{"id":3134,"date":"2011-01-09T21:45:54","date_gmt":"2011-01-10T02:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/?p=3134"},"modified":"2011-03-05T16:32:21","modified_gmt":"2011-03-05T21:32:21","slug":"area-51-ipa-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2011\/01\/09\/area-51-ipa-kit\/","title":{"rendered":"Area 51 IPA Kit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><\/p>\n<table cellpadding=1>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"black\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/gallery\/v\/food\/brewing_beer\/IMG_5833.jpg.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/gallery\/d\/96052-2\/IMG_5833.jpg\" height=427 width=640 border=0 title=\"Area 51 IPA kit from Cap n' Cork; the first beer I've brewed in a few years.\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>After a ~3 year hiatus from brewing beer, I woke this morning and decided that today would be the day I brew a batch. Not wanting to take the time to put together a recipe I decided to use an off the shelf kit, and off to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.capncorkhomebrew.com\/\">Cap n&#8217; Cork<\/a> I went. $48 later I had the Area 51 IPA kit seen above and a packet of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wyeastlab.com\/hb_yeaststrain_detail.cfm?ID=11\">Wyeast 1272 American Ale II<\/a> yeast. This partial mash kit should make about five gallons of 5.6% <a href=\"http:\/\/beeradvocate.com\/beer\/style\/116\">American IPA<\/a>, perfect for filling my <a href=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2010\/12\/28\/carbonating-kegging-supplies\/\">newly acquired corney keg setup<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As he&#8217;s been wanting to try it brewing himself and curious about the process <a href=\"http:\/\/www.notasdumbasilook.com\/\">Nick<\/a> came by just as I was beginning the partial mash. Everything was going great, until it came time to boil the wort and I found that the burner on the outdoor stove (burner from a turkey fryer) wouldn&#8217;t light. Troubleshooting pointed to a bad regulator, so we set off to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.homedepot.com\">Home Depot<\/a> where I purchased a new regulator and some brass fitting to connect it all. Despite it all connecting nicely, the new regulator didn&#8217;t let through enough gas and the burner petered along barely heating the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wort\">wort<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Nick then remembered that he has a turkey fryer burner available and that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.corporatehippy.com\/\">Marty<\/a> would soon be passing through the area and would be able to drop it by. She did, and this replacement burner provided a proper amount of heat, taking the wort from the a tepid 160\u00b0F to boiling in less than 15 minutes. Then, an hour later, it was ready to cool, rack to a fermenter, and pitch the yeast.<\/p>\n<p>Now it all sits in a bathtub in a warm interior room waiting for fermentation to begin. If everything goes according to schedule primary fermentation a week from Monday (or so), I&#8217;ll then rack it to secondary and dry hop it, then a month or so later I&#8217;ll keg and carbonate it. After sitting for another month or so beyond that it should be ready to drink. In the mean time I can contemplate dispensing possibilities, including maybe fashioning some manner of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kegerator\">kegerator<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>OG for this batch is 1.053, which is just 0.002 shy of the target OG of 1.055. Hopefully the rest of the batch will go as planned and it&#8217;ll come out great. <\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE:<\/strong> Racked to secondary on 16-Jan-2010 with 1oz of Cascade hops. Gravity (at this point, after degassing) was 1.012 making for 5.38% ABV. Will allow to condition for another 2 weeks to 2 months before transferring to a keg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a ~3 year hiatus from brewing beer, I woke this morning and decided that today would be the day I brew a batch. 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