirate.

THE GRAIN BILL

• 11 Pounds pilsner malt
• 8 Ounces cara pils
• 1 Pound wheat malt

THE MASH PROFILE

Strike with 12.5 Litres @ 75° Celsius for 66° Celsius. Rest 90 Minutes.

THE RESULTS

With such a simple grain bill, I expected disaster, and I got it. It was a wild strike. First it was to hot, then to cold. After much fucking around with cold water and hot water, I got the mash stabilized at 66° Celsius.

As usual the sparge was not the best, but at that point I was just glad to have clarified the wort, rather than denatured the enzymes beyond use with that super hot start.

• 0.9 Ounces columbus boil
• 1 Ounce cascade finish
• 1 Ounce cascade dry

Re-pitched Wyeast 1028 from Quincy, M.E.

The hoping was both typical, and simple west coast style. To underline this, I was attempting the palest most unobtrusive malting possible for an IPA.

It looked good, it tasted good. What more can I say?

OG: 1.050

TG: 1.008