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Enigma IPA

209 calories 17.3 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: Extract
Style: American IPA
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 6 gallons
Post Boil Size: 5.5 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.058 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.064 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (steeping grains only)
Calories: 209 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 17.3 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Tuesday May 5th 2020
1.064
1.010
7.1%
45.8
9.7
n/a
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
6 lb Briess - DME Pale Ale6 lb DME Pale Ale 45 6 75%
6 lbs / $ 0.00
Steeping Grains
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
2 lb American - Caramel / Crystal 20L2 lb Caramel / Crystal 20L 35 20 25%
$ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
1 oz Chinook1 oz Chinook Hops Pellet 13 Boil 60 min 45.78 50%
1 oz Citra1 oz Citra Hops Pellet 11 Dry Hop 3 days 50%
2 oz / $ 0.00
 
Yeast
Lallemand - LALBREW® BRY-97 WEST COAST ALE YEAST
Amount:
22 Grams
Cost:
Attenuation (custom):
85%
Flocculation:
High
Optimum Temp:
59 - 72 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
68 °F
Pitch Rate:
0.5 (M cells / ml / ° P) 148 B cells required
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Priming
Method: co2       Amount: 9.56 psi       Temp: 40 °F       CO2 Level: 2.25 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Fremont City Water
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
165 31 0 0 0 51
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Heat water added to kettle (equipment estimates 6.34 g | 25.4 qt) 5.8 23.2  
Mash volume with grains (equipment estimates 6.34 g | 25.4 qt) 5.96 23.8  
Grain absorption losses (steeping) -0.25 -1  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (early additions) 0.45 1.8  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 6.54 g | 26.2 qt) 6 24  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.04 -0.2  
Post boil volume (equipment estimates 5 g | 20 qt) 5.5 22  
Going into fermentor (equipment estimates 5.5 g | 22 qt) 5 20  
WARNING: Kettle losses > 2% detected which throw off OG calculation for extract/partial mash recipes in batch target 'fermentor' mode. Solution: Reduce kettle losses, misc losses and hops absorption in equipment profile, OR set batch target to 'kettle' and do a full wort boil. See batch target FAQ.    
Total: 5.8 23.2
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Named for the fact that there was seemingly no way it reached the ABV that it got to, the Enigma IPA is the house brew for Big Beard Brewing. The maiden voyage of the Enigma IPA was a SMASH brew. Originally brewed with just Pale Ale DME and Chinook hops, this IPA was clean and tasty but simple. For the second session, I've added some Caramel steeping grain and switched to some Citra hops for dry hopping. This is a living recipe that will change each and every session until it's perfect.

First Brew:

First brew session on this yesterday 5/17/2020.

I forgot to get distilled water so I used our city water. OG was closer to 1.070 with the same amount of DME as listed. Still pitched the originally planned two packets of West Coast Ale yeast. Oxygenated with an air pump for 20 minutes. Sprinkled yeast into wort and then gently stirred. Pitched the yeast a little warm at about 85 degrees; put the fermenter into the keezer to cool it down quickly.

Day 1:

Active fermentation started very quickly; started getting bubbles in the airlock after about two hours. Very active fermentation after about twelve hours. Fermentation temperature was a very consistent 68 degree F.

Day 4:

Highly active fermentation for about 48 hours followed by a clear slowdown over the next 24 hours. Gravity testing confirmed I widely underestimated my OG and how efficient this yeast would be. OG 1.070 & Current Gravity 1.007. Estimated ABV @ 8.2%. My guess is that the yeast efficiency was closer to 90%. Aroma is pretty great so far although my samples are coming from close to the bottom of a conical fermentor so there's a lot of trub. Trying to resist the urge to dry hop today and package over the weekend; one week isn't nearly enough for my yeast to clean up but it's tempting.

Day 9: Dry hopped 1 oz of Chinook pellet hops. Fermentor is sitting a little warm at 75 degrees. Moving it to the basement until it's ready for the cold crash. Flavor and aroma are surprisingly balanced. I thought with the high alcohol I would need more hops in the boil but maybe not.

Day 11: Cold crashed at 35 degrees for 24 hours. Transferred to keg and force carbed with the rocking method for about 2 minutes then set the gas to serving level to carb over the next few days.

It's actually very good. Needs more body. Definitely want to add some caramel malt. The hops work pretty well but I think I'll change the dry hopping hops to Cascade. It's not too boozy for the high alcohol content I ended up with. With some tweaks this will be perfect.

Recipe Notes:

Switched out the dry hopping hops to Citra.

Added 1lb of Caramel Crystal 20L Steeping Grains and subtracted 1lb of DME.

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