5/17/2021 3:49 PM over 3 years ago
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+14 |
Other |
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5/17/2021 3:49 PM over 3 years ago
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Blueberries prepared: 6 - 12oz frozen packages from Pruetts.
Set on counter to defrost - (3hours)
Put in stainless pot and put on stove (20 min / medium heat)
Opened carboy and placed grain bag in carboy - Clipped to top opening to prevent sinking
Filled bag and resealed.
Temp did not raise but a few degrees....from 68 to 70 degrees F
Now we wait another week. |
5/3/2021 8:10 PM over 3 years ago
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+0 |
Racked |
1.056
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5 Gallons |
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78 °F |
5/17/2021 3:49 PM over 3 years ago
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Way to hot pitch yeast, yet I did. |
5/3/2021 9:10 PM over 3 years ago
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+0 |
Brew Day Complete |
1.052
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5 Gallons |
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70 °F |
5/17/2021 3:55 PM over 3 years ago
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Brew Beer: Mike’s Hard Lemonade / Sugary Jubilee
Brew Music: Hippie Music from 60s and 70s
1300 - grains seeping in mesh bag for 30 min - 6 gallons of Great Value Spring Water - reached 170 before 30 min mark
1413 - grains removed - add LME (heat off), boil, then add hops for 60 min. Crank the heat all the way...watch for foam build up, then reduce...when foam dissipates, turn back up to continue boil. Tie mesh bag and let it float...at half way grains will be cool enough to feed chickens. Temp 200 degrees
Sterilize carboy. Put bottling bucket up on table and add one gallon. Swirl. Add everything that needs to be sterilized into bottling bucket and cover.
1521 - submerged the chiller for sterilization. Tube run in red Coleman cooler...ice will be added at 5 min to help cooling.
1535 - Clarification tablet added
1540 - Heat turned off, hop bag removed, immersion chiller turned on - 30 min chill time.
1555 - Yeast rehydrated - 80-93 degrees 100 ml of water for 15min
1615 - Stirred yeast and let set for 5min - wort is almost done chilled - 80 degrees
1647: Chiller turned off : 80 degrees on transfer
1702 - yeast pitched - 74 degrees
1711 - Original Gravity Reading 1.52
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5/5/2021 11:30 AM over 3 years ago
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+2 |
Other |
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70 °F |
5/17/2021 3:49 PM over 3 years ago
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This yeast is very strange....No activity for almost an entire day and then...bam....active and happy.
I was afraid that the heat of the wort would have been too high...however yeast is churrning away. Very good sign! |
5/7/2021 12:35 PM over 3 years ago
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+4 |
Other |
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70 °F |
5/17/2021 3:49 PM over 3 years ago
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Still burping away....temp holding...yeast swirling away....color looks like honey! |
5/17/2021 3:53 PM over 3 years ago
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+14 |
Packaged |
1.004
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4 Gallons |
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68 °F |
5/17/2021 3:58 PM over 3 years ago
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Disaster....As I moved outside for racking, the spout had come loose. I managed to save most of the beer. Thinking I lost about a gallon in the entire process. WTF.
Racked at 8 PSI at 38 degrees for a week.
Sweet Blueberry flavor but bitter as expected as it is flat |
5/17/2021 4:00 PM over 3 years ago
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+14 |
Fermentation Complete |
1.004
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5 Gallons |
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68 °F |
5/17/2021 4:00 PM over 3 years ago
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Before the disaster |
6/2/2021 3:54 PM over 3 years ago
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+30 |
Sample |
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38 °F |
6/2/2021 3:54 PM over 3 years ago
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No a big fan. Does have a blueberry color and somewhat taste. Just not one of my favorites. Too much happened in the making of this for it to be good. Boo |