{"id":508,"date":"2012-03-27T15:34:21","date_gmt":"2012-03-27T19:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/?page_id=508"},"modified":"2013-05-13T22:35:56","modified_gmt":"2013-05-14T02:35:56","slug":"batch-5-12-canadian-blonde","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/?page_id=508","title":{"rendered":"Batch #3-13: India Pale Ale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Style<\/td>\nIndia Pale Ale<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ingredients<\/td>\nHeart’s Partial Mash Recipe<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brewing Date:<\/td>\nMonday: April 22, 2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Primary Fermentation:<\/td>\nMonday: April 22, 2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Original Gravity:<\/td>\n1.046<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Secondary Fermentation:<\/td>\nn\/a<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bottling Date:<\/td>\nSaturday: April 27, 2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Final Gravity:<\/td>\n1.018<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Release Date:<\/td>\nFriday: May 24, 2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alcohol by volume:<\/td>\n3.7% raw (4.2% conditioned)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Summary:<\/p>\n

I ended up brewing this batch almost 6 weeks after its intended brewing date. \u00a0Partially due to how busy I have been, and partially due to the weirdest string of failures with yeast starters. \u00a0It took 4 tries to get a yeast starter that worked. \u00a0The other three either did not take, or were incredibly\u00a0weak as if they were dead.\u00a0 In the final yeast starter, I added about 2 ounces of molasses that I had in my fridge to give the yeast a boost. \u00a0That drew a reaction from the yeast (yea!). \u00a0We’ll see how it impacts the taste of the wort.<\/p>\n

This will probably be my last batch of beer brewed in Florida before I relocate. \u00a0So I am naming it Tranzyt India Pale Ale. \u00a0Since India Pale Ale was designed to be a beer which would stay fresh over a long transit time (3-4 months on a ship sailing from Britain to India), the name seems to fit.<\/p>\n

Mon: April 22 @ 6:30PM — The brewing session was very smooth. \u00a0My only mistake was adding the 1oz of finishing hops 10 minutes before the end of the boil, instead of at the end of the boil. \u00a0It will probably reduce the flowery aroma a bit, but it’s an IPA–so that may not be noticable.<\/p>\n

This is standard fermenting in a plastic bucket with wick cooling.<\/p>\n

Tue: April 23 @ 8:00 AM — The yeast is off to a good start. \u00a0Bubbling is near constant in the airlock.<\/p>\n

Sat: April 27 @ 6:00 PM — The fermentation went very well, and the wort was fermented by late Friday (1 minute between bubbles). Bottling produced 48x 12oz crown cap, 1x 20oz crown cap, 2x 20x snap tops, and 3x 12oz snap tops. \u00a0The wort is less flowery than previous versions, due to the early addition of aroma hops at the end of the boil, as mentioned above. \u00a0Yet the wort is smooth and there is a nice balance between the malts and the hops. \u00a0I am looking forward to when this batch has completed conditioning.<\/p>\n

Sun: May 12 @ 8:00 PM — The first bottle indicates a very successful batch. \u00a0 Nice carbonation, and a well-balanced hop and malt balance. \u00a0I am very pleased with this batch.<\/p>\n

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Style India Pale Ale Ingredients Heart’s Partial Mash Recipe Brewing Date: Monday: April 22, 2013 Primary Fermentation: Monday: April 22, 2013 Original Gravity: 1.046 Secondary Fermentation: n\/a Bottling Date: Saturday: April 27, 2013 Final Gravity: 1.018 Release Date: Friday: May 24, 2013 Alcohol by volume: 3.7% raw (4.2% conditioned) Summary: I ended up brewing this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":19,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-508","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=508"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":537,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/508\/revisions\/537"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}