14B - Caution: American IPA

Info:

• Brewer: Chris
• Mash: two step infusion
  
• Date: 5/3/2008
• Size: 6 gallon post-boil

Notes:

• Yeah, I'm a hophead :P
• Inspired by Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale
  
• This was quite an interesting brewing experience, with some equipment performing excellently, and others straight out letting me down.
• :( Had some problems with my grain mill, which led to low efficiency:
• drill issues... including the one I borrowed
  
• broke the hopper and housing I had built
• had to crush one cup at a time using a 9.6V cordless drill and a makeshift hopper, which led to a very uneven crush
  
• :) First brew using my new kettle, a converted Gordon Biersch keg
• :) 150,000 BTU hurricane burner stood up to rain and 20 knot winds
  
• :) Massive wort chiller kicking ass, wort was pitchable in 5 minutes.
  
• :( Need a false bottom for keg, hose from the ball valve clogged and the auto siphon wasn't happy with the insane amount of hop material in the wort.
  

Grain Bill:

• 13lb Briess Organic 2-row malt
• 1/2lb Briess 20L crystal
• 1/2lb Briess Carapils
• 1/2lb Belgian Special "B"
  

Yeast:

• Wyeast 1056 - American Ale™
• Starter made on previous day using light DME
  

The Mash:

• start
• 15qt @ 142F
• settles @ 126F
  
• protein rest for 30 minutes
• the big show
• 7qt @ 212F
• settles at 151F
• rest for 90 minutes
  
• sparge
• 10qt @ 180F

The Boil (90 minutes):

• 1.0oz Centennial (9.7aau) @ 60
• 1.5oz Cascade (4.0aau) @ 60
  
• teaspoon of Irish moss @ 15
  
• 1.25oz Cascade (4.0aau) @ 15
• 0.5oz Cascade (4.0aau) @ 5
• 0.5oz Centennial (9.7aau) @ 5
• 0.25oz Cascade (4.0aau) @ lights out
  
• Total: 67 IBU(ish)

The Finish:

• OG: 1.060
• To be dry hopped with 0.5oz Cascade (4.0aau) in secondary
• To be dry hopped with 1.0oz Cascade (4.0aau) in keg