Pliny The Elder recipe from Russian River

[Amy]

I was notified by some friends in Philly that their Centennial hops
were ready to be picked and just in time for my first all-grain
batch!
Keeping my fingers crossed on this one...

HOMEBREWING PLINY THE ELDER
8 Gallon Gross Kettle Volume / 5 Net Gallons Post Fermentation

MALT BILL
87% 2-Row Malt
4% Crystal 45 Malt
4% Carapils (Dextrin) Malt
5% Dextrose Sugar


HOP BILL
3.50 oz CTZ 13.90% A.A. 90 min.
.75 oz CTZ 13.90% A.A. 45 min.
1.00 oz Simcoe 12.30% A.A. 30 min.
1.00 oz Centennial 8.00% A.A. 0 min.
2.50 oz Simcoe 12.30% A.A. 0 min.
1.00 oz CTZ 13.90% A.A. Dry Hop (12 to 14 Days Total)
1.00 oz Centennial 9.10% A.A. Dry Hop (12 to 14 Days Total)
1.00 oz Simcoe 12.30% A.A. Dry Hop (12 to 14 Days Total)
.25 oz CTZ 13.90% A.A. Dry Hop (5 days to go in dry hop)
.25 oz Centennial 9.10% A.A. Dry Hop (5 days to go in dry hop)
.25 oz Simcoe 12.30% A.A. Dry Hop (5 days to go in dry hop)
(adjust your hop addition quantities accordingly with your exact alpha
acid's)


O.G. - 1.070
T.G. - 1.011
BU's - 90-95 (actual/not calculated)
ABV - 8-8.5%
Mash Rest - 151-152
Boil Time - 90 min.
SRM - 7ish
California Ale Yeast


This recipe also came with a message from Russian River:

"NO RANDALL, NO PROBLEM, THIS RECIPE IS HOPPY ENOUGH TO NOT NEED A
RANDALL"

I'm Having a Lupulin Threshold Shift-
lupulin threshold shift
\lu·pu·lin thresh·old shift\
noun
1. When a once extraordinarily hoppy beer now seems pedestrian.
2. The phenomenon a person has when craving more bitterness in beer.
3. The long-term exposure to extremely hoppy beers; if
excessive or prolonged, a habitual dependence on hops will
occur.
4. When a "Double IPA" just is not enough.

www.russianriverbrewing.com

[Ron Price]

That's an awesome recipe. It will be a challenge to get good hop utilization but in any event it should be tasty. One of the keys to getting good hop utilization is doing full volume boils. As a general rule, the larger the volume of liquid...the better the hop utilization.
 
Keep in mind that that amount of hops will absorb and hold a lot of the wort...so you may want to squeeze the hop bags after racking into the primary fermenter. You'll probably get at least another half gallon from the soaked hops.
 
Good Luck!
 

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