Sunday was an awesome brewday! My wife, as well as my father in law and his brother in law came out and helped all throughout the brewing process. We set out to brew a pale ale with all cascade hops and a relatively simple grain bill consisting of 2-row, Munich and some crystal for color. The estimated ABV is just over 5%. We should have about 41 IBUs and about 6.4 SRM for color.
Once I began the mash I stared measuring out my hops. I will note that when I was picking up the ingredients I measured and milled the grain while the guy behind the counter measured my hops. Anyways the recipe needed a total of 8 oz of cascade and all I had was five. Luckily I know another homebrewer nearby who i suspected might have some Cascade or Centennial hops. I text him and he informed that he did but was out on a bike ride and wouldn't be able to bring any over. My father in law and his brother in law volunteered to do the hop run across town to get some more cascade hops. I continued to sparge and start the boil with the first hop addition. Realizing they were going to take a bit longer than I had hoped I turned my 60 minute boil into a 70 minute boil and adjusted the second additions accordingly. When the hops arrived they were leaf hops with a higher alpha acid content so again adjustments were made to keep the IBUs close to 41. The final additions were made and this time the chilling of the wort went smoothly thats to some quick disconnect fittings I picked up to allow me to connect the hose to the wort chiller. The yeast was pitched and the clean up began. Currently they are bubbling away in the fermentation room and are looking good!