2/28/2021 8:47 PM over 3 years ago
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-1 |
Mash Complete (First Runnings) |
1.063
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3 Gallons |
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140 °F |
2/28/2021 8:47 PM over 3 years ago
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2/28/2021 9:03 PM over 3 years ago
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-1 |
Mash Complete (Last Runnings) |
1.031
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150 °F |
2/28/2021 9:11 PM over 3 years ago
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heated sparge water to like 180 accidentally, dropped it to 173 by swapping out half a quart of the hot liquor with half a quart of cold tap. hit like 150ish on batch, perhaps could have stayed with the 180f? |
2/28/2021 9:10 PM over 3 years ago
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-1 |
Mash Complete |
1.042
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6.5 Gallons |
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2/28/2021 9:11 PM over 3 years ago
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2/28/2021 9:10 PM over 3 years ago
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-1 |
Pre-Boil Gravity |
1.042
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6.5 Gallons |
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2/28/2021 9:10 PM over 3 years ago
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2/28/2021 10:49 PM over 3 years ago
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-1 |
Boil Complete |
1.048
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6 Gallons |
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2/28/2021 10:49 PM over 3 years ago
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2/28/2021 11:54 PM over 3 years ago
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-1 |
Brew Day Complete |
1.048
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5.5 Gallons |
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53 °F |
2/28/2021 11:54 PM over 3 years ago
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3/8/2021 3:39 PM over 3 years ago
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+7 |
Sample |
1.020
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54 °F |
3/8/2021 3:43 PM over 3 years ago
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Attenuation at 58% so start ramp 2f/12 hrs. Went with 54f for primary this time because it seemed to just kind of settle there when ferm picked up. Also, just pitched slurry this time because I forgot to make a starter, hence the long lag time (almost 2 days). |
3/13/2021 1:49 AM over 3 years ago
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+12 |
Sample |
1.016
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66 °F |
3/16/2021 2:48 PM over 3 years ago
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3/17/2021 4:25 AM over 3 years ago
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+16 |
Lagering |
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36 °F |
4/15/2021 4:25 AM over 3 years ago
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3/17/2021 6:39 PM over 3 years ago
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+16 |
Fermentation Complete |
1.016
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5.5 Gallons |
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66 °F |
3/17/2021 8:33 PM over 3 years ago
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Calling it because I need to go to Syracuse a day early to get my COVID vaccine. Ferm pretty much stopped anyhow. There's an odd, flabby, rubbery smell to the batch, I'm betting it's stressed yeast from the direct pitch (or maybe an over-pitch). Lesson learned: keep a pack or two of dry yeast on hand in case you forget to make your starter. Either way, I think it has stalled out.
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3/17/2021 8:33 PM over 3 years ago
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+16 |
Packaged |
1.016
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5.4 Gallons |
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37 °F |
3/17/2021 8:33 PM over 3 years ago
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Kegged and carbed. No fining this time. |
4/15/2021 4:32 AM over 3 years ago
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+45 |
Tasting Note |
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4/15/2021 4:41 AM over 3 years ago
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It's really good! The lagering did it well, really cleaned it up. Still a SLIGHT hint of the plastic/flabby yeast-stress thing I got from early samples but the lagering time REALLY helped. I'd be fine with presenting this to people.
Just pitched a mason jar of trub from my last lager in, no starter, no nothing. Forgot to build the starter. I picked up on a characteristic that I've tasted before that I describe (imperfectly) as plastic/flabby... I'm fairly certain is related to yeast stress given the beers I've detected it in (for example, my first attempt at Celtic Tomb with Oslo which I built up from a very old sample and some other homebrewers' beer). Given what I did this time with just pitching a 5th gen jar of trub... that's probably it. The lag time was close to two days.
Having said that, the beer is really good. Maybe the recipe could use a tweak for a bit more character but I'm not sure how so... I may just be being overly nit-picky. There is a lack of head retention though, which should be solved with a touch of dextrin malt or some rye. |