Kelsey Mcnairs West Coast Bitter

Beer Recipes
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Saw this recipe here a few weeks ago and I’m brewing it tomorrow. Has anyone else brewed it? Any advice, etc appreciated.

Here’s the Beersmith brewsheet:

Recipe Specifications

Boil Size: 7.00 gal
Post Boil Volume: 5.50 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.50 gal 
Bottling Volume: 5.00 gal
Estimated OG: 1.047 SG
Estimated Color: 7.5 SRM
Estimated IBU: 55.1 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 78.5 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes

Ingredients:

Amt                  Name                                    Type          #        %/IBU       
8 lbs 12.0 oz        Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM)          Grain        1        87.1 %       
8.0 oz                Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM)            Grain        2        5.0 %       
8.0 oz                Crystal Dark - 77L (Crisp) (75.0 SRM)    Grain        3        5.0 %       
3.2 oz                Honey Malt (25.0 SRM)                    Grain        4        2.0 %       
1.6 oz                Caravienne Malt (22.0 SRM)              Grain        5        1.0 %       
0.71 oz              Warrior [15.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min        Hop          6        36.5 IBUs   
0.25 oz              Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Boil 30. Hop          7        9.2 IBUs     
0.35 oz              Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] - Boil 10.0 min  Hop          8        3.7 IBUs     
0.35 oz              Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min        Hop          9        5.7 IBUs     
1.00 oz              Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] - Boil 0.0 min    Hop          10      0.0 IBUs     
1.00 oz              Chinook [13.00 %] - Boil 0.0 min        Hop          11      0.0 IBUs     
1.00 oz              Citra [12.00 %] - Boil 0.0 min          Hop          12      0.0 IBUs     
1.00 oz              Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Boil 0.0 Hop          13      0.0 IBUs     
1.00 oz              Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 0.0 min          Hop          14      0.0 IBUs     
1.0 pkg              California Ale (White Labs #WLP001) [35. Yeast        15      -           
1.00 oz              Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Day Hop          16      0.0 IBUs     
1.00 oz              Chinook [13.00 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days    Hop          17      0.0 IBUs     
1.00 oz              Citra [12.00 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days      Hop          18      0.0 IBUs     
1.00 oz              Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Dry Hop  Hop          19      0.0 IBUs     
1.00 oz              Simcoe [13.00 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days      Hop          20      0.0 IBUs

Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 10 lbs 0.8 oz

Name              Description                            Step Temperat Step Time   
Mash In          Add 18.27 qt of water at 166.6 F        158.0 F      60 min

Sparge: Batch sparge with 2 steps (0.54gal, 3.90gal) of 168.0 F water

2

5 oz of knock-out hops and ANOTHER 5 oz of dry hops for 5 gallons of beer with an OG of 1.047? :o

Sounds like a waste of hops. At what point do you reach hop saturation? And how much wort do you loose? Some things to consider.

3

Tasted a gravity sample at 8 days. Just awesome. Cold crash then the dry hops. All 5oz of them. The recipe, btw was a pro am beer that Ballast Point and Stone did with Kelsey

4

This is a great recipe from Kelsey.  I have brewed it twice.  It is hoptastic!

5

[quote]This is a great recipe from Kelsey.  I have brewed it twice.  It is hoptastic!
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How much clarity did you get in your finished beer? After I dry hopped at 67 i dropped the temp to 50 for 3 days, and while the yeast cleared the hops haze did not. I didnt want to leave the beer on them any longer so I just bottled it.

6

I brewed this last night. Thanks for posting the recipe!

PS - Holy thread resurrection, Batman!  ;D