#24 California Common

The Vitals

Name: California Common

Add-ins/ons: none
OG:
FG:
ABV%:
Primary Fermentation:
Secondary Fermentation:
Kegged/Bottled:
Brewers: Dane

Recipe (10-gallon)

#23 Black IPA - 10G

Time to recreate a GREAT beer, but this time with a 10 gallon batch.

With the help of Beer Smith, the 5 gallon batch ingredients (from Black IPA #1) were plugged in and converted to a 10 gallon batch. This was an extract brew which required 16 lbs of DME...yikes!! A purchase was made from Austin Home Brew for a 50 lb bulk bag of extract to cut the costs and plan for future brews. Hops and yeast were also purchased, in hind sight I wouldn't purchase yeast on-line again. The yeast was purchased with cold packs, however arrived warm, certainly over the recommended storage temperature. They were still pitched, so I'll report back after a few days, hopefully fermentation will go without a problem.

The Vitals

Name: Black IPA

Add-ins/ons: none
OG: 1.073
FG: TBD
ABV%: TBD
Primary Fermentation: TBD
Secondary Fermentation: TBD
Kegged/Bottled: TBD
Brewers: Aaron, and Dane

Recipe (10-gallon)
16 lbs Light DME
2 lbs Dehusked Carafa II

1lb 8oz Crystal Malt - 75L

2 oz Palisade Hops (Pellet)

4 oz Simcoe Hops (Whole Leaf)

2 oz Warrior Hops (Pellet)

2 oz Amarillo Hops (Whole Leaf)

1 oz Amarillo Hops (Pellet)

2 - Ringwood Ale Yeast (Wyeast Labs #1187)

Bring 10 gallons of water to a boil.

Steep grains.

Add DME.
Boil for 1 hour.
Hop Schedule:
Mix all but 2 oz Simcoe and 1 oz Amarillo Pellets together.

Continuously add hops throughout the 60 minute boil.

Cool to 75F.

Transfer to 2 carboys and bring volume up to 5 gallons with additional water as needed.
Add 1 yeast packet to each carboy and primary ferment for 1 week.

Transfer to secondary vessel and dry hop with 2 oz Simcoe and 1 oz Amarillo for 2 weeks.