July 27 - Hot Day - Brewing with Don Wessen
Got recipe from instagram - 1oz = 28 grams
Started water around 415pm - 7.75 gallons...had a lot of boil off last time...I also don't have as much grain...decisions...drained a bit of water off to get just below 7.75 gallons - more of a mental decision..stirring every 15 mins...color is great amber - definitely not a pale ale...at 36 mins temp is 154' - great mash conversion -
brew day went well...it was hard to lower the temp...took it to the basement to cool down and settle our...after 24hours I dumped the "pre-fermentation" trub...I put in my keezer and set temp at about 67 degrees...pitched the yeast and it went nuts!!! Fermented for a week...1.018, dry hopped for 3.5 days then cold crash..and direct transfer to keg...there was a ton of trub that needed to clear before an easy flow into the keg...look forward to tasting it tonight!