1/31/2015 4:50 PM over 9 years ago
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2/20/2021 3:43 AM over 3 years ago
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Brew day at home with Tim.
Strike 165. Hit 154.
Stayed around 152 by 35 min.
Overheated to 158 at 55 min mark (left it on burner after i turned burner off)
Mashing inside. Let sit on countertop. |
1/31/2015 10:24 PM over 9 years ago
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2/20/2021 3:43 AM over 3 years ago
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Mash sent well. Total 75 min. No mash out. If adding heat be sure to remove it from the burner after. That put it up to 160+ but was already 50+ min into the mash so didn't seem to effect much.
Pulled bag suspended for a minute. Sat in colander over tamale steamer and squeezed. Added drippings before boil fully started then more 10 minutes into boil. Think that's the way to go rather than suspending and squeezing so much.
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1/31/2015 10:26 PM over 9 years ago
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Pre-Boil Gravity |
1.052
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4.9 Gallons |
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2/20/2021 3:43 AM over 3 years ago
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1/31/2015 10:27 PM over 9 years ago
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Boil Complete |
1.069
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3.75 Gallons |
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2/20/2021 3:43 AM over 3 years ago
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1/31/2015 10:29 PM over 9 years ago
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Brew Day Complete |
1.069
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3.25 Gallons |
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2/20/2021 3:43 AM over 3 years ago
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We rehydrated us05 per instructions.
Added half each to 2 2 gallon buckets.
Done at 3 pm.
Placed bucket in Rubbermaid tub with 67 deg water. |
2/2/2015 4:40 AM over 9 years ago
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2/20/2021 3:43 AM over 3 years ago
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Interesting. Water tub keeps cooling to 66.2 even after twice bringing temp up to 68. Thought I'd have to be cooling it not heating it.
Basement is 71 like always.
Just moved the tub off the floor to a table.
----- Edit: That was it. Stayed at 68 all night. Now continuing remainder if fermentation at 67.
Airlock wasn't bubbling at 10 hour mark was by morning, every 6 seconds. Every 3 seconds by mid afternoon at 24 hours post pitch. |
2/3/2015 2:19 PM over 9 years ago
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2/20/2021 3:43 AM over 3 years ago
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Water temp has fluctuated from 66.2 to 68.
This morning it's 67.1. Bubbling every 9 seconds.
Set water at 66.5 and it heats up to 68 due to ferment. When on floor it settled at 66.2
Was adding cool water and tried 1/2 liter ice at one point to keep temp around 67.
So ferment does add heat to water and will maybe need 1/2 liter ice to maintain during active ferment on 2-gallon bucket. And more for larger bucket. Not too difficult or troublesome since changes occur pretty slow and can be monitored and adjusted pretty easily with cool water and ice on hand. |
2/4/2015 1:46 PM over 9 years ago
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2/20/2021 3:43 AM over 3 years ago
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Pulled the bucket from the water bath since bubbling had stopped. Gave it a very gentle swirl as well. |
2/10/2015 2:31 AM over 9 years ago
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Fermentation Complete |
1.020
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2/20/2021 3:43 AM over 3 years ago
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Tasted very smooth and ready to bottle. Very balanced slight chocolate toasty flavor but toasty notes are quite subdued. Alcohol masked nicely just right bitterness |
2/15/2015 5:07 AM over 9 years ago
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Packaged |
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1.4 Gallons |
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2/20/2021 3:43 AM over 3 years ago
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Enough for 14-15 bottles transferred.
Bottles 14 with .85oz sugar for about 2 vol.
boiled the sugar in 8 oz Pyrex with 4 oz water
Dumped in new bottling bucket with dip tube.
Transferred beer from 2 ga bucket with auto siphon and new siphon clip worked great.
Used 1 in piece of tubing to connect spigot to bottling wand and worked like a charm. So much easier !!!!!!
BUT the beer stopped flowing once it got below the bottom of the cutout hole. Don't know why. Even tested after with water and didn't happen again???
Had to fill last 5 bottles with auto siphon. |
3/5/2015 1:34 AM over 9 years ago
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2/20/2021 3:43 AM over 3 years ago
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Tastes really good. Super smooth. Seems under carbed to me. But sample of founders a few days later suggests it might have enough.
Give it another week. |
3/30/2015 12:56 AM over 9 years ago
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2/20/2021 3:43 AM over 3 years ago
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Carb level is just right for the style but would be ok if was another 10% or so.
Winner for sure. Keep this recipe and brew same way.
Very balanced. Nice roasty bitter ness. Maybe look into how you can up the chocolate aspect. Maybe 10 % less bitterness alone would be enough to let chocolate come through. |