4.08 gallons strike volume
Temperature of strike water:
163.6 (F) -
got 1.064 as starting gravity
brew day was april 29
mash temp 151 - mash pH 4.9
check excell spread sheet
4 gallon sparge
Water Profile: 100% Reverse Osmosis Water w/ Gypsum 1.1grams/gallon Calcium Chloride at .85 grams/gallon
fermentation temp 72-80 one instance up to 86
2nd itietarion, same mash & sparge, hopped with warrior .5 oz, long boil 90 min, dry hopped with 1.5 oz of citra, 1oz of amarillo
got 1.069 as starting gravity, this was fuckin delicious, super hoppy, almost NEIPA with the soft mouth feel
only had 8.76 pounds of pilsner, mash temp was super low at 136, raised it up to 146, then 150. put 2oz of saaz for 40 minutes, centenial for 20 min, & then 1oz of citra, centenial & .5 of cascade
S.G. 1.062 on only 5 gallons though
4th interiation - 10/29/17, lactobacillus version, ibu of 4 from 2oz of Saaz at 5 minutes. very littel sour at bottling date of 12/20/17
5th interation 1/11/18, using cellador, lsot abbey, and sante yeast plus yeast bay, starting gravity 1.06, ibu of 26 - bottled 2/11/18
6th iteration 1/21/18, 9.8 pounds of pilsner, bittering to 22(hopefully) based on 5.0 alpha acid. Gonna add oxbow if it smells good. 1.064 sg, yeast bay, melange sour blend, oxbow dregs. bottled 3/23/18, dry hopped with mosaic
7th, forgot the flaked oats!!! fuck my life. O.G. at 1.058 forgot to add hops so i added much later oh well well seee. trying to lower the O.G. cause it can come out at little sweet at times. 6/11/18
tasting notes of starters- oxbow is amazing, lemon tart
mixed has a deeper funk, maybe a blend??? whaaaa???
8th - didnt forget anything. going to old school culture & the yeast bay basics 6/13/18 1.055 S.G.
7 & 8 fermenting hot due to temperaturee. Bottles 7/22/18
tasting at 11/6/18 tart, good fruit super drinkable. down to 1.008
9 - step up, step mash 140, 146 (unintentional) 150, 158 ibu of 26, 3 stries, 1 saaz .25 of mandar, .25 huell 7/7/18 1.064, wort tastes bomb as fuck. used the normal starter & masumoto yeast. ibu of 30
pulled 3 fruit flies out. Keep eye out for acetobacter- vinegar.
add 12/23/2018 - 1.010
10 - next batch keep munich, add 2lbs of spelt with cereal mash, slowly heat up to 144, rest then boil,
gelatination temp 134 - 156 shoot for 144