It was time to transfer
Iceman IPA to secondary fermentation. After 1 week + 1 day of primary fermentation, we transferred it over and dry hopped it using some cascade hops. Our final gravity reading was
1.010, meaning we got
5.3% ABV in this. I was expecting it to be worse, seeing as how our mash didn't go as planned. However, WLP001 yeast did the job, fermenting quickly and efficiently.
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| Look at that krausen |
WLP001, California Ale yeast, is arguably the most active yeast strain we have tried out. If you refer to the photo above, you can see at least 3 inches of krausen. It has been the only one to put matter into the blowoff tube.
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| Color is what we want it to be, but clarity isn't just yet. |
So far the color remains orange and pale, but I think that will clear up within the week of secondary. The flavor is hoppy with a bit of a malty aftertaste. The balance between the two is quite nice. I think the dry hopping will give it the extra hop character it needs.
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| Ready to dry hop! |
1 more week of sitting in the closet and then it's bottling day. Check in next week to see if the beer made it.
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| Give those hops 1 week |
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