Batch #2 - 7/10/18 - 54% Efficiency (Brewed for Golden Prop)
Trying to throw a little more flavour at this one, possibly adding passionfruit for dry hop, upped salt to 12g from 11g and Indian coriander seeds to 15g from 14g.
- Mash extended to 40 min from 30.
- Dry pitched x2 packs of yeast
14/10/18 - Fermented hard at the start for 4 days. SG: 1012, tasted fruity and light.
16/10/18 - Added 10ml of Lactic acid (88%) down from 12ml in #1, to account for 15ml of Mangrove Jacks Passionfruit beer flavour (50ml recommend).
17/10/18 - Tastes mildly of passionfruit and moderate bitterness, cold crashed.
19/10/18 - Added another 5ml of lactic before force carbing.
20/10/18 - Could do with a touch more passionfruit, seemed popular with people at the event. The keg was finished.
Batch #1 - 49% Efficiency (No passionfruit in this batch)
- Used dry yeast (K-97) x2, instead of Wyeast 1007, dry pitched at 21C and aerated
- Added lactic acid post ferm instead of using Wyeast 5335 (Lacto.)
- Gladfield German Pilsner Malt & Gladfield Wheat Malt used
- Aiming for pH 3.2 finish with acid Lactic 88% additions, will check with pH meter
- Cut boil time to 30 min from 60 min.
- Cut mash to 35 min from 60 min.
- Fermented out very hard early and died down a bit after about 4 days.
12/9/18 - Upped temp to 19.5C
14/9/18 - SG: 1010 Cloudy and dull it doesn't look flash, smells ok with a hint of fruit, tastes quite mildly fruit and a bit thin. Interested to see what the acid will do to it.
16/9/18 - Added 12ml of 88% lactic acid.
17/9/18 - Tasted mildly acidic, cleared nicely, cloudy pale straw colour, decided not to add anymore acid (will use pH meter next time).
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