heres what i' brewing for my son

Mike we hit the gravity dead on at 13.25 gallon in boil tank as i thought all the hops would collect a half gallon water an i was right...and he is going to do one with the recipe dry hops but longer like you said and the other with half the amount...and it sure smelled good while brewing...i just cant see how eople can afford to brew in the citys...but i did get a good discount after telling the owner i owned a store in ND..he was amazed that we even had a store with our population as it is..2 pounds of hops in this brew should be like all the ipa's we drank there...and when going to the pubs the patrons were so knowledged in beer and really like going to different places to just drink the differrent brews and are not affraid to have something they have not had, even if its not favorite style...and the liquer stores are like our walllmarts[well the two i seen anyway}.//see ya tonite...i hae some beers to share...Jeff

Just a couple quick notes on the recipe. If you are shooting for 11 gals, I would sparge more and then you can avoid the "add water to get to 11 gals after wort is cooled" step. I would start at a minimum of 19-20 gals depending on if you use a hop sack or not. I don't and i leave a giant trub cone in my boil kettle.

The second thing I would do is dry hop longer than 3 days. I would give it a minimum of 5-7 days.

Just my opinion though. This is going to need some aging with 6lbs of additional sugar as well....

Mike

that should be one heck of an imperial IPA huh? or is it considered a double IPA?

goinmg tio denver to visit Ty and will brew this for him sunday

Brewing Steps Check Time Step
1/15/2007 Clean and prepare equipment.
-- Measure ingredients, crush grains.
-- Prepare 16.31 gal water for brewing
-- Prepare Ingredients for Mash
Amount Item Type
24 lbs 8.0 oz Brewers Malt 2-Row (Briess) (1.8 SRM) Grain
2 lbs Munich 10L (Briess) (10.0 SRM) Grain
1 lbs 8.0 oz Carapils (Briess) (1.5 SRM) Grain
9.9 oz Caramel Malt - 40L (Briess) (40.0 SRM) Grain
2.89 oz Chinook [12.00 %] (90 min) (Mash Hop) Hops

-- WARNING: Preheat Mash Tun - No equipment adjustments made!
2 min Mash Ingredients
Sacrification: Add 8.81 gal of water at 159.2 F
60 min - Hold mash at 148.0 F for 60 min
-- Add first wort hops to boiler at start of sparge
Amount Item Type
1.93 oz Chinook [12.00 %] (90 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops
5.78 oz Nugget [11.60 %] (90 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops

-- Sparge with 7.50 gal of 168.0 F water.
-- Add water to achieve boil volume of 12.87 gal
-- Estimated Pre-boil Gravity is: 1.081 SG with all grains/extracts added
Boil for 60 min Boil Ingredients
Boil Amount Item Type
60 min 6 lbs Corn Sugar (Dextrose) (0.0 SRM) Sugar
45 min 1.93 oz Simcoe [12.00 %] (45 min) Hops
5 min 1.93 oz Simcoe [12.00 %] (5 min) Hops
5 min 3.86 oz Centennial [10.40 %] (5 min) Hops

-- Cool wort to fermentation temperature
-- Add water (as needed) to achieve volume of 11.00 gal
-- Siphon wort to primary fermenter and aerate wort.
-- Add Ingredients to Fermenter
Amount Item Type
4 Pkgs SafAle US-56 (Fermentis #US-56) Yeast-Ale

1/15/2007 Measure Original Gravity: ________ (Estimate: 1.095 SG)
1/15/2007 Measure Batch Volume: ________ (Estimate: 11.00 gal)
4 days Ferment in primary for 4 days at 68.0 F
1/19/2007 Transfer to Secondary Fermenter
7 days Ferment in secondary for 7 days at 68.0 F
-- Add Ingredients to Fermenter
Amount Item Type
3.50 oz Centennial [10.40 %] (Dry Hop 3 days) Hops
3.50 oz Simcoe [12.00 %] (Dry Hop 3 days) Hops
6.50 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] (Dry Hop 3 days) Hops