Can a beer be a dark anything and I Pale A at the same time. Judy thinks it is a contradiction in terms, so maybe this should be titled ID(dark)A, or hopped dark ale. Brewing this beer for the
45th (?) Allen Christmas Party. It is the dark rye IPA recipe with double the Simcoe in the secondary.
I have been milling Blue Ox malt grains myself and think that the efficiency has been down. This batch a ran the grains through the mill twice which seemed to help.
10 gallons, all grain
Grains:
Blue Ox Malt 20
Rye 3
Special B 1
Wheat 1
Carapils 12 oz
Hops:
Columbus 15.2% 1 @ 60 min
Summit 15% 1 @ 30 min
Summit 2 @ 1 min
Simcoe 11.6% 4 in secondary* (double original recipe)
Yeast:
Safale S05 2
Brewed 11/20/2016 OG 1042
Secondary 11/28/2016 1012
Second 5 gallons kegged 1/3/2017
Rating System
1 - don't waste valuable beer calories on me 2 - tasty, walter approves 3 - so good you should have it for breakfast
Monday, November 21, 2016
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