LOSTCABIN Brew Notes
Presidents Porter
09/16/2012
 
20 Gallon Recipe
Grains: lb two row pale malt
American 2 row
23 #

Munich (German)
11 # (up from 10 for ease of measuring)

20 L Crystal Malt
3 #
Black Patten
1.3 #
Chocolate
1 #
Honey
3 #
Water for Dough-in:
12 Gal
Hopping: 68 g Clumbus home grown at boil

28 g Galena homegrown, for last 10 min
extras: 3 tsp gypsum in mash H2O

3 tsp irish moss (30 mins boil)

2 cups rice hulls

Yeast:
 American Ale blend WLP060, 3 vials

Starter Solution:
none used


Brewers' notes: Target Gravity 54.6

Brewers: Tim & Per start at 8:30 Ang showing up soon...

time comments
8:30
begin cleaning

weigh grains

prep yeast
10:20
crack grains, brewery assembled, wort chiller empty

finished cracking grains, filling brew pot to 12 gallons
10:24
still filling, add 3 tsp gypsum
10:44
filling pot flame off, get ready to dough in
10:56
Done dough in, start recirculation
time Tin (°C)/ comment Tout (°C) / comment
10:57
46
46 recirc on flame to simmer
11:00
42
45 flame to 1/2"
11:05
49
45 flame to simmer
11:10
48
47
11:15
50
47
11:25
51
48 flame to less simmer... gas must be fluctuating
11:30
51
49 flame to 5/8 - begin rise to 70
11:40
57
51
11:50
60
54
12:00
64
56 flame to 3/8"
12:10
68
59
12:20
67
60
12:30
69
64
12:45
69
65 - start of hold for 45 min
13:00
69
66
13:20
68
65
13:30
68
65 - flame to 3/4" rise to sparge
13:45
73
68 - flame at 5/8" - near full too high for this slow flow day
13:50
75
70 prep for sparge
13:51
94
Sparging on!
14:15
Flame on full
sparge complete use setpoint of 75, hit 2/3 flow at 70, it takes a while for the heater to go off  good sparge.

final sparge volume 23 gal

15:01
BOIL!
Add Ang's Columbus hops
15:30

Add irish moss
15:50
boil volume too large, adding 15 min
new heat off target 16:15
16:05

add 3 lbs sage honey and finish hops (28g Galena)
16:15

flame off, begin cooling to 90 C
16:30

wort chiller on, recirc on
16:30
80
47
16:45
54
44
17:02
32
29 - prep for racking
17:07

start racking, add yeast approx 10 gal in, no plan to drop trub
17:25

stop racking, backflow through wort chiller and restart racking with tilted brew pot
17:30

all stop, fermenter full, foam at top
18:15

done with all cleaning, store clean in place full all closed



Finish notes: "Hope We don't get fooled again"   Initial bitterness, tempered by the honey, it is going to be a good beer, "It is the way you want it"  Editors note (Per), it is WAY awesome!

O.G.  1.053
   
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Racking Notes:
S.G

Keging Notes:
F.G.

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