Brewed: I’m Sick of these Dolphins

By scot in Beer, Beer Recipes, Home Brewing on Sunday, September 1st, 2019

I’m Sick of these Dolphins, American Pale Ale, brew day thoughts:

The bumper crop of Cascade hops growing on the south side of the house begged to be used in a home brew. An American Pale Ale with a simple recipe seemed to be the best route for a whirlpool hop addition of these beautiful Cascade hops. Close to a S.M.A.S.H. (Single Malt And Single Hop), I’m Sick of these Dolphins was created. The simple recipe, using only Maris Otter malt, didn’t take long to develop. I only wished I had Cascade pellets on hand.

There was a entire pound of 2017 Centennial hops in the freezer that were begging to be the boil additions. Since they are sometimes referred to as super Cascade I figured the profile wouldn’t be that far off from Cascade and they would compliment the profile of the home grown Cascade.

The name for the beer comes from a quote from the movie The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. Since I was using wet hops, I thought it was appropriate to have a name associated with wet/water. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou is the only movie I could think of quickly, that I would want to quote, that dealt with water (Dammit, I forgot Jaws).

Brew day: went well, it was my first time brewing on back-to-back weekends since the beginning of 2019. I have great brewing days the latter half of ’19, let’s hope that I can keep them lined up. Enjoy!

Recipe for I’m Sick of these Dolphins

General Information:
Brew Date: Sunday, September 01, 2019
Day: Overcast, rain early, humid, @70*F
Recipe Type: All Grain
Yeast: S04
Yeast Starter: None
Batch Size (Gallons): 5.5
Original Gravity: 1.049
Finishing Gravity: ?
IBU: 38.3
Color: 4.4 SRM
Boiling Time (Minutes): 60
Conversion Efficiency: 66.99%
Alcohol by Volume: ?%
Apparent Attenuation: ?%
Calories per ounce: ?
Primary Fermentation: 7 days @66*F

Grain Bill:
10.00 pound(s) Marris Otter

Mash:
Saccharification @152.8*F

Hop Bill:
2.00 ounce(s) 2017 Centennial @20 minutes
1.00 ounce(s) 2017 Centennial @15 minutes
1.00 ounce(s) 2017 Centennial @10 minutes
1.00 ounce(s) 2017 Centennial @5 minutes
Boat Load ounce(s) Freshly Harvested Cascade whirlpool, 15 minutes

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

Updates:

• 2019-09-02 morning: @66.0*F, added yeast.
• 2019-09-02 evening: @64.7*F, very faint fermentation.
• 2019-09-03 morning: @64.2*F, light fermentation.

Useless fact: Alaska is the only state whose name is on one row on a keyboard.

Tags: american pale ale, cascade hops, home brewing