In-law Elixir #Mosaic

My first In-law Elixir was brewed for our wedding in 2014. It was an American Pale Ale extract kit from Northern Brewer (I think). This is the first version I ever did all-grain and only the second beer I ever attempted all-grain. This SMASH (single malt and single hop) recipe was in many firsts for me. First dry hop. First kegged batch. First filtered batch. First homebrewing award.

My impressions of the beer were very positive, though there was considerable mouth-drying harshness a week into kegging. I attribute this to the beer being to green still and it smoothed out over a couple weeks. It was bottled with a Blichmann Beer Gun about two months after kegging and submitted to the Enchanted Brewing Challenge organized by the Dukes of Ale.

In-law Elixir #Mosaic Recipe

Recipe Details

Batch Size	Boil Time	IBU	SRM	Est. OG	Est. FG	ABV
5.5 gal	60 min	43.6 IBUs	5.4 SRM	1.058	1.013	5.8 %

Fermentables

Name	Amount	%
Pale Ale Malt (Bairds)	11 lbs	93.62
Cara-Pils/Dextrine	12 oz	6.38

Hops

Name	Amount	Time	Use	Form	Alpha %
Mosaic (HBC 369)	0.75 oz	60 min	First Wort	Pellet	11.6
Mosaic (HBC 369)	0.5 oz	20 min	Boil	Pellet	11.6
Mosaic (HBC 369)	0.5 oz	5 min	Boil	Pellet	11.6
Mosaic (HBC 369)	0.25 oz	2 min	Boil	Pellet	11.6
Mosaic (HBC 369)	1 oz	7 days	Dry Hop	Pellet	11.6

Miscs

Name	Amount	Time	Use	Type
Whirlfloc Tablet	1.10 Items	15 min	Boil	Fining

Yeast

Name	Lab	Attenuation	Temperature
American Ale Yeast Blend (WLP060)	White Labs	76%	68°F - 72°F

Mash

Step	Temperature	Time
Mash In	153°F	60 min

Fermentation

Step	Time	Temperature
Primary	10 days	68°F
Secondary	7 days	70°F
Tertiary	5 days	32°F
Aging	7 days	45°F

Notes

In-law Elixir #Mosaic Brew Day

12:10am
16 qt water temp 164*
11.75# grain
mash in stabilizes at 153*

1:10pm
lauter then drain

1:20pm
add 18 qt spare water at 168*
Stabilizes at ???

1:35pm
lauter then drain

1:50pm
1.039 @ 145* pre boil gravity = 1.053

1:55pm
Heat

2:20pm
First sign of boil

2:25pm
Hot break, full boil

3:05pm
.5 oz Mosaic

3:10pm
1 tab whirl floc
add immersion chiller

3:20pm
.5 oz Mosaic

3:23pm
.25 oz Mosaic

3:30pm
Turn on chiller water

3:50pm
80*

152* 70*

topped up with 2 qt water

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