Black Metal IPA 5 Litre / Small Batch

Type: All Grain Date: 02 May 2014
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 l Brewer: Gash
Boil Size: 7.10 l Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: Crock Pot 5L
End of Boil Volume 5.20 l Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Final Bottling Volume: 4.00 l Est Mash Efficiency 72.0 %
Fermentation: Ale, Two Stage Taste Rating(out of 50): 30.0
Taste Notes:
Ingredients

Ingredients Amt Name Type # %/IBU
1100.00 g Pale Malt, Traditional Ale (Joe White) (5.9 EBC) Grain 1 87.3 %
80.00 g Crystal (Joe White) (141.8 EBC) Grain 2 6.3 %
40.00 g Carafa III (1034.3 EBC) Grain 3 3.2 %
20.00 g Chocolate Malt (Joe White) (750.6 EBC) Grain 4 1.6 %
20.00 g Roasted Barley (Joe White) (1398.7 EBC) Grain 5 1.6 %
4.75 g Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 6 36.9 IBUs
4.25 g Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 7 16.4 IBUs
6.00 g Centennial [8.90 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 8 10.7 IBUs
5.50 g Cascade [7.60 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 9 4.6 IBUs
5.00 g Centennial [8.90 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 10.0 min Hop 10 4.5 IBUs
8.00 g Centennial [10.00 %] - Dry Hop 5.0 Days Hop 11 0.0 IBUs


Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.056 SG Measured Original Gravity: 1.046 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.014 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.010 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.6 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 4.7 %
Bitterness: 73.0 IBUs Calories: 427.1 kcal/l
Est Color: 62.7 EBC


Mash Steps Name Description Step Temperature Step Time
Mash In Add 3.29 l of water at 73.5 C 66.7 C 60 min


Sparge Step: Fly sparge with 5.08 l water at 75.6 C
Mash Notes: Simple single infusion mash for use with most modern well modified grains (about 95% of the time).

i just finished brewing this one today i forgot to measure my starting Grav but i did get my after boil which was 1.065.
smelt so nice brewing..

Should i use a 2 stage ferment with this? or will a single work fine? I am unable to cold crash my beers though which is a shit.

so i racked off to my secondary so i could check the grav due to being worried it wasn't fermenting.

grav reading from 1.065 down to 1.025 so it seems i was worrying about nothing..

Question how long should i leave this before force carbing?
its been 2 weeks since brew day and im getting itchy to force carb and try it

ok couldnt wait.. i havnt got a keg but i did buy a kegking V1 carb cap and i had a regulated bulb charger on a 600ml pet so i sat that at about 20 psi in the fridge all day and wow... its really well carbed and it already tastes so dam good.
check out that head