LOSTCABIN Brew Notes |
Yeah, Honey Ale
03/09/13 |
Grains: | ||
20 |
lb two row pale malt | |
10 |
lb munich |
|
1 |
lb amber malt |
|
1 |
lb biscuit |
|
2 |
lb 40L Crystal |
|
Water for Dough-in: |
12 Gal |
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Hopping: | ||
3.5 oz |
Willamette 4.0% whole hop (in place of kent goldings) |
|
2.5 oz |
Willamette 5.6% whole hop (in
palce of Kent Goldings) |
|
1 oz |
E. Kent Golding 5.9% pellet |
|
5 oz |
Fuggles 5.1% whole hop (finish) |
|
extras: | ||
3 lbs |
ranch honey |
|
3 tsp |
gypsum in mash H2O | |
3 tsp | irish moss (30 mins boil) | |
2 cups | rice hulls | |
Yeast: |
WLP001 Calfornia Ale Yeast |
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Starter Solution: |
time | comments |
9:00 |
begin cleaning |
9:30 |
weigh grains |
prep yeast |
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9:45 |
crack grains, brewery assembled,
wort chiller empty |
10:00 |
finished cracking grains,
filling brew pot to 12 gallons |
10:00 |
still filling, add 3 tsp gypsum |
10:25 |
filling pot flame off, get ready
to dough in |
10:40 |
Done dough in, start
recirculation |
time | Tin (°C)/ comment | Tout (°C) / comment |
10:45 |
47 |
47 flame to very low "pico" |
10:50 |
46 |
46 flame to 1/4" |
11:00 |
48 |
46 |
11:10 |
49 |
47 flame to 5/8" begin rise |
11:30 |
56 |
52 |
11:55 |
62 |
57 |
12:10 |
66 |
60 flame to 3/8" |
12:25 |
67 |
62 - begin 1 hr hold |
12:40 |
68 |
63 |
12:55 |
69 |
64 flame to 1/4" |
1:15 |
67 |
64 |
1:30 |
69 |
64 flame to 5/8" begin rise to
sparge |
1:50 |
78 |
70 begin sparging |
2:10 |
still sparging |
Flow switch exhibiting odd
behavior, needs attention |
2:20 |
done sparging |
|
2:55 |
BOIL |
add 4 oz Willamette 4.0/5.6%
alpha acid |
3:27 |
add irish moss 3 tsp. |
|
3:42 |
flavoring hops - 2 oz Willamette
5.6% alpha acid, 1oz E. Kent Golding 5.9% alpha acid |
|
3:52 |
add finish hop 5 oz Fuggles 5.1%
alpha acid and 3 lbs honey |
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3:57 |
flame off, close up brewery,
connect up racking equipment |
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4:10 |
start recirc on wort chiller |
|
4:13 |
84 |
53 |
4:20 |
65 |
51 |
4:25 |
54 |
40 |
4:35 |
35 |
30 |
4:43 |
28 |
25 begin racking |
4:52 |
racking stop, backflow through
wort chiller |
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4:55 |
continue racking |
|
4:58 |
done racking |
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5:30 |
cleaning wrapping up |
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6:15 |
cold trub separation starting -
half of sight glass |
|
6:45 |
yeast active and ready to pitch |
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8:25 |
pitch 3 vials of WLP001 |