| LOSTCABIN Brew Notes |
No Stars Out Stout
09/25/05 |
| Grains: | 25 lb two row pale malt | |
| 5 lb munch malt |
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| 4 lb black patent malt | ||
| 4 lb 40 L crystal malt |
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| 3 lb chocolate malt |
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| 1 lb flaked barley |
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| Water for Doughin: |
13 Gal |
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| Hopping: | 4 oz N. Brewer HOPS (60 mins boil) 6 oz Cascade ( 3 oz 60 min boil, 3 oz 30 min boil) |
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| 3 oz Cascade Finish | ||
| extras: | 3 tsp gypsum in mash h2o | |
| 3 tsp irish moss (30 mins boil) | ||
| 2 cups molasses |
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| 2 cups rice hulls |
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| Yeast: |
White Labs English Ale (WLP002) |
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| Starter Solution: |
2 cup H2O and 1 cup of DME, start boil for
5 min, cool to 28 deg C, pitch 1 slant yeast incubate at 28 deg C |
| time | comments |
| 10:35 | 2 cups H2O/ 1 cup DME, start boil for 5 mi floors cleaned, brewery rinsed washing commenced |
| 11:05 |
grains weighed, brewing kit assembled, start cracking
grains, wort chiller empty |
| 11:35 |
added 13 Gal - heat to 50 deg C w/ recirc on, add
gypsum |
| 11:35 |
add one slant English Ale yeast to the H2O / dme
solution, place in incubator |
| 11:40 |
start soaking irish moss |
| 11:55 |
finished w/ Dough-in - start circulation "it's dark
already" |
| time | Tin / comment | Tout / comment |
| 11:55 |
45 |
46 flame to simmer |
| 12:00 |
46 |
45 flame to 3/16" |
| 12:10 |
47 |
45 ... beer thirty! |
| 12:20 |
49 |
47 - very low flow rate |
| 12:25 |
51 |
48 flame to 5/8" |
| 12:40 |
59 |
50 - flow rate starting to pick up |
| 12:45 |
61 |
53 - very foamy in the mash tun |
| 12:50 |
64 |
55 |
| 12:55 |
67 |
56 flame to 3/8" |
| 1:05 |
66 |
58 |
| 1:10 |
66 |
58 - this would be normal target time for temperature
rise, but flow rate preventing a good result here |
| 1:15 |
69 |
59 flame to 3/16" |
| 1:25 |
66 |
60 flame to 1/4" |
| 1:30 |
67 |
62 stop pump, all halt, stir and add 2c rice hulls |
| 1:40 |
67 |
63 call start of hold flow still pathetic |
| 1:50 |
68 |
64 |
| 2:20 |
67 |
64 |
| 2:30 |
64 |
64 flame to 5/8" |
| 2:45 |
all stop - stir again |
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| 2:55 |
blow 1 gallon water back through screen |
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| 3:00 |
65 |
65 all reassembled, flame on to full. flow rate better |
| 3:10 |
76 |
67 flow not that much better |
| 3:20 |
78 |
71 |
| 3:25 |
78 |
73 stop pump, start sparging, sparge to about 10 gallons
and then let rest flow in, target still 22-23 Gallons |
| 4:03 |
Present vol 17 gal |
done added sparge water, fluid coming out mostly clear |
| 4:45 |
boil add 4 oz Northern Brewer 6.2% alpha acid add 3 oz Cascade 6.0% alpha acid, estimate volume 23 gal |
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| 5:15 |
add 3 oz Cascade 6.0% alpha acid, irish moss and 2
cups molasses |
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| 5:45 |
add 3 oz Cascade 6.0% alpha acid, flame off, start cooling wort | |
| 5:55 |
start wort chiller |
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| 6:03 |
64 |
50 |
| 6:10 |
46 |
39 |
| 6:25 |
32 |
30 wort chiller off, backfill wort chiller to flush
wort to brew pot |
| 6:25 |
rack to fermenter - 23 gallon in brew pot |
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| 6:30 |
add a thriving yeast starter solution, still racking
to fermenter |
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| 7:45 |
done cleaning, taste and check OG |