| LOSTCABIN Brew Notes |
Abort, Retry F-Ale
02/04/07 |
| Grains: | 28 lb two row pale malt | |
| 8 lb malted wheat | ||
| 8 lb 120 L crystal malt |
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| 2 cups Rice hulls, added first |
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| Water for Doughin: |
12 Gal |
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| Hopping: | 8 oz N. Brewer HOPS (60 mins boil) 4 oz Cascade ( 2 oz 60 min boil, 2 oz 30 min boil) |
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| 4 oz Hallertau Finish | ||
| extras: | 3 tsp gypsum in mash H2O | |
| 3 tsp irish moss (30 mins boil) | ||
| 2 cups rice hulls |
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| Yeast: |
California Ale yeast |
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| Starter Solution: |
2 cup H2O and 1 cup of DME, start boil
for 5 min, cool to 28 deg C, pitch 1 slant yeast incubate at 28 deg C |
| time | comments |
| 10:30 |
Washed floor, counters, starting on CIP and washing brew pot etc. |
| 11:54 |
Grains weiged, grinding started |
| 12:18 |
12G water at 50deg C up to top of mash tun. Add
rice hulls, dough in |
| time | Tin / comment | Tout / comment |
| 12:35 |
48 |
49 begin flow recirc on flame still off |
| 12:40 |
44 |
45 flame to 3/8" |
| 12:47 |
50 |
45 slow flow rate, flame to simmer, attempt
to increase flow rate at mash out valve |
| 12:51 |
Incubator at 28 deg, pitched yeast inot starter,
inserted to incubate |
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| 12:55 |
47 |
47 |
| 1:00 |
48 |
47 |
| 1:15 |
48 |
48 start rise, flame to 5/8" |
| 1:30 |
Flow rate too low... need to halt to improve the
flow. |
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| 1:34 |
added 2 cups rice hulls |
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| 2:00 |
done scraping screen, start flowing again, pretty
hazy |
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| 2:05 |
flow back to zip. back to intervention |
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| 2:30 |
all efforts in stirring failed. disassemble
and dump mash tun contents into white fermenter (wine fermenter ... gasp!) |
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| 2:40 |
screen very clogged up, remove to clean |
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| 3:05 |
re-loaded grains into mash tun, started re-circ again.
Flame on to 5/8 |
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| 37 |
40 |
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| 3:08 |
39 |
40 |
| 3:38 |
Total DEATH declared. NOW ENTER UN CHARTED
TERRITORY, Abandon all hope Ye hwo follow us here. Decanting all the grains down to brewpot, adding 4 GAL water, and trying a decoction method. |
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| 3:54 |
Added 4 gal of 50 deg water from separate pot |
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| 4:00 |
52 |
Stir new mash record temp at end of stir. Continue
stirring at 5 minute intervals |
| 4:08 |
58 |
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| 4:12 |
60 |
flame to 3/8 |
| 4:15 |
60 |
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| 4:20 |
61 |
Flame to 5/8 |
| 4:23 |
63 |
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| 4:30 |
66 *** |
flame to 1/4 |
| 4:35 |
67 |
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| 4:37 |
68 |
flame to simmer |
| 4:45 |
67 |
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| 4:50 |
66 |
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| 4:55 |
67 |
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| 5:00 |
67 |
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| 5:10 |
67 |
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| 5:15 |
68 |
begin rise, flame to 5/8" |
| 5:25 |
70 |
flame off, transfer liquid out of boil/"mash" pot |
| 5:50 |
flame on full, transfer liquid back into boil pot |
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| 19:09 |
BOIL!!!! |
finally - boil, add 2 oz Cascade 6.9% alpha, 8 oz
Northern Brewer 8.5% alpha |
| 19:43 |
Add 2oz Cascade 6.9% 4tsp Irish moss |
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| 20:09 |
Heat off |
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| 20:38 |
Recirc on |
|
| 77 |
50 |
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| 20:44 |
56 |
44 |
| 20:50 |
44 |
37 |
| 21:00 |
start racking to fermenter |
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| 21:21 |
finish rack to fermentor FORGOT the finish HOPs!!!! |
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| Start cleanup |
Yeast starter looks happy. |
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| 22:30 |
all stop gas off |