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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Awards

Best Ale

2015 Enchanted Brewing Challenge