Holiday Ale #76

Holiday Ale #76

13.0# Maris Otter
1.00# C40L
0.50# Soft Flaked White Wheat
0.25# C120L
0.25# Roasted Malt
2# Wright's Farm Wildflower Honey

Mash @ 152F

1.0 oz Millenium 60 min
1.0 oz Palisade 20 min
1.0 oz Columbus 10 min
1.0 oz Chinook 0 min
1.0 oz Columbus DH
1.0 oz Chinook DH

Yeast:
Wyeast 3522 Belgian Ardennes cake from BPA #75

OG = 1081
IBU = 89
FG = 1020
ABV = 8.1%

NOTES:
Efficiency of only 65%. Usually am at 70-75%. Maybe time to upgrade the MLT.
12/2 - Took a gravity. Was at 1020. Wondering if the honey is being slow to ferment. Hoping it dries out a lil more.
12/8 - Hm. Still at 1020. I guess it's done. Will be racking this to secondary tonight and dry hopping with Chinook and Columbus.
Later that same day....
Secondaried. Dry hopped. Man those are some great smelling hops.
12/15 - Minikegged one gallon of this beasty in a 5L Two Hearted minikeg with 1/2 oz of cane sugar. Should give me about 1.8 vols of CO2 -- perfect for a cask-conditioned holiday IPA with honey and roasted malts.
12-19 - Siphoned of a gallon to do an experiment with. Kegged the rest in a corny. Mm.
1/4 - (2.2q * x) + (1.8q * 0) = 4q * 8.1; 2.2x = 32.4; x = 14.7%
1/9 - (1.3q * x) + (0.9q * 0) = 2.2q * 14.7; 1.3x = 32.34; x = 24.9%; Bottled three as 76 ICE.