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Little of this! Little of that?

Brewed this one with a few purposes in mind. First I wanted to test out my new counter flow wort chiller. Second I wanted to use up the ingredients I had leftover from previous brews. Took inventory and whipped up this recipe in about 20 minutes. I had no care for how the beer turned out. I wanted to try the chiller was my main objective. I also didn't want or have time to go to the LHBS. I figured throw in the base malts I had along with some specialty grains that could possibly fit and then hop the crap out of it. IPA?

Some of the hops were in the freezer for a very long time. I wasn't sure what I would get from them so I used the oldest of them for whirlpool hops.

I brewed this on Jan. 8th, fermented for 3 weeks and kegged it on Jan. 30th. I gave the hydro sample a taste. For a brew that I thought may be a dumper, it had a good taste, nice color and smelled hoppy good. We will see!

American IPA
All Grain (5.50 gal) ABV: 6.84 %
OG: 1.066 SG FG: 1.014 SG
IBUs: 66.4 IBUs Color: 7.9 SRM

Ingredients

8.0 oz - Rice Hulls (Briess)
Mash addition (3.6%) - 0.0 SRM


6 lb 8.0 oz - Pale Malt (6 Row) US
Mash addition (46.6%) - 2.0 SRM


4 lb - Pale Malt (2 Row) US
Mash addition (28.7%) - 2.0 SRM


1 lb 8.0 oz - Cara-Pils/Dextrine
Mash addition (10.7%) - 2.0 SRM


8.0 oz - Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L
Mash addition (3.6%) - 60.0 SRM


8.0 oz - Carared
Mash addition (3.6%) - 20.0 SRM


7.4 oz - Munich Malt - 10L
Mash addition (3.3%) - 10.0 SRM


0.75 oz - Magnum
Boil 60 min (28.8 IBUs)


1.00 oz - Cascade
Boil 15 min (10.7 IBUs)


0.50 oz - Amarillo
Boil 15 min (6.3 IBUs)


1.00 Items - Whirlfloc Tablet
Boil 15 min


1.00 oz - Cascade
Steep 15 min (5.5 IBUs)


1.00 oz - Sorachi Ace
Steep 15 min (9.2 IBUs)


0.50 oz - Amarillo
Steep 15 min (3.6 IBUs)


0.25 oz - Magnus
Steep 15 min (2.3 IBUs)


2 pkg - Safale American
DCL/Fermentis #US-05



Mash @ 152 for 75 min. 10 min mash out
Boil 60 min.
15 minute whirlpool.

I'd drink it! Looks pretty good on paper, at least.

I was going through all the leftover hops in my freezer recently, and thought I ought to make an "Effit IPA" also. So many varieties of hops, though, I don't know how well they'd work together. And I'd have to go to the LHBS anyway, because I don't keep any surplus grain around the house.

I was able to incorporate some leftover hops in recipes I was about to brew, though, which saved me a little money at the LHBS, and cleared those hops out.