Batch 66: Freezer Burn Sky Pee Ale

I hadn't done a really hoppy beer in a while, and had a large stash of hops languishing in my freezer from my brewing hiatus. The then-recent issue of Zymurgy had an article on late-hopping, or moving most of the hop bill to the last 15-30 minutes of boil for more flavor.

It was a perfect storm -- double IPA! I did go a bit overboard on the hops though. Yes, that is over a pound and a half in this 5 gallon batch :-)

Recipe

Grain Bill

12.25 # Durst Pils
5.75 # Moravian Pils (?)
12 oz. Dingemann's Aromatic
4 oz. Weyermann CaraAroma

Hops

2 oz Nugget (13.7% AA) @ 60 min
4 oz Nugget (13.4% AA) @ 15 min
8 oz Northern Brewer (8.2% AA) @ 15 min
2 oz Hallertau (4.2% AA) @ 15 min
4 oz Glacier (4.9% AA) pellets @ 5 min
4 oz Crystal (3.4% AA) pellets @ 5 min
4 oz Spalt (4.2% AA) @ 5 min
1.3 oz Northern Brewer at flame-out

Yeast

Safale US-56

Mash

Single infusion, 90 minutes at 156F

Vitals

OG: 1.092
FG: <1.030
Calculated IBUs: verybignumber
Carbonation: forced CO2

Timeline

Brew day: April 30, 2006

11:45 am: Start heating water
12:45 pm: mash in (5.5 g 167F water => 156F)
2:15 pm: Add 1g sparge water
2:30 pm: Start first runnings
2:33 pm: Underlet sparge water
2:50 pm: Second runnings on to boil
3:00 pm: All 8 gallons on to boil (eek!)
4:20 pm: Out of gas, boil stopped; down to 6.5-7g
4:35 pm: Add first hops
...all other additions to schedule, no whirlfloc
5:35 pm: Flameout and chill
5:45 pm: Done
6:15 pm: Pitched.

Tasting notes

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