CS13 Citra Mosaic IIPA

[Mark Weusten]

Here is my beer for CS13. My first time doing a case swap so editing post with bit more info. I made this recipe to use up the kilo of citra and mosaic I bought and chucked a fair bit in. It wasnt my first choice I actually had a Waimea Pale Ale to enter but it turned out badly. This beer is about 6 months old and well past its prime but was the only one I had available for the swap Recipe below and all comments welcomed. I have your beers chilling at moment for this saturday where dry july can bugger off. Yes only the 25th oh well....

Citra Mosaic IIPA

Imperial IPA (14 C)

Type: All Grain
Batch Size: 23.00 l
Boil Size: 26.76 l
Boil Time: 90 min
End of Boil Vol: 23.92 l
Final Bottling Vol: 21.00 l
Fermentation: Ale, Single Stage

Date: 16 Oct 2014
Brewer: Mark Weusten
Asst Brewer:
Equipment: Grainfather
Efficiency: 75.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 75.0 %
Taste Rating: 30.0

Taste Notes:

Ingredients

Amt	Name	Type	#	%/IBU
7.00 kg	Pale Malt (2 Row) UK (5.9 EBC)	Grain	1	87.5 %
0.25 kg	Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (236.4 EBC)	Grain	2	3.1 %
0.25 kg	Victory Malt (49.3 EBC)	Grain	3	3.1 %
0.50 kg	Corn Sugar (Dextrose) (0.0 EBC)	Sugar	4	6.3 %
25.00 g	Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min	Hop	5	12.6 IBUs
28.00 g	Citra [12.00 %] - Boil 20.0 min	Hop	6	18.7 IBUs
28.00 g	Mosaic (HBC 369) [12.25 %] - Boil 20.0 min	Hop	7	19.1 IBUs
57.00 g	Citra [12.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min	Hop	8	22.8 IBUs
57.00 g	Mosaic (HBC 369) [12.25 %] - Boil 10.0 min	Hop	9	23.3 IBUs
57.00 g	Citra [12.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min	Hop	10	12.5 IBUs
57.00 g	Mosaic (HBC 369) [12.25 %] - Boil 5.0 min	Hop	11	12.8 IBUs
1.0 pkg	American Ale II (Wyeast Labs #1272) [124.21 ml]	Yeast	12	-
43.00 g	Citra [12.00 %] - Dry Hop 5.0 Days	Hop	13	0.0 IBUs
43.00 g	Mosaic (HBC 369) [12.25 %] - Dry Hop 5.0 Days	Hop	14	0.0 IBUs

Gravity, Alcohol Content and Color

Est Original Gravity: 1.081 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.013 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 9.1 %
Bitterness: 121.9 IBUs
Est Color: 23.5 EBC

Measured Original Gravity: 1.046 SG
Measured Final Gravity: 1.010 SG
Actual Alcohol by Vol: 4.7 %
Calories: 427.1 kcal/l

Mash Profile

Mash Name: BIAB, Full Body
Sparge Water: -0.00 l
Sparge Temperature: 75.6 C
Adjust Temp for Equipment: TRUE

Total Grain Weight: 8.00 kg
Grain Temperature: 22.2 C
Tun Temperature: 22.2 C
Mash PH: 5.20

Mash Steps

Name	Description	Step Temperature	Step Time
Saccharification	Add 34.34 l of water at 72.3 C	65.0 C	60 min
Mash Out	Heat to 75.6 C over 7 min	75.6 C	10 min

Sparge: If steeping, remove grains, and prepare to boil wort

Mash Notes: Brew in a bag method where the full boil volume is mashed within the boil vessel and then the grains are withdrawn at the end of the mash. No active sparging is required. This is a full body beer profile.

Carbonation and Storage

Carbonation Type: Bottle
Pressure/Weight: 123.52 g
Keg/Bottling Temperature: 21.1 C
Fermentation: Ale, Single Stage

Volumes of CO2: 2.3
Carbonation Used: Bottle with 123.52 g Corn Sugar
Age for: 30.00 days
Storage Temperature: 18.3 C

Notes

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[Duncan Emo]

Hi Mark - Having a review of my notes from last nights sampling.

Appearance - Dark- Red/Brown - no clarity at all /quite cloudy (I'd left it in the fridge for a few days to settle out but it didn't). Head remained for a long time - nice and white and fluffy.

Liked the label - freaked out my kids a bit (so thats a winner!)

Aroma - Nice fruity that you get from Citra/Mosaic - even with this beer being 6 months old.

Taste - Slightly malty and a crisp bitterness on the tongue. Quite a bit of that alcohol burn from a high ABV beer. I've made an Imperial Red ale and it took about 8 months for that to go away.  Have you sampled as its aged Mark? I felt that hop taste was dominated by the heat from the alcohol - maybe earlier on it was more "hoppy"? Did the Citra/Mosaic stand out earlier? It would be interesting to see how it ages in the next few months (if you have any left!).

I like my beers fairly strong and hoppy so rate this beer!

Good stuff Mark - good beer!

Cheers

Hi Mark - Having a review of my notes from last nights sampling.

Appearance - Dark- Red/Brown - no clarity at all /quite cloudy (I'd left it in the fridge for a few days to settle out but it didn't). Head remained for a long time - nice and white and fluffy.

Liked the label - freaked out my kids a bit (so thats a winner!)

Aroma - Nice fruity that you get from Citra/Mosaic - even with this beer being 6 months old.

Taste - Slightly malty and a crisp bitterness on the tongue. Quite a bit of that alcohol burn from a high ABV beer. I've made an Imperial Red ale and it took about 8 months for that to go away.  Have you sampled as its aged Mark? I felt that hop taste was dominated by the heat from the alcohol - maybe earlier on it was more "hoppy"? Did the Citra/Mosaic stand out earlier? It would be interesting to see how it ages in the next few months (if you have any left!).

I like my beers fairly strong and hoppy so rate this beer!

Good stuff Mark - good beer!

Cheers

[Mark Weusten]

Hey Duncan, clarity has always been an issue and tends to affect my bigger beers more. Definitely it was very hoppy drinking at one month and I think the alcohol heat is standing out more than it did. I still have about 6 of these so will be interesting to see if the burn goes away with more age. Thanks for the feedback.

[Steve Adkins]

Mark

This one caught me by surprise, a lesson in reading labels is needed as wasn't expecting a double IPA.  Aroma was good and carb was on the low end but was enough, the alcohol heat stood out in this one. 

[Peter Church]

Cant believe that this was9%, also  didnt pick that the ibus are that high, wife commented that it was sweet initially. For such a big beer this was very good, well balanced, yeah the carb is a bit light and the clarity is a work on but you have got the makings of an awesome beer. Plenty of alcohol heat but not the nasty stuff just warming. Be easy to sit down to a couple of these then realise that your legs have stopped working and you cant feel your cheeks. Good stuff, thanks for sharing

[Mark Weusten]

Cheers Peter, I was obsessed with big beers when I first got my GF. One thing I now know is to drink em young, more hops balance the heat. Thanks for your feedback.