So when I brewed the Total Domination from Ninkasi I had no idea how awesome that recipe was going to turn out. The flavor was pretty spot on other than the aroma hop flavor, which I might say I "Totally Dominated" over Ninkasi's version. So all that to say that I wanted to brew it again. I headed down to Brew Brothers (the greatest homebrew store in the world and they will ship!) and reloaded on grain, hops, and some new yeast. Grain, check. Yeast, bought one new vial of White Labs California Ale WLP001. Hops, this is where the warrior comes in...they were out of Crystal, so I substituted Warrior since I like the flavor that gives. We'll have to see how the end product comes out. Here's the details...
Recipe:
11 gallon
Grain:
22 lb GW 2-Row
3.2 lb GW Munich Light
1.6 Weyerman's Carahell
Strike: 10.1 gallons @ 163 degrees F
Sparge: 6.8 gallons @ 182 degrees F
Based on 75% efficiency
Hops:
2 oz Summit (15.8%) for 60m
1 oz Summit (15.8%) for 30m
2 oz Cascade (6.2%) for 5m
2 oz Warrior (17%) for 1m
2 oz Cascade (6.2%) for 7 days in secondary
2 oz Warrior (17%) for 7 days in secondary
66 IBU
Yeast:
White Labs WLP001 California Ale in one bucket
White Labs WLP001 California Ale Slurry in the other bucket
Starting Gravity: 1.068
Final Gravity: TBD
ABV: TBD
Notes:
Smooth brewing, although it was a long day overall. After brewing we had our church service so I had to go set up, preach, and then clean up afterwards. That plus brewing takes more out of me that I had anticipated! Once again, since I was brewing it had to rain. I need to get some grain dried out for my friends who have chickens, so hopefully next time I brew it's dry for a few days to use the grain dryer again. Gotta re-use as much as possible, especially if it means the chickens get great high protein food!
Update 5/30/12: I racked one of the buckets to a keg and added an ounce of Cascade and an ounce of Warrior Hops. I would normally do that in secondary, but our IPA rations are really low and I couldn't wait to get it on tap. I'll charge it today. Hops were in a bag. I also bottled 5 22's with what was left. I'll rack the other bucket to secondary and do a proper dry hop in the next few days and I'll try to time it so that as the first keg runs out I can put the second on tap.
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