Odd The Taxman 2023 V4, Reinbeer Edition

Brew Day 2023/05/05

Liam formulated this recipe based on multiple clone recipes of Todd the Axe Man IPA.

Changed the Hop additions slightly from V2, based on suitable substitutions of what we have available. Dropped Ekuanot from the Dryhop as Citra is more suited to this recipe. We seem to always have 24L in the Primary so scaled the ingredients to reflect this.

Suitable Yeast Substitutions are Safale S-04, WYeast 1098 British Ale Yeast or A01 House.

Citra, Simcoe & Cascade Hops are all considered interchangeable.
Liam's original recipe uses Mosaic as the Bittering Hop. Suitable sub can be Citra, Simcoe & Nugget.
Centennial Hop sub can be Citra & Nugget.

Water Calcs:
Mash
Gypsum: 4.5 gm
Calc. Chloride: 4.5 gm
Epsom Salts: 1 gm
Lactic Acid: 1 gm

Sparge
Gypsum: 3gm
Calc Chloride: 3 gm
Epsom Salts: 1 gm

Mash at 67C. It is important to prevent mash temperature from being higher than this.

-at the end of sparging that not exceeding 168–170 °F (76–77 °C) is the most important. if its lower, not the biggest deal, potential loss of probably .2 to .4 ABV absolute max using room temp water in a light sparge. w/e.

Sugar into kettle with 20 minutes remaining on boil.

Our Whirlpool method:
Add Whirlfloc & Yeast Nutrient @5 mins left on boil
Add 0 min hop addition
cut flame/ heat and whirlpool with hops in kettle for 10 minutes
Cold Crash after this rest period

Transfer to fermenter and pitch yeast. Ferment in Primary for two weeks. Transfer to Secondary and dryhop for 5 days. Our preference is to aim for 2.2 Co2 volumes in the bottle (we do not keg)