I love the smell of DME in the morning.

[andy77]

Boiling up my starter for tonight's brew session. First extract session in more than a year. Interestingly, the starter will boil for just as long as the batch, my late hopped, 10 minute IPA. Recipe below. I'll let you know how it turns out. Last minute input on the recipe welcome.

Lunchbreak IPA

A ProMash Recipe Report

Recipe Specifics
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Batch Size (Gal): 6.00 Wort Size (Gal): 6.2
Total Extract (Lbs): 13.00
Anticipated OG: 1.074 Plato: 18.05
Anticipated SRM: 9.4
Anticipated IBU: 79.2
Wort Boil Time: 10 Minutes


Grain/Extract/Sugar

% Amount Name Origin Potential SRM
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92.3 12.00 lbs. Generic LME - Light Generic 1.035 7
7.7 1.00 lbs. Crystal 10L America 1.035 10

Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon.


Hops

Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
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2.00 oz. Chinook Pellet 9.50 13.9 10 min.
2.00 oz. Tomahawk, F-10 Variety Pellet 15.50 22.7 10 min.
2.00 oz. Centennial Pellet 6.90 10.1 10 min.
4.00 oz. Cascade Pellet 7.20 17.6 1 min.
2.00 oz. Simcoe Pellet 12.25 14.9 1 min.


Yeast
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WLP001

[Dmac08]

Ok, i'll bite. What's with the ten minuteboil?

[Phil]

Ok, i'll bite. What's with the ten minuteboil?

if you're doing extract the malt's already been through a full boil, and if you make huge hop additions you should get equivalent IBUs but with more aroma and way less time watching the pot boil.

[andy77]

What Phil said. I'm trying to bang out a quickie extract IPA that I can brew in an hour or so that's hoppy, tasty and drinkable to brew and fill a tap handle in between my usual all grain sessions.

Expensive, though.

[Dirk McLargeHuge]

Let us know how it does. Sounds like a great idea.

[Trencher]

Love it! Can't wait to hear of the results.

[Dmac08]

That makes sense. Very cool.

[andy77]

Brewed this up last night. Here's my notes from Promash:


6:34-6:57 - Fill kettle, heat to 170, add LME and combine, add steeping grains.
6:57-6:58- Hop sniffing- Holy shit, 3/4 lb of hops smells good!!!!
6:59-7:15- Begin boil, to remove steeping grains at 168.
7:33 hops in boil
7:43 Flame out, 1 minute hops in, cill water on.
7:48 wort at 140f

I hit all my numbers, an easy thing to do with extract. I was done in 90 minutes, more or less. If I had any ice left in my icemaker to recirc through my IC, I would probably have been done sooner. That means I can get the kids to bed, brew an IPA and still be in bed at a reasonable time.

The wort smelled great, as expected. I'll update as I package and taste.