Brewed: with the Afro Six-Nine

By scot in Beer Recipes, Home Brewing on Sunday, December 31st, 2017

Last day of 2017 creates a great backdrop for home brewing with the Afro Six-Nine

Home brewing provides the opportunity to pull inspiration from just about anywhere. with the Afro Six-Nine took that inspiration from the movie Fletch. The follow up beer to Fat Sam, with the Afro Six-Nine once again takes inspiration from Fletch; a movie that would be on my list of movies I would need to survive being stranded on an island.

Rather than taking a character, this beer takes a scene from the movie that just sticks with me; some may not even find it funny. It doesn’t really add to the overall movie but captures the main character day dreaming. It reminds me of the countless ridiculous circumstances my mind places me in.

And, yes, I like Fletch 2 as well and was hoping the rumors that came out a few years ago about a remake with Ed Helms were going to be true. Alas, my daydreaming can only hope.

Formulating the recipe for with the Afro Six-Nine NEIPA

I won’t bore you with that fact that this is yet another version of a NEIPA; I think I am getting close to twelve. This version is spurred on by two facts:

• Lack of Focus NEIPA
• Changing the timing of the dry hop addition.

Lack of Focus was a NEIPA that I home brewed back in October. Due to time constraints, and quite possibly laziness, I never cold crashed the beer. It had the largest dry hop by weight I had ever done in a NEIPA. I was trying to achieve muckiness, it was supreme muckiness.

In order to get said muckiness, I am changing the dry hop timing by placing it at high krausen. My thinking is this should bond the hops more as they seem to fall out a bit quickly.

Looking forward to this beer. I do have one hesitation: potentially the lack of tropical fruit in the hops. Enjoy!

Recipe for with the Afro Six-Nine Neipa

General Information:
Brew Date: Sunday, December 31, 2017
Recipe Type: All Grain
Yeast: S-04, not hydrated
Yeast Starter: none
Batch Size (Gallons): 5.5
Original Gravity: 1.061
Finishing Gravity: 1.010
IBU: 59.7
Color: 3.8 SRM
Boiling Time (Minutes): 60
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.41%
Alcohol by Volume: 6.69%
Calories per ounce: ~16.6
Primary Fermentation: 2 days @64*F, slow rise for 5 days @68*F

Grain Bill:
10.00 pounds American 2-Row
2.50 pounds Flaked Oats
1.00 pounds Carafoam

Mash:
Saccharification @155.0*F

Hop Bill:
3.00 ounces 2015 Simcoe @10 minutes
2.00 ounces 2015 Galaxy @10 minutes
3.00 ounces 2015 Amarillo whirlpool, 20 minutes
2.00 ounces 2015 Galaxy whirlpool, 20 minutes
2.00 ounces 2015 Amarillo dry hop, 4 days
2.00 ounces 2015 Simcoe dry hop, 4 days
1.00 ounces 2015 Galaxy dry hop, 4 days

Extras:
1.0 tsp Irish Moss @15 minutes
1.0 tsp Yeast Nutrient @15 minutes
4.0 quarts of rice hulls

Updates:

• 2018-01-01: @63.5*F, slow fermentation. Added blankets to trap fermentation heat.
• 2018-01-02 (morning): @71.7*F, hard fermentation. Removed blanket.
• 2018-01-02 (evening): @68.1*F, good fermentation. Added dry hops. Put on heat at 69.0*F.
• 2018-01-05: cold crashed at 37.0*F.
• 2018-01-07: kegged.

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