I kegged Michella IPA #1 and on Michelle’s insistence, but I have my doubts about it’s quality. I think I may have let the wort sit on the pelletized hops for too long. So as a backup, I brewed a second IPA yesterday with a different recipe. Joe was also on hand to audit my process and just BS to help pass the time.
Grain bill:
- 7 lbs LME
- 1.5 lbs domestic 2-row
- 0.5 lbs domestic Munich
- 0.5 lbs domestic rye
Hops:
- 2 oz Cascade @ 60 min. (5.7% aa)
- 2 oz Cascade @ 10 min.
- 2 oz Cascade @ 5 min.
- 2 oz Simcoe @ 2 min. (whole hops, 14.7% aa)
- 1.0 oz Simcoe @ secondary
Misc:
- Fermentis us-58 dry yeast (with 1 liter starter)
- Irish Moss
The wort tasted nice at pitching and had a temperature corrected OG of 1.053 and an estimated bitterness of 68IBU. Fermentation was active within 5 hours of pitching the yeast. woohoo!