Brewing a Falconer's Flight IPA... With Joe! (And maybe some bloopers at the end...)

Immolateus was kind enough to send me some Falconer's Flight hops, and I wanted an IPA--so that's exactly what I made! Here's the recipe I brewed in this video:

12lbs Two-Row
1lb Crystal 40L
1oz Torrified Wheat

Mashed for 1 hour 15 minutes at 152-154F

1.5oz Chinook Hops boiled for 60 minutes
1 oz Falconer's Flight Hops boiled for 15 minutes
1 oz Falconer's Flight Hops boiled for 5 minutes

Nottingham Yeast pitched at 74F, fermented for 2 weeks at 68-70F

Aged for... who knows! :-)

Batch size: 5 US Gallons

Starting Gravity: 1.071

Thanks again for sending all those hops my way Immo--I can't wait to give this a taste!

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[ikoiko60]

Hello Joe, Great vids! One question on your grain bill is 1oz. the correct amount of Torrifed Wheat?

[terpsichoreankid]

@ikoiko60 Yeppers--that's what I went with for this particular batch. If you don't have it, it's not biggie. I used it to add mouth feel and a bit of head retention.

[flyingtint]

Enjoyed your video.. I used a couple of your tips on my very first all grain batch. Thanks for sharing.

[terpsichoreankid]

@flyingtint Rock on!

[funkstrman]

Just to clarify the question, why don't you use a hop bag during the boil?

[terpsichoreankid]

@funkstrman I've never had one on hand actually! I've found this works great, and I just pour it through my big strainer to get all the hops out. Works great, and really gets those hops into your brew!

[boomer00000]

what was the total time this took?

[funkstrman]

Hey Joe, why don't you use a hop bag?

[terpsichoreankid]

@Eryk040381 There's no need for a bag in a mash tun--plus, you'd have a hell of a time trying to stir something that's in a bag without screwing up your braid/filter, and then batch sparging would be impossible to do. Also, I'd imagine that your sparge would be bad because the bag would direct the water to the edges (path of lease resistance) so you'd have a pretty bad extraction percentage. That being said--I've never used a grain bag in my mash tun, so can't speak from experience!