LOSTCABIN Brew Notes
Alt Bier
04/03/11
 
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
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, 3X

Starter Solution:
none


Brewers' notes: Target Gravity  1.56

Brewers: Tim Per and brewster Angella

time comments
9:00
begin cleaning
9:45
weigh grains
10:06
crack grains, brewery assembled, wort chiller empty
10:11
finished cracking grains, filling brew pot to 12 gallons
10:11
still filling, add 3 tsp gypsum
10:30
filling pot flame off, get ready to dough in
10:42
Done dough in, start recirculation
time Tin (°C)/ comment Tout (°C) / comment
10:45
48
47
10:47
45
45 flame to 3/8"
11:00
48
46
11:15
50
49 flame to 5/8"
11:28
52
49 flame to 9/16"
11:40
58
55
11:45
62
58
11:50
64
60 flame to 3/8" good flow rates
12:00
66
63
12:10
67
64 flame to 1/4" -Hold
12:21
67
65
12:30
67
65
12:40
68
67 flame down to simmer / 1/4"
13:00
65
65 flame on full  -Rise to sparge
13:20
pump off - sparge to brew volume, 18 gallons

13:35
last sparge shot added - wait for boil

14:15
boil - add 2 oz Perle 7.5% alpha acid

14:45
add 3 tsp irish moss

15:15
add 2 oz Perle finish 7.5% alpha acid

15:20
flame off

15:30
start recirc through wort chiller

15:35
65
45
15:47
38
33
16:00
27
25 wort chiller off, back flow through wort chiller to final volume and rack
16:20
done racking, start cleaning

17:00

clean in place assenbled, pots cleaned wait for pitch temperature for wort
17:45

drop 300 ml of trub pellet crap
18:15

drop 400 ml trub
18:40

drop 550 ml trub
20:00

pitch 3 vials wlp036
Finish notes:
O.G.  1.056
balanced flavor, blended hop - light hints consistent with style. color a bit light for dusseldorf altbier but could darken
   
Fermentation Notes:
Date
Temperature
Evolution rate
4/4
73F
3 sec
4/5
72F
0.5 sec
4/6
65F
4 sec






Racking Notes:
S.G 1.016 rack to secondary 4/17/11

Keging Notes:
F.G. 1.014 keg and bottle (Ang), pressurized at 15 psi / 30s for 5 gal kegs

Tasters Notes: was tasted against Uriege Sticke (Dusseldorf Altbier). Flavor and color matched well with this altbier.
kegged 15psi / 30 sec for 5 gallon keg and 15 psi / 20 sec for 2.5 gallon keg