Brew Day: Get Peeled Grapefruit IPA

This beer is one of the first recipes I developed when I started homebrewing. It’s a grapefruit bomb and one of my favorite IPAs. 

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Equipment:

Clawhammer Supply 120V Electric System: https://bit.ly/2ugBQKg 

Blichmann Riptide pump: https://bit.ly/3alWNnO 

Monster Mill: https://bit.ly/3aohPlJ 

Grain scale: https://bit.ly/2V0tOAO

Catalyst Fermenter: https://bit.ly/3jm4IoK

Statis Glycol Chiller: https://bit.ly/2G5hABx

Hudson sprayer for sanitizer: https://amzn.to/2RY1Fbw

Refactometer: https://amzn.to/39Hd45A

Brewfather App: https://bit.ly/38JXW7t

Brewfather recipe here

Beersmith recipe here

Get Peeled American Grapefruit IPA

6.7% (actual 8.3%, the yeast ate EVERYTHING)  / 15.6 °P 

All Grain

Clawhammer 120V

72% efficiency

Batch Volume: 5 gal (actual 5.75 gal)

Boil Time: 60 min

Mash Water: 7 gal

Boil Volume: 6.01 gal

Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.058 (actual 1.059)

Vitals

Original Gravity: 1.064 (actual 1.061)

Final Gravity: 1.013 (actual .998 somehow?)

IBU (Tinseth): 77

Colour: 7.4 SRM 

Mash

Strike Temp — 157 °F

Temperature — 152 °F — 60 min

Malts (12 lb)

10 lb (83.3%) — Briess Brewers Malt 2-Row — Grain — 1.8 SRM

1 lb (8.3%) — Bairds Munich Malt — Grain — 5 SRM

8 oz (4.2%) — Briess Caramel Malt — Grain — 60 SRM

8 oz (4.2%) — Briess Wheat White Malt — Grain — 2.3 SRM

Hops (5.5 oz)

0.5 oz (27 IBU) — Galaxy 16% — Boil — 60 min

1 oz (21 IBU) — Citra 13.1% — Boil — 10 min

1 oz (24 IBU) — Columbus (Tomahawk) 14.9% — Boil — 10 min

1 oz (5 IBU) — Cashmere 7.9% — Aroma — 10 min hopstand @ 194 °F

1 oz — Cascade 5.7% — Dry Hop — 7 days

1 oz — Citra 13.1% — Dry Hop — 7 days

Miscs

2.6 g — Calcium Chloride (CaCl2) — Mash

2.8 g — Epsom Salt (MgSO4) — Mash

2.9 g — Gypsum (CaSO4) — Mash

30 oz — Grapefruit Juice — Primary

5 oz — Grapefruit Peel — Primary

Yeast

1 pkg — Cali Ale Yeast

Fermentation

Primary — 68 °F — 14 days

Carbonation: 2.4 CO2-vol

Water Profile

Ca+2 52

Mg+2 10

Na+ 8

Cl- 50

SO4-2 101 

HCO3- 16