Tonight's Brew - My CDA

Andy's CDA (Black IPA)

23-A Specialty Beer
Author: Andrew Murrey
Date: 2/15/12

Size: 5.04 gal
Efficiency: 65%
Attenuation: 75.0%
Calories: 235.53 kcal per 12.0 fl oz

Original Gravity: 1.070 (1.026 - 1.120)
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Terminal Gravity: 1.018 (0.995 - 1.035)
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Color: 31.67 (1.0 - 50.0)
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Alcohol: 6.96% (2.5% - 14.5%)
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Bitterness: 31.6 (0.0 - 100.0)
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Ingredients:

12 lb 2-Row Brewers Malt
2 lb 2-Row Caramel Malt 60L
1 lb Victory® Malt
1 lb German Carafa III
1 oz Cascade (5.5%) - added during boil, boiled 60.0 m
1 oz Cascade (5.5%) - added during boil, boiled 10 m
1.0 oz Centennial (10.0%) - added during boil, boiled 2 m
1 oz Chinook (13.0%) - added during boil, boiled 0.0 m
1 ea White Labs WLP001 California Ale

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Brew Update

Bill and I transferred our Dunkelweizen AG brew from primary to secondary last night.  There was a TON of flocculated out yeast, so the fear of too many dead yeast cells drove the desire to transfer a few days early.  We will let it sit in the secondary for another 3 weeks.  SG reading when going into the secondary was 1.025.  Hopefully in the next three weeks we can get down closer to our target of 1.011 - 1.014.

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Great Quick CDA Recipe - BIAB

In the last episode of Brewing TV Jake walked us through a really simple and probably very tasty 3 gallon BIAB for a CDA.  Today they posted the recipe on their blog site.  If you love CDA's and have been wanting to try out all grain brewing, but don't have the dough or space for the equipment, this is right up your alley.

You can find the recipe and instructions here:  http://www.northernbrewer.com/connect/2012/02/jakes-biab-cda/

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Cheers!