Add 2 tsp Calcium Chloride, 1 Tsp Magnesium Sulphate ( Epsom ), 1 tsp Calcium Sulphate ( Gypsum ) and 4 ml Lactic Acid to Mash water ( double filtered ).
Mash tart 0830.
First pH test = 5.4 prior to adding forgotten Flaked Barley
Second reading with Flaked Barley 5.2 - spot on for light ales.
pH at mash end 5.1.
Collect 63L - boil start at 1120.
Add late addition hops 50gms each Southern Cross, Kohatu and Wai-iti for 8 mins in spider.
Post boil 54 - maybe 55L ( some in CFlow chiller?? )
Add Hop Stand hops at 86C at 1305 for 15mins. Start whirlpooling at 1320 at 84C and start cooling with new system of copper coil sitting in cold water bath going into counterflow and using whirlpool attachment. Temp drop from around 84C at 1320 to 56 at 1330, 49C at 1335, 44C at 1340, 40C at 1345, 37C at 1350, 35C at 1355. Stop running cooling water and turn of pump to settle.
1430 runoff to fermenter collect 52L.
Post boil gravity 1056-57. Final OG after runoff 1053 = 70%.
Saturate 45gms Verdant - at 1535.
Pitch yeast at 1810 at 23.9C.
Go well Taipari Reserve Hazy MK2.
Thurs 4/5 Temp 19.4 at 0900 bubbling away strongly. 2045 Continuous strong bubbling temp 19C.
Fri 5/5 10.00 Temp 19.3C Gravity around 1030 still quite foamy. Continuous bubbling not as strong as yesterday.
Smell and taste really good - sweetish and fruity with some bitterness.
Add Dry hops 100g each of Citra, Mosaic and Idaho7 - bubbling strongly after adding.
Sun 7/5 Temp 18.8C slight slow bubbling Gravity now 1012.Dump 1 - 1.5L sloppy hop and yeast trub. Raise temp to 22,5C for D Rest. Nicely bright yellow hazy colour, lovely smell of citrus and tropicals, taste a little less hop intense, some bitterness very nice. Temp at 1645 20C.
Mon 8/5 Temp 22.5 Dump 1.5 - 2L sloppy hoppy trub. Still a very occasional light bubbling from blow off.
Tues 9/5 Temp 22.2C - still very slight ticking from CO2 out of blow off but gravity still around 1010. Dump 2L bitty sloppy trub - after settling quite thick on bottom of bucket.
Temp at 1300 is 15.8C. 13.5C at 1415. 12C at 1520. 11C at 1600. 5.9C at 2200.
Wed 10/5 Temp 6.4C Dump 2 litres mostly beery liquid - some gritty hops on settling.
Thurs 11/5 Temp 6.2C. Runoff 18L to Kegs 1 and 3 ( 1 first ) and 6.8L into Mini keg giving a total of 44.8L.