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Recipe: Confident Bastard

Brewed as Confident Bastard on 01/19/2018

Method:
All Grain
Boil Time:
60 min.
Batch Size:
5 gal.
Boil Size:
7.5 gal.
Efficiency:
0
Rating:
Brewer:
Blockhead Bob
Asst Brewer:
Notes:
Brewed this recipe to take advantage of fresh leaf chinook hops from Murph and his brother-in-law's Iowa hop farm. Good recipe that came out well. Still wrestling with keg carbonation issues though.

Brew Numbers

OG FG ABV SRM IBU
00000

Fermentables

NameAmountColorSupplierOrigin
Pale Malt - 2-Row13.75 lbs.0Malteurop 2 Row Pale Craft BlendUnited States
Crystal / Caramel Malt 1501 lbs.150Great WesternUnited States
Briess Victory Malt0.5 lbs.0Briess (US) Victory MaltUnited States

Hops

NameAmountBoil TimeUseFormAA
Chinook1 oz.60BoilLeaf0
Notes: Murph fresh leaf from brother-in-law hop farm in Iowa.
Cascade1 oz.15BoilPellet4.7
Centennial1 oz.15BoilPellet8.6
Chinook1 oz.30SteepLeaf0
Notes: Murph fresh leaf from brother-in-law hop farm in Iowa.
Centennial1 oz.30SteepPellet8.6
Chinook1 oz.0Dry HopLeaf0
Notes: Murph fresh leaf from brother-in-law hop farm in Iowa.
Cascade1 oz.0Dry HopPellet4.7
Centennial1 oz.0Dry HopPellet8.6

Yeast

NameLabProductManufacturedStarter
English DryInland IslandINIS-31811/28/2017
Notes: Starter completed the night before brewing.

Mash Steps

StepNameTarget TempActual TempMash TimeInfuse AmountInfuse Temp
1Single Infusion Mash15015804174
Notes: Temp a little high; left mash tun lid off to cool.
2Single Infusion Mash150153200.37550
Notes: Added 6 cups of cool water to lower temp from 156 F to 153 F and added lid.
3Single Infusion Mash150148401190
Notes: Added 1 gal of 190 F water to raise temp from 147 F to 148 F.
4Single Infusion Mash1501466000
Notes: Additonal 10 minutes past 60 waiting for sparge water.
5Fly Sparge170170525180
Notes: First stuck sparge, blew through hose on ball valve to clear and restart. 180 F water in HLT and to 7.5 gallons in 50 minutes.

Additional Steps

NameStart DateEnd DateTempPSITarget CO2
Primary01/19/201801/27/2018000
Notes: Primary fermented in closet; crawl space too cool.
Secondary01/27/201802/02/2018000
Notes: Dry hop with 1 oz fresh Murph Chinook hops, 1 oz. pellet Cascade, and 1 oz. pellet Centennial.
Kegged02/02/201804/02/201839182.7
Notes: In new kegerator and still wrestling with issue of undercarbed yet pouring foam. Increased line length to 10 feet.