Saturday, November 6, 2010

Green Flash West Coast IPA

Green Flash is another brewery that I truly admire.  Their hoppy beers were some of the first beers that instigated my lupulin threshold shift.  This recipe came from Jamil's show CYBI and is a fantastic recipe.  Three separate friends did blind taste tests (including my sister) and each picked this homebrew over the commercial example.  Needless to say, I was pretty excited with the results.  My process is finally coming into its own.  I used my CB20 system for this brew.  This is a very nice, very hoppy, beer not for the faint of heart. 


14# 2-row
1.31# c-40
1.31# carapils
Mash at 152

Additions:
90 min boil
0.50 oz. Simcoe 90 min.
0.2 oz. Columbus 90 min.
0.25 oz. Columbus 60 min.
0.25 oz. Simcoe 60 min.
0.25 oz. Columbus 30 min.
0.25 oz. Simcoe 30 min.
0.75 oz. Columbus 15 min.
0.75 oz. Simcoe 15 min.
1.00 oz. Cascade 10 min.
0.50 oz. Columbus 1 min.
0.50 oz. Simcoe 1 min.
0.50 oz. Amarillo Dry Hop
0.50 oz. Centennial Dry Hop
0.50 oz. Columbus Dry Hop
0.50 oz. Simcoe Dry Hop
0.20 oz. Cascade Dry Hop

S-05 at 68
OG 1070


Vista, CA Water Profile
Water Adjustments (tsp) Ca=57
.854 Epsom Salt SO4=136
.825 Baking Soda Mg=22
.155 Canning Salt Na=71
1.254 Gypsum Cl=88

Carb=147

Hard=233

Alk=122