Fail Ale IPA

Well,  I'd ended up with loads and loads of grain left over from previous brews which I could've used up on a couple of normal beers,  but I decided to use up all in one go and have a go at brewing a massive IPA... This is mostly inspired by the crazy IPAs which the Americans are producing.  I'd had a bottle of Stone Ruination IPA over Christmas and it had blown my face off; in a good way.... So I'd figured that there was no point doing this by halves and therefore there are a lot of hops involved!  This cumulated in the a mixture of Goldings, Willamette and Cascade being continually added over the period of the 60minute boil, and a further 75g of Cascade being added to the secondary fermenter.  This means that the final product will be over 9% and have about 135 IBUs.....  As well as being a massive beer,  this is also the most complicated brew I've ever done.  Due to space limitations in the mash tun, and a desire to experiment with something new, I decided to go for a triple decoction mash. In decoction mashing, the mash temperature is raised by pulling a specific amount of the thickest portion of the mash out of the mash tun and boiling for a period of time, and then returning it to the main mash in the tun. This caramelizes some of the sugars, giving the beer a deeper flavor and color, and frees more starches from the grain, making for a more efficient extraction from the grains.  Brew day was quite successful, with my decoctions more or less hitting the correct temperatures and getting a decent extraction from the grain.  I pitched a couple of packets of Safale US-5 American Ale yeast, and it was fermenting like crazy the next morning.   Now we just have to play the waiting game... I have included the recipe bellow,  in case you are curious! Brew Type: All Grain Style: Imperial IPA Batch Size: 22.50 L Boil Volume: 26.80 L Actual Efficiency: 74.67 % Boil Time: 60 min Ingredients Amount Item Type % or IBU 4.10 kg Pale Malt (2 Row) UK (3.0 SRM) Grain 42.01 % 1.67 kg Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 17.11 % 1.60 kg Aromatic Malt (26.0 SRM) Grain 16.39 % 1.30 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L (13.2 SRM) Grain 13.32 % 1.00 kg Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 10.25 % 0.09 kg Special B Malt (180.0 SRM) Grain 0.92 % 50.00 gm Cascade [5.50 %] (60 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops 22.7 IBU 90.00 gm Hallertauer Hersbrucker [4.00 %] (60 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops 29.7 IBU 18.00 gm Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] (60 min) Hops 6.8 IBU 75.00 gm Cascade [5.50 %] (Dry Hop 7 days) Hops - 18.00 gm Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] (55 min) Hops 6.6 IBU 18.00 gm Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] (50 min) Hops 6.4 IBU 20.00 gm Cascade [5.50 %] (45 min) Hops 7.6 IBU 18.00 gm Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] (45 min) Hops 6.2 IBU 30.00 gm Williamette [5.50 %] (40 min) Hops 10.9 IBU 18.00 gm Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] (40 min) Hops 5.3 IBU 18.00 gm Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] (35 min) Hops 5.6 IBU 24.00 gm Cascade [5.50 %] (30 min) Hops 7.6 IBU 24.00 gm Williamette [5.50 %] (25 min) Hops 6.9 IBU 24.00 gm Williamette [5.50 %] (20 min) Hops 6.0 IBU 24.00 gm Cascade [5.50 %] (15 min) Hops 4.9 IBU 24.00 gm Williamette [5.50 %] (10 min) Hops 3.6 IBU 24.00 gm Williamette [5.50 %] (5 min) Hops 2.0 IBU 2 Pkgs Safale US-05 Yeast-Ale Beer Profile Measured Original Gravity: 1.096 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.027 SG Estimated Color: 18.3 SRM (8.0-15.0 SRM) Color [Color] Bitterness: 138.7 IBU (60.0-120.0 IBU) Alpha Acid Units: 69.8 AAU Alcohol by Volume: 9.06 % Calories: 955 cal/l Mash Profile Name: Decoction Mash, Triple Mash Grain Weight: 9.76 kg Grain Temperature: 22.2 C Sparge Temperature: 75.6 C Sparge Water: 15.52 L Name Description Step          Temp Step Time Step Add 16.00 L of water at 39.2 C 36.0 C 40 min Protein Rest Add 6.00 L of water at 96.0 C 50.0 C 35 min Saccharification Decoct 5.72 L of mash and boil  63.0 C 45 min Saccharification Decoct 4.16 L of mash and boil 70.0 C 45 min Mashout Decoct 3.67 L of mash and boil  75.0 C 40 min