| LOSTCABIN Brew Notes |
Skull Splitter (Scotch Ale)
08/16/04 |
| Grains: | 32 lb two row pale malt | |
| 3.3 lb munich malt (substitute for belgian malt) |
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| 3 lb malted wheat | ||
| 3 1/3 lb 60 L crystal malt (substitute for 55L) |
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| 3/4 lb roasted barley |
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| 1 1/2 lb Rauch (substitute for peet smoked barley) |
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| Water for Doughin: |
13 Gal |
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| Hopping: | 8 oz Kent Goldings HOPS |
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| extras: | 1 tsp gypsum in mash h2o | |
| 4 tsp irish moss (30 mins boil) | ||
| 9 lb light dried malt extract (5 mins boil) |
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| 2 cups rice hulls |
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| 1 oz American Oak chips - used in secondary fermentation |
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| Yeast: |
White Labs Irish Ale Yeast |
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| Starter Solution: |
1 1/3 cup H2O and 2/3 cup of DME, start boil for
5 min, cool to 28 deg C, pitch 1 slant yeast incubate at 28 deg C |
| time | comments |
| 11:30 |
crack grain, fill brewpot to 13 gallons add gypsum, recirc and
add heat |
| 11:45 |
Tin = 52 deg C, move liquid to mash tun, ready
to dough-in |
| 11:55 |
finished dough-in, start recirc Tin = 48, Tout
= 45 |
| time | Tin / comment | Tout / comment |
| 12:00 |
46 |
44 flame to 1/2" (will need to turn down in a bit) |
| 12:07 |
51 |
46 flame to 1/4" |
| 12:26 |
53 |
49 flame to 1/8" |
| 12:35 |
52 |
48 flame to 5/8" start temp rise to 65 deg |
| 12:55 |
66 |
49 - flow rate too low, inefficient heat transfer.
full halt - prepare to stir |
| 1:15 |
57 |
52 - post stir, flow rate is not fantastic, flame
back on |
| 1:35 |
66 |
57 - rising, but slowly |
| 1:45 |
68 |
58 |
| 1:50 |
70 |
59 - drop flame to 3/8" |
| 2:10 |
71 |
62 |
| 2:20 |
71 |
63 - flame to 3/16" |
| 2:30 |
71 |
64 - begin "hold" |
| 3:15 |
73 |
64 temperature in mash tun lagging, still poor
flow |
| 3:39 |
74 |
65 |
| 3:50 |
76 |
65 - probably as close as we will get, initiate
sparge |
| 3:55 |
begin sparge |
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| 4:06 |
flame on full, lots of shots! |
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| 4:15 |
done sparging, finish volume 13 gal |
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| 4:30 |
BOIL - add 8 oz Kent Goldings 6.0% alpha acid |
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| 5:00 |
add 4 tsp irish moss |
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| 5:25 |
add 9lbs light DME, bring back to boil |
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| 5:45 |
boil for 10 (or so) - flame off, cool down |
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| 5:55 |
wort chiller on |
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| 6:00 |
58 |
48 |
| 6:08 |
39 |
35 |
| 6:20 |
29 - start racking |
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| 6:45 |
add water to wort to final volume of 21 gallons-ish |
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| 7:30 |
most cleaning done, CIP left filled |