Use Pannella sugar instead of 'Turbinado'
Activated yeast 48hrs prior and fed with wort from DME at room temp (26'C)
BIAB method:
Mash In: strike water 71'C, after grist added, temp dropped to 64'C. Raised temp with element, constantly stirring till 67'C. Turned off element and wrapped kettle. Infused for 60min. temp read 66'C at 60min.
Heated 12L sparge water to 76'C, used this 12L to raise temp of mash for mash out instead. hit 70'C so had to turn on element and stir till hit 76'C. Held for 10min.
Raised mash and sparged with 15L of wort.
Total wort volume 28.5L
Pre Boil Gravity 1.043
Fermenter wort volume 25L, OG 1.050
Fed 500ml of fresh cooled wort to yeast and left for 2hrs. Pitched total of 1.5L of fresh yeast to brew at 28'C then moved to fridge at 20'C
Covered with alfoil instead of airlocked lid to prevent pressure stop on fermentation.
At 10 days lots of fizz and hydrometer reading 1.009, very high attenuation. Tasted amazing Will bottle on day 14.
Got infected with fruit fly! Noticed fruit flies after about 3/4 bottling , kept bottles already sealed. After 3weeeks conditioning they were perfect. Best brew yet.