| LOSTCABIN Brew Notes |
Alt Bier
08/11/13 |
| Grains: | 19lb two row pale malt |
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| 13lb Munich malt (german) |
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| 3lb Cara-Pils (Dextrin) |
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| 1lb Special B (160L) |
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| 1/4lb Carafa (400L) |
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| Water for Dough-in: |
12 Gal (should be 13 gal) |
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| Hopping: | 2oz Perle boil |
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| 2 oz Perle finish |
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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: |
WLP036, 2X, WLP029 1X |
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| Starter Solution: |
none |
| time | comments |
| 9:00 |
begin cleaning |
| 9:50 |
weigh grains |
| 10:15 |
crack grains, brewery assembled,
wort chiller empty |
| 10:30 |
finished cracking grains,
filling brew pot to 12 gallons |
| 10:35 |
still filling, add 3 tsp gypsum |
| 10:50 |
filling pot flame off, get ready
to dough in (2 degree diff on in/out), added 0.5 gal at 11:05 |
| 11:10 |
Done dough in, start
recirculation, flame to "simmer" |
| time | Tin (°C)/ comment | Tout (°C) / comment |
| 11:20 |
45 |
44 flame to 3/8" |
| 11:45 |
51 |
46 flame back to simmer |
| 11:55 |
52 |
48 flame to 5/8" |
| 12:15 |
61 |
50 flame to 1/2" |
| 12:25 |
62 |
54 flame to 5/8" |
| 12:30 |
67 |
56 flame to 1/2" |
| 12:39 |
68 |
58 |
| 12:40 |
All Stop, stirring on |
extremely low flow rate due to
lack of rice hull incorperation and low initial volume for dough-in |
| 12:50 |
63 |
59 - restarted, flame back on |
| 12:55 |
65 |
61 |
| 1:00 |
69 |
61 flame to simmer |
| 1:05 |
68 |
61 |
| 1:10 |
68 |
62 flow still bad, call start of
hold and hold for 1 hr |
| 1:25 |
69 |
63 |
| 1:40 |
70 |
64 |
| 2:10 |
71 |
66 begin rise to sparge |
| 2:30 |
74 |
68 |
| 2:50 |
77 |
70 begin sparging |
| 3:20 |
done sparging nearly 17gal
(leave mash tun open) bring to boil |
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| 3:50 |
BOIL - add 2 oz Perle 9.1% alpha
acid |
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| 4:20 |
add irish moss and close off
mash tun |
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| 4:50 |
add finish hops, 2 oz Perle 9.1%
AA |
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| 5:00 |
flame off cool to wc temp |
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| 5:15 |
81 |
50 wc on |
| 5:25 |
56 |
47 |
| 5:30 |
46 |
40 |
| 5:35 |
37 |
33 |
| 6:00 |
begin racking t out 25 |
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| 6:10 |
stop racking, backflow through
wort chiller and finish racking |
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| 6:13 |
done racking, |
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| 6:32 |
cleanup in progress, dumping of
grains yeilded a 3" thick wad of un-mixed grain, it tased sweet and was
clearly unconverted. Kim (guest brewer) is working on the brew
pot, Tim is on CIp, and Ang is on mash tun and related equipment. |
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| 7:00 |
done cleaning, wait for pitch
yeast |
| Date |
Temperature |
Evolution rate |
| 8/12 @7:45 |
78F |
continuous |
| 8/13 @7:45 |
76F |
4 sec |
| 8/16 @7:25 |
70F |
no bubbles |