10 pounds Rahr 2 row
2.83 pounds Maris Otter 2 row
8 oz Dingemans Cara 45
1.2 oz Centennial 45 min
1.2 oz Centennial 30 min
3.5 oz Centennial (dry hop)
White Labs WPL001 California Ale
Mash with 4.5 gallons at 150 F for 45 mins. Raise to 170 F for 10 minutes. Sparge at 175. Ferment warm. Dry hop after primary is complete (about 1 week). Hold warm for another week. Rack to secondary and cold crash for a week before bottling/kegging.
Estimated O.G. 1.063 (15.5 Plato)
Estimated F.G 1.012 (3.0 Plato)
Brewing Notes:
My water is very hard so in order to avoid harsh bitterness sometimes associated with hard water and a lot of hops, I used 2 gallons of RO water in the mash and another 2 gallons in the sparge water. Pre-boil gravity is about 13.6 P. Post-boil gravity was 16 P (most likely due to high evaporation rate). As usual, I used my stirplate to get the starter going 48 hours ahead of time.
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