To celebrate the arrival of four pounds of American hops (Centennial, Chinook, Citra, Amarillo), I wanted to brew a West-Coast IPA. My buddy Charles had the same idea to showcase his home-grown Columbus hops. So I tossed all my brewing gear in the car and headed up to his place for a little dueling brews. The thought of packing, loading & unloading everything twice in a day was a bit intimidating, but it turned out to be pretty easy and the benefit of brewing with a (much more experienced) buddy far outweighs the inconvenience. A checklist is mandatory if you ever want to take your brewery on the road. It turned out that all the small items I needed fit into a single bucket and the big stuff was all in one spot anyway. Chalk up another benefit of being a 'compact' brewer.
As for the recipe, Charles came up with the base recipe, and my version used a different base malt & hop bill:
Brew #14: CentenniAmarilloBomb
Brewed 11/19/11
7 gal pre-boil, 5.5 gallon post, 60 min
Mash: Single infusion @ 149, batch sparge
O.G. 1.065. Pre-boil gravity: 1.054. F.G. 1.0??
77 IBU
Fermentation Temp: ~64ºF
Grain Bill
10 lb Maris Otter
1.75 2-Row
0.5 lb Carapils
0.5 lb C20
0.1 lb Honey Malt
Yeast
WLP 001 California Ale
Others 1 Tsp. Gypsum 1 Whrifloc tablet | Hops
.75 oz Columbus @ 60
.5 oz Centennial @ 10
.5 oz Amarillo @ 10
.75 oz Centennial @ 5
.75 oz Amarillo @ 5
.75 oz Centennial @ 1
.75 oz Amarillo @ 1
1 oz Centennial (dry hop)
1 oz Amarillo (dry hop) |
His version used all 2-row malt and Columbus hops. When the two beers are ready we'll do a side-by-side tasting.
