Sunday, November 10, 2019

Simcoe Cascade pale ale



Beer at time of kegging



8 lbs ultralight LME
1 oz Simcoe hop pellets (12.3%) @ 60 min
1 oz Cascade hop pellets (5.7%) @ 60 mins
1 oz Simcoe hop pellets (12.3%) @ 5 mins
1 oz Cascade hop pellets (5.7%) @ 0 mins
1 tablet Campden salts, pre-boil water treatment
1 tablet Whirfloc clarifier @ 10 mins
2 vials White Labs WLP001


Added Campden salts to 6 gals water.
Brought water to boil, turned off heat and added LME.
Returned to boil and added 60 min hops.
Added remaining hops at prescribed times.
Added Whirfloc at 10 mins from end of boil.

Cooled wort and transferred to fermenter.  Pitched yeast at 76°F

Fermented 31 days at between 62F - 68F.

Refractometer reading: 1.053
Tilt digital hydrometer reading: 1.053

Gals in fermenter: 4½
OG: 1.053
FG: 1.006
ABV: 6.04
Estimated IBU: ± 72