| LOSTCABIN Brew Notes |
Spitfire Ale
03/18/12 |
| Grains: | 28 lb two row pale malt |
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| 5 lb Munich malt |
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| 1.5 lb toasted two row pale malt |
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| 1.5 lb 50 L british crystal malt |
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| 1lb torrified wheat |
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| 1.5 lb white wheat malt |
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| 0.5 lb special roast from Oak
Barrel |
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| 1.25 lb 60L crystal malt |
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| Water for Dough-in: |
12 Gal |
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| Hopping: | 2 oz N. Brewer 60 minute boil |
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| 4 oz E Kent Goldings 60 minute
boil (pellet hop) |
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| 3 oz E Kent Goldings 15 minute
boil (pellet hop) |
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| 1 oz E Kent Goldings finish 1
min boil (pellet hop) |
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| Dry Hop |
2 oz E Kent Goldings (pellet hop) |
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| extras: | 5 tsp gypsum in mash H2O | |
| 3 tsp irish moss (30 mins boil) | ||
| 2 cups rice hulls |
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| Yeast: |
4 vials WLP004 Irish Ale yeast |
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| Starter Solution: |
| time | comments |
| 10:15 |
begin cleaning |
| 10:30 |
weigh grains |
| N/A |
prep yeast |
| 11:10 |
crack grains, brewery assembled,
wort chiller empty |
| 11:20 |
finished cracking grains,
filling brew pot to 12 gallons |
| 11:30 |
still filling, add 5 tsp gypsum |
| 12:02 |
filling pot flame off, get ready
to dough in |
| 12:12 |
Done dough in, start
recirculation |
| time | Tin (°C)/ comment | Tout (°C) / comment |
| 12:15 |
50 |
47 flame to simmmer |
| 12:30 |
48 |
46 flame a bit more than simmer |
| 12:45 |
51 |
48 flame to 5/8" begin rise |
| 1:05 |
61 |
54 |
| 1:15 |
65 |
57 flame to 3/8" |
| 1:40 |
70 |
63 begin hold |
| 1:50 |
71 |
65 flame to 1/4" |
| 2:00 |
69 |
66 |
| 2:10 |
69 |
65 |
| 2:20 |
69 |
65 |
| 2:35 |
69 |
65 flame to 1/2" |
| 2:40 |
71 |
65 flame to 3/4", flame is full,
rise to sparge |
| 2:55 |
78 |
70 heat water for sparge |
| 2:56 |
Sparge on |
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| 3:20 |
sparge off final volume 21 gal
(allow to drain from mash tun) |
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| 3:58 |
Boil add 2 oz Northern Brewer
10.0 % alpha acid add 2 oz E. Kent Goldings pellet hop 6.7 % alpha acid add 2 oz E. Kent Goldings pellet hop 6.1 % alpha acid |
use cover on pot and set flame
level low to avoid burning at bottom of brew pot |
| 4:28 |
add 3 tsp irish moss |
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| 4:45 |
add 3 oz E. Kent Goldings pellet
hop 6.1% alpha acid |
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| 5:00 |
add 1 oz US Goldings whole hop
5.7% alpha acid |
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| 5:01 |
flame off |
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| 5:15 |
wort chiller on |
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| 5:20 |
74 |
48 |
| 5:35 |
39 |
33 |
| 5:45 |
start racking to fermenter |
24 coming from wort chiller |
| 5:55 |
stop racking, backflow through
wort chiller, restart racking |
gasket overflow event, must
re-clean fermenter seal. |
| 7:17 |
Done cleanup. |
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| 7:52 |
drop trube, pitch yeast. |
lock and load! |