Batch #2 - 10/11/24 - (Eff.: 76%, Att.: >85%, ABV: %)
- Mash vol.: 31 L, Pre-boil vol.: L, Batch vol.: 23.5 L
OG: 1060 (Refract.) 10 (Tilt)
Substitutes:
Dropped base malt to 5.5kg from 6kg
Upped acid malt to 150g from 100g
- Switched to BRY-97 West Coast (x2) dry pitched from M44 West Coast (x2) rehydrated.
- Used El Dorado CRYO (11g) instead of Magnum (22g) for bittering
19/11/24 - SG: 1007
23/11/24 - FG: 1003, cold crashed to 10 C, dry hopped with both charges in one hit.
- Krush 150g pellets
- Citra CRYO 100g
- Mosaic 50g pellets
- Mosaic CRYO 50g
24/11/24 - Cold crashed to 1 C and kegged, Abstrax Blackberry Kush (5ml) added before carbing, sadly spilt quite a lot of the 5 ml, maybe half made it in. Doh!!
Batch #1 - 4/8/24 - (Eff.: 78%, Att.: 93%, ABV: %)
- Mash vol.: 31 L, Pre-boil vol.: L, Batch vol.: 23 L
OG: 1065 (Refract.) 1075 (Tilt)
Substitutes:
- M44 West Coast (x2) rehydrated in 200ml of water a 25 C.
- No dextrose added because of using the low carb enzyme which should dry it out.
- Variation to exact hop schedule.
OG/Efficiency was a little higher than expected at 77%.
Next time add some acid for lower mash pH?
Upped ferm temp up 23 C, by half degrees over time, sat @ 23 for a day.
13/08/24 - SG: 1006 (Tilt)
15/08/24 - FG: 1002 (Tilt), dry hopped with one massive blast, combined it all and didn't bother to half the cry bags so it got 3x100g cryo and 3x50 normal pellet. Chilled to 10 C.
20/8/24 - Kegged and carbed after 2 days cold crash to 1.5 C.