Green Bullet IPA.

[Greg2013]

Cooper's Green Bullet IPA 04/11/2013.


1.7kg Thomas Cooper Selection IPA Tin.

1.0kg Light DME

500gr Dark Brown Sugar

Campden Tablet

30gr Green Bullet Hops @ 30 mins

30gr Green Bullet Hops @ 15mins

15gr Cascade Dry Hop Day 5

15gr EKG Dry Hop Day 5


Add campden tablet to 7.0 litres cold water and bring to a rolling boil.

At start of 30 minute boil add 30 grams Green Bullet leaf hops, at 15 mins add another 30 grams Green Bullet leaf hops.

At flameout dissolve the Cooper's IPA extract plus 1.0kg light DME and 500 grams Dark Brown sugar in the hot wort.

Add this to sanitised FV and top up to 21.0 litre mark with cold water.

When 25c is achieved pitch Safale S-04 dry yeast and cover.

On day 5 add 15 grams each of Cascade and EKG pellet hops.

Leave for a minimum of two weeks total before kegging.

16/11/2013.

O.G. : 1048 @ 20c

F.G. : 1008 @ 20c

ABV. : 5.3% abv.

[LordEoin]

Why the camden tablet?

Why 7 liters? adding that much hot water to the FV will probably leave you stuck around 35C(guess, not calculated) after topping up to 23L

Don't forget to add your can of Coopers IPA.

[Greg2013]

Why the camden tablet?

Why 7 liters? adding that much hot water to the FV will probably leave you stuck around 35C(guess, not calculated) after topping up to 23L

Don't forget to add your can of Coopers IPA.

LOL ya forgot to add the coopers to the receipe doh

The campden tablet is because my tap water is full of chlorine, 7 litres because that is the limits of my stock pot if i am adding extras.

Actuall that's a great guess, topped up to 21 litres and it was still 35c so i clamped the lid on with bubbler and stood it in a bath of cold water for 30 minutes and then pitched the yeast.

[Eoin]

1 campden is an awful lot, normally it's half a tablet to 23l

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[Greg2013]

1 campden is an awful lot, normally it's half a tablet to 23l

Maybe so but i figured most if not all was boiled off before i added anything ?

[benji]

Also I don't think you need to add a campden tablet if your gonna boil the water as the chlorine will evaporate out

[Eoin]

Also I don't think you need to add a campden tablet if your gonna boil the water as the chlorine will evaporate out

Chlorine yes, but not chloramine which is also a problem.

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[Greg2013]

Also I don't think you need to add a campden tablet if your gonna boil the water as the chlorine will evaporate out

Chlorine yes, but not chloramine which is also a problem.

Exactly Eoin and if you could smell the chlorine smell from my tap water you would understand why i have started using campden. It should be noted also that in the last few brews where i started using campden pre- boil the nasty chemical taste i was getting off my brews is gone 

[benji]

There aint to chloramine in Irish water, its really only used in the US

[DEMPSEY]

Reading what these lads are talking about http://www.irishfishkeepers.com/index.php/forum/8-water-and-health/64908-are-there-chloramines-in-dublin-water- Apparently chloramines are added to Dublin water but not admitted to .

pH.......the basic method of making chloramines is to dissolve chlorine in water with ammonia.
Dissolved chlorine will react with water to form hypochlorous acid (that has a pKa of about 7.5) and hydrochloric acid. The hypochlorous acid and hydrochloric acid dissociation is pH dependant.
When reacted with ammonia, the solution will form the monochloramine, dichloramines, and trichloramines in varying amounts according to pH, and relative amounts of chlorine and ammonia added.

Hence, the amount of chloramines is pH dependant

[benji]

Wait you mean to say that the authorities are deceiving us, yeah I take your point, I guess its better to be safe than sorry