I received an email from Russian River last week that they would be brewing Pliny the Younger Thursday, December 27th with a planned release at the brew pub the first week of February. I also received two pounds of my 2012 Amarillo hops that had been back-ordered for a year. Inspired, I decided to finally make a go at the Younger recipe that I pieced together a few years back but never brewed. Time presented itself on Christmas Eve, so I went to work. It was by far the biggest hop schedule I have ever brewed so I decided to use my new hop spider to keep all of the hops contained. It was also the biggest grain bill I have ever brewed and I was glad to see that my mash tun and herms system could keep up without any problems. This was a really big beer. I sampled Younger in 2009 and 2011 and should I not get some this year, at least I will have my own to keep me satisfied, hopefully.Grains Hops Results
20# Rahr 2-row 3oz CTZ at 60 1.092 at 7 gallons
1# Carapils 1oz CTZ at 45 1.104 at 5.9 gallons
2# corn sugar 1oz Simcoe at 30 70.9 efficiency
3oz Amarillo at 0
2oz Simcoe at 0
Dry Hop Schedule
1.5-2oz total each addition
DH 1-Simcoe, Amarillo, Centennial for one week, remove
DH 2-Amarillo, Centennial for one week, remove
DH 3-Simcoe for one week, remove
DH 4-Simcoe, Amarillo dry hop in keg
US-05, two packets
OG-1.100 target
Vista, CA Water Profile
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Water Adjustments (tsp)
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Ca=57
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.854 Epsom Salt
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SO4=136
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.825 Baking Soda
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Mg=22
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.155 Canning Salt
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Na=71
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1.254 Gypsum
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Cl=88
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Carb=147
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Hard=233
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Alk=122
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