English brew weekend

On Saturday I brewed a batch of Welsh Pale Ale (version 1.3) and an English IPA recipe that I cooked up on the spot. I've been itching to brew a traditional English IPA since I read Mitch Steel's excellent book, "IPA: Brewing Techniques, Recipes and the Evolution of India Pale Ale." I had a pound of EKG and 50 lbs of Maris Otter malt, so I dove right in.

I followed the same recipe for the Welsh Pale that I did for my last batch, but cut the Victory malt out of it and added a 20 minute hop stand at 180 degrees.

OG: 1.050 @ 11 gallons

1/2 lb of EKG whole leaf...gotta love it

Old Gregg's English IPA:

OG: 1.070 @ 12 gallons

I'm really excited to see how these beers turn out. They'll look very similar - right around 10 SRM, but vary in their hopping schedules, yeast, and grain bills. They'll both feature East Kent Goldings hops prominently and I'm thinking about dry hopping them both with Fuggles. Lots of Fuggles.

Recipe below

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Recipe: Old Gregg's IPA
Brewer: Adam Keck
Asst Brewer:
Style: English IPA
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 15.00 gal
Post Boil Volume: 13.50 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 11.00 gal
Bottling Volume: 10.75 gal
Estimated OG: 1.067 SG
Estimated Color: 9.8 SRM
Estimated IBU: 60.0 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 80.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 82.1 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt                   Name                                     Type          #        %/IBU      
20 lbs                Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM)         Grain         1        85.1 %      
1 lbs                 Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM)    Grain         2        4.3 %      
8.0 oz                Munton's Dark Crystal Malt (150.0 SRM)   Grain         3        2.1 %      
2 lbs                 Cane (Beet) Sugar (0.0 SRM)              Sugar         4        8.5 %      
1.50 oz               Magnum [14.00 %] - Boil 90.0 min         Hop           5        37.7 IBUs  
2.00 oz               Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] - Boil 30.0 Hop           6        11.7 IBUs  
2.00 oz               Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] - Boil 15.0 Hop           7        7.6 IBUs    
2.00 oz               Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] - Boil 5.0  Hop           8        3.0 IBUs    
2.00 oz               Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] - Boil 0.0  Hop           9        0.0 IBUs    
2.0 pkg               SafAle English Ale (DCL/Fermentis #S-04) Yeast         10       -          


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Light Body, No Mash Out
Total Grain Weight: 23 lbs 8.0 oz
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Name              Description                             Step Temperat Step Time  
Mash In           Add 26.88 qt of water at 163.7 F        150.0 F       75 min      

Sparge: Fly sparge with 25.86 gal water at 168.0 F
Notes:
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