3/4/2021 4:35 PM over 3 years ago
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3/4/2021 4:35 PM over 3 years ago
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Started at 11:34
Beer: Wisecar Tiny Bomb
Music: 70,80,90’s Hair Bands
Water: Great Value Spring Water / 1 gal Brimer creek
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3/4/2021 6:23 PM over 3 years ago
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3/4/2021 6:23 PM over 3 years ago
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Grains added and brought to temperature (170 Degrees) in 26 minutes. Continued to seep until timer (30 min)
Turned of heat and added DME (Both Bags). Found this process difficult. It was windy...so powder wanted to blow all over the deck. Also clumped in bag due to humidity.
Turned heat back on
I then accidently added hops and started timer. You NEED TO WAIT UNTIL THE BOIL STARTS!!!
Reset timers and took out hops bag. Once the Boil started, returned the hops bag and started timer. Hop bag opened and contents more or less dumped into the wort. I will strain the wart as it goes into the fermenter with a mesh bag on the end (Thanks my beautiful wife!)
Honey added at 45 min. Another cumbersome process as the honey had hardened. It did melt immediately so I'm thinking scorching will not occur. |
3/4/2021 7:12 PM over 3 years ago
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3/4/2021 7:12 PM over 3 years ago
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Wort Chiller added to wort at 15 min...timers were messed up. Shouldn't be a problem, though don't add it on top of wort bag. Was hard to dig out.
Clarifier added at 5 min (1/2 tab added per directions). This is the first time for that. I forgot to order one for Michael's beer so now I have half for that batch
Additional Hops added at 1 min. Smell was present and very nice.
All bags removed...wort chiller turned on. I have the tubes running though an ice bucket. Not sure if it will cool faster....however I set a timer to accurately tell me how long it takes.
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3/4/2021 7:38 PM over 3 years ago
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1.052
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5 Gallons |
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74 °F |
3/4/2021 7:38 PM over 3 years ago
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Transfer and Racked to fermenter....Yeast pitched soon. |
3/4/2021 7:58 PM over 3 years ago
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1.052
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5 Gallons |
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74 °F |
3/4/2021 7:58 PM over 3 years ago
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Pithed at higher temp than I wanted to. Had to whirlpool in the fermentor because I forgot. Lots of errors today...Blah. Pitched than moved...Never Done that before either....blah. Not a very good brew day in my opinion. Blow off tube installed. Chilling took 40 minutes. Set and ready in cupboard under the stairs. |
3/5/2021 12:19 PM over 3 years ago
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3/5/2021 12:19 PM over 3 years ago
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No activity at all....just sitting there. No Foam....No Movement....Nothing. I hope I didn't ruin this batch |
3/6/2021 12:51 PM over 3 years ago
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3/6/2021 12:51 PM over 3 years ago
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Cannot get an accurate temp reading on the simply fish thermometer. Probably need to invest. After no activity at all in the morning hours (3/5/2021), I came home to find foam, burping, and active / visual fermentation. It's going wild. Very happy. |
3/7/2021 2:37 PM over 3 years ago
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3/7/2021 2:37 PM over 3 years ago
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Burping and Swirling away....Very excited on the color as well. Golden Blonde! |
3/10/2021 3:50 AM over 3 years ago
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70 °F |
3/10/2021 3:50 AM over 3 years ago
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Color went light golden to its normal honey color. burping has slowed but still chugging along. |
3/12/2021 2:02 AM over 3 years ago
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70 °F |
3/12/2021 2:02 AM over 3 years ago
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Good Temperature - nice caramel color....honey color right? Still looking forward to this one. The taste was very good going in. |
3/15/2021 11:34 PM over 3 years ago
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3/15/2021 11:34 PM over 3 years ago
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Finishing up nicely. Like the honey color. Should be an interesting taste! |
3/19/2021 8:37 PM over 3 years ago
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Fermentation Complete |
1.008
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5 Gallons |
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68 °F |
3/19/2021 8:37 PM over 3 years ago
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Fermentation ended at two weeks. Temperature was good at 68. Color is a good clear caramel color. Smells like honey. Tastes sweet with a little bitter. Who knows? |
3/19/2021 8:39 PM over 3 years ago
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Packaged |
1.008
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5 Gallons |
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68 °F |
3/19/2021 8:39 PM over 3 years ago
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Packaged in Keg and put in fridge at 12 psi at 38 degrees |
5/15/2021 2:05 PM over 3 years ago
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5/15/2021 2:05 PM over 3 years ago
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All Gone...it was a hit |