India Pale Ale 8/06/2010

Grain Bill

11lbs Briess 2-Row Pale Malt
2lbs Briess Vienne
1lb Briess CaraMunich Malt
1lb Briess CaraPils Malt

Adjuncts

300 GALU

Hops

1oz Columbus pellet hops 14.4% alpha acid 60-minutes
1oz Simcoe pellet hops 12.2% alpha acid 15-minutes
1oz Amarillo pellet hops 7.2% alpha acid 5-minutes

Yeast

White Labs WLP001 California Liquid Ale yeast
Attenuation: 73-80%
Flocculation: Medium
Optimum Fermentation Temperature: 68-73°F (20-23°C)
Alcohol Tolerance: High

Mash

Milled grains added to 10-gallon mash tun with 4.75-gallons of water at 152°F and rested for 2-hours.
Second mash, 5-gallons of water added at 172°F.

Lauter

First mash resulted in 2.5-gallons of wort with SG 1.073 (@120°F).
Second mash resulted in 4.75-gallons of wort with SG 1.036 (@130°F).
Overall result 7.25-gallons at SG 1.048 at 95°F (corrected to 1.052 at 60°F).

Boil

6-gallons boiled for 1-hour and topped off to counter evaporation.
Columbus pellet hops added in loose at beginning of boil.
Wort chiller, 1tsp Irish moss, and Simcoe pellet hops added in after 45-minutes.
Amarillo pellet hops added in after an additional 10-minutes had passed.

Fermentation

8/6/2010 - Mash, lauter, and sparge completed. Original Gravity reading taken at 1.061. 300 GALU (single Beano tablet) added to cooled wort. 5.5 gallons of wort aerated and siphoned to 6-gallon glass carboy and yeast pitched.
8/13/2010 - SG 1.008. Beer racked to secondary fermenter (5-gallon glass carboy).
8/28/2010 - SG 1.008. Priming sugar added and beer bottled.

Statistics

OG: 1.061
FG: 1.008
ABV: 7.7%
IBU: 82