Mash start 0900. Mash water treated 2 tsp Gypsum and 2 tsp Epsom, sparge water treated with 1 tsp gypsum and 1 tsp epsom.
Start recirculating at 0945 with temp at 66C.
Start sparge at 1015 - 1100 - collect 60Litres.
Boiling at 1125 - add 20gms Pacific Gem in spider.
Add Irish Moss and 60gms Wakatu ( into spider ) at 1225 for 10 mins. Add 40gms Citra and 40gms Mosaic at 1235 for 5 mins. Put cooling coil in at 1235.
Flame out at 1240. Start cooling with 2 fans to drop to 87C then add 50gms Citra and 50gms Mosaic into kettle for Hopback at 1250. Steep for 10mins then cooling back on at 1300 - 2 fans 2 coils.
55C at 1310, 50C at 1313, 40C at 1320, 35C at 1324, 30C at 1330, 25C at 1340, 20C at 1400. Remove coil and spider at 1400 and hand Whirlpool for 2 mins, then let settle for 30mins.
Start runoff to SS64 at 1432. OG 1049/50. Collect 48L = 72%.
Saturate 2 sachets of S04 and pitch at 1550. Temp 23.1C.
Go well Brew 55.
Wed 5/5 0840 bubbling every 10-12 secs. Temp at 20.3C. Bubbling every 5-6 secs at 1120, very 4-5 secs at 1445.
Thu 6/5 0900 bubbling pretty much continuously good clean yeast smell. Temp 20.9C ambient 17.4C. 1430 21.4C A -18.6C
Fri 7/5 still bubbling continuously good healthy yeast smell. Bubbling slowed/ less vigourous at 1640 Temp 21C.
Sun 8/5 bubbling slowed to every 6.7 secs. Temp F-19.4C/ A-19.5C. Taste and smell good malt hop deliciousness/ aroma.
Monday 10/5 wrap plate heater in towels to bring temp up for Diacetyl rest. Tues 0945 temp at 21.1C
Thurs 13/5 FG = 1012 - runoff 19L to keg6. Add 25gms Citra, 40gms Mosaic and 25gms Amarillo for dry hop into remaining 28L.
Mon 17/5 Delicious fresh dryhop aroma and taste compared to earlier non dryhop keg. Runoff 18-19L to Keg1and remaining 7ishL to MiniKeg.