Brew Day: 1/1/22
Yeast Starter:
12/30/21
Imperial a24 - dryhop
Starter Size: 0.90L or 900ml or 4.227cups
DME Required: 3.0 oz, 86.3 g
Growth Rate: 1.4
Intial Cells Per Extract (B/g): 0.52
Ending Cell Count: 239 billion cells
Resulting Pitch Rate: 0.52M cells / mL / °P
Starter meets desired pitching rate!
Pitch yeast @ 67f after whirlpool
Mash Schedule
(Single Infusion, BIAB no sparge)
Strike grains with 8.9 gal of water at 164.0 °F.
Mash at 154 °F for 60 min.
Drain the grain bag into the mash water to make 7.5 gal wort.
CHECK THIS BEFORE DOING IT
↓ Gypsum: 6.0 g ~1.5 tsp
↓ Epsom Salt: 1.45 g ~0.32 tsp
↓ Canning/Other Salt: 5.5 g ~0.92 tsp
↓ Calcium Chloride (dihydrate): 7.0 g ~2.06 tsp
Water Chemistry - Ion Levels
Ca+2 - 116
Mg+2 - 5
SO4-2 - 138
Na+ - 76
Cl- - 236
Post Boil Hydrometer Reading - 1.085 = 67% Brewhouse Efficiency
First Dry hop was on 1/11/22: 9 days into fermentation after dropping temperature to 50f and letting it rise to 56-58f
No Second Dry hop. Dry hopped all in first go round.
Kegged on 1/14/22. Dry hop was in contact with beer for 3 days.