R.I.P.A. Day

Steven Seagal and I first marked off 2.5 gallons on my big stock pot. We are loosely following the BridgePort IPA clone recipe in Beer Captured.

10 oz. cracked 40l crystal malt steeped in hot water (150 degrees) for 30 minutes.
Ladled a gallon of 150 degree water over, sort of a mini-sparge.

Added 4 pounds pale malt syrup.
Added 3.3 lbs extra light dry malt extract. That's a lot of powder. I love my new scale by the way.
Looking for a substitute for Chinook bittering hops. Decided on equal parts cascade and Golding; 3/4 oz of each.

Added a bit a water to bring the kettle up to the 2.5 gallon mark, bring to a boil. 45 min boil.

Added 3/4 oz each of cascade and golding pellets, plus 1 tsp. irish moss. Not Randy Irish Moss, as the Raiders just fell to The Chiefs in the last second of the game. Boil 14 minutes.

Add 1/2 oz. each cascade, golding, crystal (used whole hops for crystal), boil for a quick 30 sec or so, turned off heat.

Had no attachment for the wort chiller, so we put the kettle in the sink and ran cold water to fill. Slower, but seems to work.

Strained into carboy with 2.5 gallons spring water in it. Looks like yield is still low, need to add more water to hit 5 gallons. When temp hit 71, pitched 1056 American yeast.

osg: 1.034
fsg: 1.011 (nov 23)

1.034 - 1.011 x 105 = 2.5% alcohol. Well blow me.