| LOSTCABIN Brew Notes |
Two Flowers Rye
06/12/11 |
| Grains: | 25 1/4 lb two row pale malt toased 7lb on stovetop |
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| 7 1/4 lb Munich malt (still
using up the german stuff) |
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| 4 lb flaked rye |
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| Water for Dough-in: |
13 Gal |
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| Hopping: | boil: 2 oz Chinook, 2 oz Centennial |
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| finish: 1 oz Chinook, 1 oz Centennial |
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| dry hop: 1 oz Chinook, 1 oz Centennial | ||
| extras: | 3 tsp gypsum in mash H2O | |
| 3 tsp irish moss (30 mins boil) | ||
| 3 cups rice hulls |
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| Yeast: |
donated by Marin Brewing, White labs 002 English
Ale yeast |
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| Starter Solution: |
none used, donation was ~16 oz |
| time | comments |
| 9:00 |
begin cleaning |
| 10:00 |
weigh grains |
| 10:15 |
toast grain |
| 10:30 |
crack grains, brewery assembled,
wort chiller empty |
| 11:15 |
finished cracking grains,
filling brew pot to 12 gallons |
| 11:20 |
still filling, add 3 tsp gypsum |
| 11:30 |
filling pot flame off, get ready
to dough in - had to add one more gallon hot water at end of dough in |
| 11:45 |
Done dough in, start
recirculation |
| time | Tin (°C)/ comment | Tout (°C) / comment |
| 11:50 |
47 |
48 flame on very low |
| 12:00 |
47 |
47 |
| 12:10 |
48 |
48 |
| 12:20 |
49 |
49 flame to 1/2" |
| 12:30 |
54 |
52 |
| 12:40 |
57 |
55 flame to 9/16" |
| 12:50 |
62 |
59 |
| 12:55 |
65 |
61 flame to 3/8" |
| 1:00 |
64 |
62 flame to 5/!6" |
| 1:05 |
66 |
64 - begin 45 minute hold |
| 1:15 |
68 |
65 - flame to 3/8" |
| 1:25 |
66 |
66 |
| 1:30 |
power lost... stop flow from
mash tun, scrounge for generator |
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| 1:35 |
generator on - restart 68 |
64 (hardly a glitch) |
| 1:55 |
69 |
68 flame on full |
| 2:10 |
begin sparging T >75C
(power back on at 2:05, remove generator connection) |
final volume approx 22 gals |
| 3:10 |
BOIL - add 2 oz Chinook 14.0
%alpha acid, 2 oz Centennial 10.5 %alpha acid |
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| 3:40 |
add 3 tsp of irish moss |
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| 4:05 |
add 1 oz Chinook 14.0 %alpha
acid, 1 oz Centennial 10.5 %alpha acid for final 5 |
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| 4:10 |
flame off cool down |
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| 4:30 |
fan off, start wort chiller
recirc |
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| 4:35 |
74 |
53 |
| 4:40 |
54 |
44 |
| 4:55 |
31 |
28 start racking to fermenter |
| 5:05 |
all stop on wort chiller and
racking, backflow through wort chiller |
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| 5:08 |
restart racking after adding approximately 3 gals cool H2O | |
| 5:15 |
finished racking - start cleaning |
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| 6:10 |
brewery cleaned and rinsed. cip
system drained |
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| 7:35 |
drop 1 qt trub and take sample
for gravity reading |
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| 8:05 |
drop 1 qt trub - clearer in
sight glass - pitch yeast approx 1pt of WLP 002 from Marin Brewing |
| Date |
Temperature |
Evolution rate |
| 6/13 |
77F |
0.5 sec |
| 6/14 |
75F |
2.5 sec |
| 6/15 |
71F |
7 sec |
| 6/19 |
66F |
30 sec |