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Oaked IPA
14-B American IPA

Original Gravity: 1.046 (1.056 – 1.075)
Terminal Gravity: 1.012 (1.010 – 1.018)
Color: 24.26 (6.0 – 15.0)
Alcohol: 4.51% (5.5% – 7.5%)
Bitterness: 59.2 (40.0 – 70.0)

Ingredients:
2.0 lb Crystal Malt
4.5 oz Crystal Malt 60°L
6.6 lb Liquid Amber Extract
1.0 oz First Gold (7.5%) – added during boil, boiled 5.0 min
1.0 oz Mt. Hood (5.0%) – added during boil, boiled 60 min
1.0 oz Pilgrim (9.0%) – added during boil, boiled 60 min
.5 oz Oak Wood Chips – added dry to primary fermenter
11.5 gr Fermentis S-04 Safale S-04

Notes
Started steeping grains @ 3:35 @ 168, will steep for  30 minutes

Added LME and 2 oz hops at  4:10 (used hop ball, hope  it  extracts enough!)
Boil started  at 4:30

Will add the UK First Gold to last 5 minutes of the boil @5:25, adding immersiion chiller @ 5:20

Turned off boil & started chiller @ 5:25-5:30

Chill to 80 degrees then add top off water to fermenter

This was simply an extract kit, I just added a bit extra to use up what little I had, 2 row malt and 1oz of Mt. Hood hops. Bubbling away in the fermenter now. I thought this one a bit strange due to the oak chips addition but figured, what the hell, I’ll give it a shot! OG came in at 1.046, expecting the finishing gravity to be about 1.012.

So it’s been 2 weeks carbonating in the the bottle, time to open one of my flip top 12oz sampler bottles! This beer turned out suprisingly well, spot on for a scottish ale. It obviously needs to sit for another month or so to mellow out a bit but other than that I am extremely happy on how this batch turned out. Nice winter beer to enjoy in the upcoming cold months.

Stay tuned for the next batch, not sure what I’m brewing!