Friday, 21 May 2010

Traditional IPA's part 2

Today (21/05/2010) I made my second traditional IPA, possibly for entry to the CBA Skipton competition. This IPA is lower in gravity and IBU's than my previous effort, though it may still not mature in time for the competition! I learned from my previous mistakes and added the hops after collecting the wort to the copper, and I stirred the wort properly before taking readings! I also changed my brewing spreadsheet to reflect a larger loss to hops, and as a result I hit my target gravity spot on and got the brew length right first time, which has given me some confidence back. No pictures this time, far too busy getting things right! The brew is sat in the fermenting cupboard at 19 deg after having had 1 hours aeration.