| LOSTCABIN Brew Notes |
Presidents Porter
09/16/2012 |
| Grains: | lb two row pale malt |
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| American 2 row |
23 # |
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| Munich (German) |
11 # (up from 10 for ease of measuring) |
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| 20 L Crystal Malt |
3 # |
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| Black Patten |
1.3 # |
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| Chocolate |
1 # |
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| Honey |
3 # |
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| Water for Dough-in: |
12 Gal |
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| Hopping: | 68 g Clumbus home grown at boil |
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| 28 g Galena homegrown, for last 10 min |
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| extras: | 3 tsp gypsum in mash H2O | |
| 3 tsp irish moss (30 mins boil) | ||
| 2 cups rice hulls |
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| Yeast: |
American Ale blend WLP060, 3 vials |
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| Starter Solution: |
none used |
| time | comments |
| 8:30 |
begin cleaning |
| weigh grains |
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| prep yeast |
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| 10:20 |
crack grains, brewery assembled,
wort chiller empty |
| finished cracking grains,
filling brew pot to 12 gallons |
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| 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 |
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| 15:01 |
BOIL! |
Add Ang's Columbus hops |
| 15:30 |
Add irish moss |
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| 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) |
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| 16:15 |
flame off, begin cooling to 90 C |
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| 16:30 |
wort chiller on, recirc on |
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| 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 |
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| 17:25 |
stop racking, backflow through
wort chiller and restart racking with tilted brew pot |
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| 17:30 |
all stop, fermenter full, foam
at top |
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| 18:15 |
done with all cleaning, store
clean in place full all closed |
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