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My Session IPA

237 calories 21.6 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: Extract
Style: American IPA
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 3 gallons
Post Boil Size: 1.5 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.006 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.264 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 35% (steeping grains only)
Source: Me
Calories: 237 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 21.6 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Monday June 4th 2018
1.072
1.014
7.6%
61.6
6.6
n/a
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
9 lb Dry Malt Extract - Pilsen9 lb Dry Malt Extract - Pilsen - (late boil kettle addition) 42 2 85.7%
9 lbs / $ 0.00
Steeping Grains
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
0.50 lb American - Caramel / Crystal 40L0.5 lb Caramel / Crystal 40L 34 40 4.8%
1 lb Munich - Light 10L1 lb Munich - Light 10L 33 10 9.5%
$ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
3 oz Citra3 oz Citra Hops Pellet 11 Boil 10 min 30.11 37.5%
3 oz Citra3 oz Citra Hops Pellet 11 Boil 5 min 22.47 37.5%
2 oz Citra2 oz Citra Hops Pellet 11 Boil 3 min 8.99 25%
8 oz / $ 0.00
 
Yeast
Fermentis - Safale - American Ale Yeast US-05
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
81%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
54 - 77 °F
Starter:
Yes
Fermentation Temp:
70 °F
Pitch Rate:
1.0 (M cells / ml / ° P) 365 B cells required
$ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
Method: co2       Amount: 8.62 psi       Temp: 38 °F       CO2 Level: 2.25 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
0 0 0 0 0 0
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Heat water added to kettle (equipment estimates 2.79 g | 11.1 qt) 3.19 12.8  
Mash volume with grains (equipment estimates 2.79 g | 11.1 qt) 3.31 13.2  
Grain absorption losses (steeping) -0.19 -0.8  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 2.6 g | 10.4 qt) 3 12  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (late additions) 0.7 2.8  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.3 -1.2  
Post boil volume 1.5 6  
Top off amount 4 16  
Going into fermentor 5.5 22  
WARNING: Kettle losses > 2% detected which throw off OG calculation for extract/partial mash recipes in batch target 'fermentor' mode. Solution: Reduce kettle losses, misc losses and hops absorption in equipment profile, OR set batch target to 'kettle' and do a full wort boil. See batch target FAQ.    
Total: 7.19 28.8
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Other people's session IPAs are either too wimpy, too cat-urine-ey, soapy, over-aged (I like 'em fresh), or just plain gross. This is a fine, bog-standard IPA, with few frills. I like to change the hop varietals around, but I generally stick to one all around hop, just to showcase that. Adding the hops in the last ten minutes gives it an amazing flavour and a different bittering tone than a full 60 minute hop boil, at the cost of using a boat-load of messy hop pellets. I strain them out with a funnel and a women's stocking. Cheap and effective.

And yes, I consider 7.64% ABV sessionable, thirst-quenching, and whatever pretentious adjectives apply. It's all about 2 things with me, effectiveness and flavor. 7.64 is definitely an effective brew, and it ages fast enough in a kegging system that by the time it's just right for drinking, the hops have hit their peak balance, and will stay that way for a couple more weeks. With a bottling setup, you'd have to lose a pound of malt extract, and settle for a wimpier brew to get the freshness ratio about right.

And don't worry about that crazy looking IBU ratio. Even my wife likes this batch, and she's not a fan of overly bitter IPAs

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