Collect 22 litres water and put in kettle.
Heat to 70° C Strike Temp.
Add 400 ml rice hulls and grain. Stir well, make sure all grains are soaked.
66° Mash for 60 minutes. (Note: Fluid level may rise. Stirring the bottom worked well.)
“Mash-Out” at 76° C for 15 minutes. (It takes 10 minutes to heat.)
Lift grains. Rinse in sparge water
Measure pre-boil SG
Have clean primary to catch last bit of sparge.
Boil at light roll for 60 minutes following the hops schedule. It takes 45 minutes to achieve boil. Boil with lid off. Did not use pump as wort was very active. May only need 1 heater once it’s boiling.
Add 1/2 tablet of Whirlfloc tablet with 5 minutes left in boil
Chill to pitching temperature, 18-20° C. (Takes about 40 minutes) 6 Bags of ice req’d
Ferment at 18°C for 7–10 days and leave in the fermentor for a total of two weeks or more.
Optional secondary rack once fermentation slows.
Dry hop starting on Day 4