Saturday, July 26, 2008

Trying New Hops

Well, I was rummaging through my hop freezer and found some "old" hops that I had bought on a whim from Northern Brewer in 2006. Hops were 2 oz. of Chinook. I also found some Bramling Cross hops that my lhbs owner recommended. Sounds like an IPA to me. Brewed 10.5 gallons or so today.
20 lbs. Pilsner Malt
2 lbs. Munich
1 lb. Crystal 60L
2 oz Chinook (12.9% AA) @ 60 min.
1 oz Cascade (7.8% AA) @ 30 min.
1 oz Cascade (7.8% AA) @ 15 min.
1 oz Bramling Cross (5% AA) @ 5 min.
1 oz Bramling Cross (5% AA) @ flameout
whirlfloc at 15 min.
2 packs US-05.
Ended up with 10.5 gallons or so at OG 1.062 (76% efficiency, not bad)
Basement is somewhat warm, so I'm trying the swamp cooler method of fermentation to keep temps down. Basement is about 74, got the wort down to 67-68 at this point. We'll see how it goes.

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