my first brews - relatively strong IPA

this recipe is from beer&winemakers in San Jose ca

7 lbs pale coopers dme
1 lbs Belgium Caramunich
1 lbs flaked Barley
1 oz magnum hops
2 oz centennial hops
1 oz Chinook hops
pitchable California ale yeast
1 servomyces capsule
6 gallons of purified water

6-8-08
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brought 6 gallons of water up to 150 degrees
steeped flaked barley and Belgium Caramunich for 30 Min's (11:40 am )
added 7 lbs of pale malt dme whisking in (12:10 pm) also added servomyces capsule
added 1 oz Chinook hops (12:15 pm)
halfway through boil i added 1/2 oz magnum hops(12:45pm)
finished with 1/2 oz magnum hops and 1 oz Centennial hops (1:00pm)
used wort chiller to cool wort (1:10pm)
aerated wort by pouring into bottling bucket then siphoned all in to 7 gallon carboy
pitched yeast at approximately 80 degrees

6-14-08
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The primary fermentation had finished 2 days ago
I cant figure out if i didn't use enough yeast, or if it was to hot here (the last couple days have been running in the 90's)
we racked into secondary 5 gallon carboy and added 1oz centennial hops in a nylon bag for a dry hopping. First taste seems to have created a ESB more then a IPA. Tasting didn't seem to show to many sugars so we assume that the yeast was done with most of the fermentation. bottling is on schedule for the 20th of June





i will be employing a dry hopping method to finish this in the secondary fermenter