Brew 23 - Boris Boogie Woogie IPA
Brew 23 - Boris Boogie Woogie IPA Brew Day: 27/11/2021 Bottle Day: 13/12/2021 A birthday present to my Dad. He selected the style and recipe via the Brewdog DIY book and I adjusted to suit the malt and hops we could get. He selected recipe #311 - Sonic Boom. This is a German Hopped IPA that had some interesting hop varieties that I hadn't used before (including Ariana, Huell Melon, German grown Comet and Cascade). I couldn't get any Ariana hops so with a quick bit of research decided on a suitable substitute in the form of Hallertau Blanc (another hop I haven't used before). This recipe is seriously well hopped with large additions throughout the boil and a huge dry hop later on. 30g of bittering hops (Columbus) looked set to whack up the IBUs well above 70. We picked a Saturday for brewday, giving plenty of time to sort this out and pressed on using the new brew kettle for single vessel brewing. We mashed in as follows: 25 litres strike @ 64deg for 90mins (trying to ge