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African Queen IPA

207 calories 19.5 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: American IPA
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 7.5 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.046 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 75% (brew house)
Calories: 207 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 19.5 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Wednesday May 17th 2017
1.063
1.013
6.5%
94.0
8.2
n/a
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
10 lb American - Pale 2-Row10 lb Pale 2-Row 37 1.8 80%
0.50 lb American - CaraCrystal Wheat Malt0.5 lb CaraCrystal Wheat Malt 34 55 4%
2 lb Briess - Bonlander Munich2 lb Bonlander Munich 36 10 16%
12.50 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
0.25 oz Columbus0.25 oz Columbus Hops Pellet 14.1 First Wort 0 min 10.11 3.7%
0.50 oz Yakima Valley Hops - African Queen0.5 oz African Queen Hops Pellet 14.2 First Wort 0 min 20.36 7.4%
0.50 oz Columbus0.5 oz Columbus Hops Pellet 14.1 Boil 60 min 25.27 7.4%
0.75 oz Yakima Valley Hops - African Queen0.75 oz African Queen Hops Pellet 14.2 Boil 15 min 18.95 11.1%
2 oz Yakima Valley Hops - African Queen2 oz African Queen Hops Pellet 14.2 Whirlpool 0 min 19.34 29.6%
1.75 oz Yakima Valley Hops - African Queen1.75 oz African Queen Hops Pellet 14.2 Dry Hop 7 days 25.9%
1 oz Centennial1 oz Centennial Hops Pellet 9.9 Dry Hop 7 days 14.8%
6.75 oz / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
0.50 each Whirfloc Fining Boil 20 min.
0.50 tsp Wyeast Nutrient Other Boil 20 min.
 
Yeast
Wyeast - American Ale II 1272
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (custom):
78%
Flocculation:
High
Optimum Temp:
60 - 72 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
68 °F
Pitch Rate:
1.0 (M cells / ml / ° P) 321 B cells required
$ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
 
Target Water Profile
Light colored and hoppy
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
75 5 10 50 150 0
Add to 7-9gal distilled water:
1.5tsp Gypsum, 1.0tsp CaCl, 0.5tsp Epsom Salt, 0.25tsp Baking Soda.
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
18 qt Strike water at 163F. Infusion -- 152 °F 60 min
Fly sparge to collect 7.5gal. Fly Sparge -- 180 °F --
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.45 qt/lb
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.45 qt/lb 4.53 18.1  
Mash volume with grains 5.53 22.1  
Grain absorption losses -1.56 -6.3  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 4.43 g | 17.7 qt) 4.78 19.1  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 7.15 g | 28.6 qt) 7.5 30  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.08 -0.3  
Post boil Volume 5.58 22.3  
Hops absorption losses (whirlpool, hop stand) -0.08 -0.3  
Going into fermentor 5.5 22  
Total: 9.31 37.3
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Fell for the hype on Northern Brewer's website about "rare" South African hops. So I bought an 8oz bag of the best sounding one, African Queen.

Use 2nd gen 2017 WY1272 culture. Typical IPA water chemistry and mash schedule.

Brewed 6/11/17, stats as noted. Tweaked hop schedule to include FWH. Overshot mash temp to 156F. Discovered thermometer on pot is reading 4deg lower than old thermometer. Made "vitality starter" with 1L of wort taken after boiling batch for 10min, after FWH charge, before 60m charge. Used small mason jar of 2nd gen 1272; starter was krausening by the time I pitched it.

I was a bit underwhelmed by the aroma of the AQ hops. They are very similar in earthy, danky aroma to CTZ, so they should play well. There was a faint fruitiness in the aroma which must be the gooseberry as the descriptors indicate. Hydro sample didn't have much of hop flavor, and I can already tell the bitterness will come across as half or less of what the calc'd IBUs indicate. We'll see how well the hops carry through after dry hopping.

Update: kegged carbed and on tap as of 7/6/17. Its not bad. Ended up as a kind of generic IPA/PA. There is a firm, danky bitterness that balances the malt bill really well. If I concentrate, I can pick up a very subtle fruitiness that must be those gooseberries the packaging indicated. I really like the malt backbone on this one. The 1/2lb of crystal wheat was a very nice addition that brings a creamy subtle sweetness and some character and color to an otherwise generic malt bill. For whatever reason, this beer pairs exceptionally well with a fine cigar, particularly Macanudo Cafe series.

Overall this wasn't a bad beer. I think I just had higher expectations over the hyped up hops. I believe it would grade out well as a typical copper colored American IPA. I'll continue to enjoy it with the occasional cigar, and try to do a better job coaxing the flavors out of the remaining 3oz of African Queen hops I have in another IPA recipe with a few other varieties. I'm thinking Pac. Jade and Simcoe would be a good start.

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