Harvest Ale

Well it’s the time of the year for harvesting hops and last weekend I brewed my annual batch of beer made with fresh hops (hops that haven’t been dried).  Instead of using my Cascades like the years before, I decided to buy some fresh Centennial from Southan Farms because they’re easily my favourite “C-hops”!  Nick and Kathryn were really awesome showing me around their hops fields and their installations which was pretty impressive to see in action.  Drink local and buy local ;)

hops addition by the bucket! :)

Recipe Specifications
Batch Size (Gal): 11.00
Total Grain (Lbs): 25.00
Estimated OG: 1.060
Anticipated SRM: 6.9
Anticipated IBU: 81.5 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75 %
Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Grains
76.0% (19 lbs) - 2 row
12.0% (3 lbs) - Vienna
5.0% (1.25 lbs) - Carafoam
5.0% (1.25 lbs) - Crystal 40
2.0% (8 oz) - Acid malt

Hops
1.75 oz Columbus (14.60%) @ 60 min
5.00 oz Wet Centennial (13.70%) @ 15 min
10.00 oz Wet Centennial (13.70%) @ 10 min
15.00 oz Wet Centennial (13.70%) @ 5 min
20.00 oz Wet Centennial (13.70%) @ 0 min
5.00 oz Wet Cascade @ 0 min

30.00 oz Wet Centennial (13.70%) @ Dry Hop (15oz per batch)

Yeast
Safale S-05

Mash Schedule
Sacch Rest - 60 min @ 152F

Notes
09/08/14: Brew day

Fly sparge with 170F water
Collected 11 gallons
OG = 1.057