| 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 |
|
| 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 |
|
| Starter Solution: |
| time | comments |
| 9:00 |
begin cleaning |
| 9:30 |
weigh grains |
| prep yeast |
|
| 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 |
|
| 3:57 |
flame off, close up brewery,
connect up racking equipment |
|
| 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 |
|
| 4:55 |
continue racking |
|
| 4:58 |
done racking |
|
| 5:30 |
cleaning wrapping up |
|
| 6:15 |
cold trub separation starting -
half of sight glass |
|
| 6:45 |
yeast active and ready to pitch |
|
| 8:25 |
pitch 3 vials of WLP001 |