under consideration: ferment 6 gallons for three days, then rack to two 3-gallon fermenters.
brew day: Friday, December 23
racking: Saturday, December 31 to two 3-gallon PET containers
dry hop: Tuesday, January 3; one batch with Phoenix and the other batch with Eureka (see photo)
cold crash 2 hours at 25 degrees: Friday, January 6
bottle: Saturday, January 7
4.5 oz. corn sugar in 4 cups spring water for priming
Yield: 26 bottles Phoenix, 28 bottles Eureka
Phoenix IPA is mellow and earthy, but bitter
Eureka IPA also bitter, more aromatic, piney and complex
other split batch options:
dry hop just one batch
dry hop both with different amounts
dry hop both with different hops