West Coast RIPA notes
This is the second brew of the West Coast RIPA, different yeast and slightly changed the grain.
I swapped the 2x BRY-97 yeast for 1x FT02 Vape yeast. For the grains I lowered the amount of Vienna by 300g and swapped it for 300g redback, and added an additional 50g of eclipse wheat making a total of 6.75kg. Hops remained the same as v1, mosaic and riwaka.
Brew went well, I had to close the window to help the brewzilla get to 100C for boil as it was too cold outside, need the jacket!
I didn’t squeeze the mash just let it drain through. I then set the mash basket resting on a bowl to capture the last of the wort and use it instead of topup. I managed to get 750ml wort added back into the boil before the 30min mark
Transfer went well, I’m considering a hop basket though as a little too much comes through, not a big issue especially with the fermzilla collection jar. Volume was good, stopped it at 25L in the fermenter and collected the final 1L to be used for something else, maybe bread.
In the fermentation chamber with initial gravity at 1.059. Colour is more what I was aiming for, darker than the first version with the addition of redback and eclipse wheat.
Day 1 Sunday
Fermentation began within about 18hours and progressed well.
Day 2 Monday
Fermentation going well, foam building up.
Day 3 Tuesday
Foam built up too high again and hit the top of the fermenter. I cleared it and reset the pressure kit. I allowed some of the foam tonpush through into a jug so the pressure could come back down.
Day 4 Wednesday
A little blocked again but not as bad, perhaps the lost trub meant less yeast. Cleared and reset. Gravity at around 1.020, seems close to finish but hopefully a few more points drop.
I added the aromazyme and a day 4 dry hop using half of the dry hop amount (40g mosaic, 50g riwaka). Foam hasn’t hit the top again yet, and it’s bubbling away at a slightly higher pressure of about 5-6psi.
Days 5 – 20
Second dry hop added
temperature raised
transferred to all rounder, which had finings in it
had a few samples, pulled a few bottles during the week (2x 1.25L, and a 750ml to swap at the brewstore)
bottled the remaining, 14L
