Hop Relocation

4/26/2013

After 3 years of poor to moderate growth behing the garage I moved my hop plants to a location behind the house that gets more light.  In order from house to field the plants are:

1. Fuggles
2. Fuggles
3. Mt Hood
4. Sterling
5. Cascade
6. Chinook

Black IPA

5 gallon extract

8 oz Victory
8 oz Caramel 80L
3 oz Chocolate Wheat
4 oz Chocolate Malt

3 lbs dark LME
3 lbs amber LME
1 lb amber DME

1 oz Cascade @ 6.4% AA (60 min.)
1 oz Columbus @ 13.9% AA (15 min.)
1 oz Chinook @ 12.1% AA (10 min.)

WLP 041 Pacific Ale Yeast

Pitched 4/19/2013 SG 1.052
Secondary 4/28/2013 SG 1.020
Kegged 5/18/2013 SG 1.020

Black IPA

Black IPA
5 gallons
3/19/2012

Grain:
10 lbs Valley Pale Malt
4 oz Carapils
8 oz Munich
8 oz Caramel pils
4 oz Black
4 oz Roasted

Hops:
2.5 oz EKG 5%        60 min
1 oz Columbus 15.5%       15 min
1 oz Columbus                  10 min
1 0z Mt Hood 3.6%            5 min
1 oz Saaz 3.0%                   0 min
2 oz Saaz                           secondary

Yeast:
safale S-o4

1.060 OG on 3/19/2013
1.012 on 3/19/2013  Saaz added
1.010 on 331/2013  kegged

Dark and hoppy

Black IPA
(10 gallons)
4/7/2013

20.0 lbs Valley Malt pale malt
8 oz briess blackprinz malt
8 oz caraaroma
4 oz franco belges kiln coffee

2.0 oz Columbus (60 min)
3.0 oz Cascade (15 min)
1.0 oz Mt Hood (dry hop carboy A)
1.0 oz Styrian Aurora (dry hop carboy B)

yeast:
safale S-04
safale US-05
Infusion mash 150 for 60 min
60 min boil

1.042 OG on 4/7
1.009 secondary on 4/11