MASH
Water Volume: 4.4 gallons for 1.2lb/qt ratio.
Prior to heating HLT, check pH of tap water + add Salts/LA to achieve Goal water.
LA: 1mL
pH: __
STRIKE WATER: 164F.
Add Grains @ 162F.
Allow Temperature to fall to 152/153F prior to closing lid.
Total Mash Time: 60 minutes
FINAL MASH TEMP: __F
FINAL MASH pH:
Add 5L of Boiling Water at the end of Mash and stir into solution
Begin Vorlauf!
SPARGE
Heat 7gal of Water to 177F. Add to Sparge Vessel.
Recirculate 4 times (or until clear running's) prior to collecting wort.
Attempt to Sparge over ~20 minutes, collect 8 gal into boil kettle.
BOIL
Check Pre-Boil Gravity (goal: 1.046) + pH
NOTE: Make sure to adjust for TEMPERATURE
PRE-BOIL GRAVITY: @ F
PRE-BOIL pH:
Adjust Pre-Boil pH to: ~5.4 (+/- 0.1)
Final pH measurement:
Lactic Acid addition: mL
Boil for 90 minutes (goal OG: 1.059)
Add Bittering Hops @ 60 min.
Add Centennial/Cascade @ 15 + 5 minutes.
Add 1/2 crushed Whirlfloc tablet @ 5 minutes.
Begin Whirlpool after flameout, add "whirlpool" addition once wort is cooled to 180F.
Chill wort rapidly to ~70F thereafter.
Once temperature is ~70F: place lid on kettle, and allow immersion chiller to rest in wort for another ~5 minutes (to help settle particles in suspension).
Drain wort from Kettle into Mash Cooler with Hop Cylinder + fine mesh bag attached (at the end of auto-siphon)
Gravity feed 5.25gal ("F" Mark) of wort from Mash Cooler into Catalyst Fermenter
Allow Ranco/Chest Freezer to adjust wort temperature to goal starting temp (cool to 67F).
ORIGINAL GRAVITY: ____ (goal: 1.059)
FERMENTATION
Goal Starting Temp: 67F
O2: 1 minute
carbonate to approximately 2-2.5 volumes