This past weekend I decided to get back at brewing the 10gal size brews. In this case, I was thinking IPA as I like to keep a hoppy beer on tap at all times. In this case I had a bunch of cascade hops left over from last year so i decided to use as much of them up as possible. In this case, I decided copy the idea of copying cascazella by Ithaca brewing company which is a red ale with mostly cascade that ends out at 7% ABV.
So here is the brew:
22lbs US 2-row pale malt
1lb 12oz 60L Carmel Malt
11oz 120L Carmel Malt
3oz Carafa Special II
8oz cascade 60min
2oz cascade 45min
1oz cascade 30min
1oz cascade 15 min
2oz cascade whole leaf flame out
2oz cascade whole leaf dry hop
Wyeast 1084-Irish Ale Yeast
This brew went really well, it came in at 79% mash efficiency (thanks to my grain mill). The pre-boil gravity 1.057 with the OG being 1.068. I pitched a double starter for the ten gallons.
It all went well, I just tasted the brew at rack over, it’s pretty damn good.
Gordon Biersch, the same company that brews private-label beers for Trader Joe’s, will do the brewing.
Good to know