Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Union Jack IPA Homebrew

After listening to The Jamil Show "You Can Brew It" podcast, I decided to brew the Firestone Walker "Union Jack" clone

On Thursday, 30th  July I made a yeast starter on my new stirplate
Stared at 1035. Ended at 1010


On the 1st August 2011, I started the brew.

The brew session started at 8.30 The method I use is all grain, "Brew in a Bag".
Four grains for this brew.
6240gm Joe White, Traditional Ale
900gm Weyermann Munich Light
380gm Weyermann Carapils
100gm Joe White Cara

Hops
28 gm Nugget for 90 minutes for bittering
18gm each of Cascade and Columbus at 30 minutes for flavour
50gm each of Cascade and Columbus at flame out/whirlpool
There will be 2 dry hop additions

Day 4 of fermentation - 44gm each Cascade and Columbus
Day 7 of fermentation 30gm Cascade and Columbus plus 14 gm of each Simcoe and Amarillo

Boiling the Wort before hop additions
Brew Day
Mashing the grain - 60 minutes at 63 degrees Celcius

Doing the Mash 60 mins @ 63 then 10 mins at 68.5
Boiling the wort with hops
The beer is in the fermenter. Wyeast 1056


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