Mystery Hop 3000
IPA
Brewed November 21, 2021
The plan was to make an IPA to showcase the homegrown Willamette hops from 2021 but they didn't seem like they kept well. This beer was a collaboration with a friend and we made a game time decision to stick with a SMaSH but use Glacier hops I had. Glacier hops are featured in this beer with Pale High Color Malt from Great Western Malting.
Ingredients
Malts
5 kg Pale Malt
0.5 kg Caramel Malt
Hops
50 g Mystery Hop - 60 minutes
25 g Mystery Hop - 15 minutes
25 g Mystery Hop - 0 minutes (whirlpool)
50 g Mystery Hop - dry hop (5 days)
Yeast
1 pack American Ale Yeast
Brewing Instructions
1. Mash the grains at 65°C (149°F) for 60 minutes
2. Boil the wort for 60 minutes, adding hops as per the schedule
3. Cool the wort to 20°C (68°F) and pitch the yeast
4. Ferment at 20°C (68°F) for two weeks
5. Dry hop for the last 5 days of fermentation
6. Bottle or keg the beer and carbonate to desired levels
Starter & Notes
Prepare a 1-liter starter wort with a gravity of 1.040
Boil the starter wort for 10 minutes and cool to 20°C (68°F)
Pitch the yeast into the starter wort and let it ferment for 24-36 hours
Decant the spent wort and pitch the active yeast into the main batch