LOSTCABIN Brew Notes
Alt Bier
08/11/13
 
15 Gallon Recipe
Grains: 19lb two row pale malt

13lb Munich malt (german)


3lb Cara-Pils (Dextrin)


1lb Special B (160L)

1/4lb Carafa  (400L)
Water for Dough-in:
12 Gal (should be 13 gal)
Hopping: 2oz Perle boil

2 oz Perle finish
extras: 3 tsp gypsum in mash H2O

3 tsp irish moss (30 mins boil)

2 cups rice hulls

Yeast:
WLP036, 2X, WLP029 1X

Starter Solution:
none


Brewers' notes: Target Gravity  1.56

Brewers: Tim Per and brewster Angella

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
3:50

BOIL - add 2 oz Perle 9.1% alpha acid
4:20

add irish moss and close off mash tun
4:50

add finish hops, 2 oz Perle 9.1% AA
5:00

flame off cool to wc temp
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
6:10

stop racking, backflow through wort chiller and finish racking
6:13

done racking,
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.
7:00

done cleaning, wait for pitch yeast
Finish notes:
O.G.  = 1.054
tasters notes: light malt, low finish hop, minimal bittering, finish hop aroma well expressed
dropped 1/2 gallon trub at 9:45. sterilize containers and pitch yeast
pitch yeast at 9:50 , T= 78F
   
Fermentation Notes:
Date
Temperature
Evolution rate
8/12 @7:45
78F
continuous
8/13 @7:45
76F
4 sec
8/16 @7:25
70F
no bubbles



Racking Notes:
S.G rack to secondary 8/21 1.014
"its beer like" - CM
"oily uninteresting" - PB
no faults found

Keging Notes: kegged 9/8/13 using 30/30 for 5 gal and 15/15 for 2.5 gal
F.G. 1.014
Tasters Notes:  light malt flavor, brown color, seems to be alt-like