B13 - Keep Left - Last of 22 - 16/12/22

Treat water with 2 tsp Calcium Chloride, 1tsp Epsom, 1tsp Gypsum. Add 4ml Lactic Acid to each GF
Fire up each GF at 0700 and add grains around 0830.
With 24 minutes left G701 pH is 5.4 and G702 is 5.5 add 2ml more Lactic Acid to each. Recalibrate pH tester as reading .2 high on test at pH7 and .1 high on test pH4.
G701 with 15 mins left is pH 5.3 much better.
G702 with 19 mins left is pH 5.4 not too bad.
G701 at mash end start mashout pH5.5
G702 at mash end start mashout pH5.5
G701 collect 65Litres - boil start 1115
G702 collect 65Litres - boil start 1130
G701 Whirlpool hops at 83C ( set to 86C ) at 1300 - not holding heat so after 30 mins turn cooling back on.
G701 after boil - forgot to check...maybe same as G702 56Litres
G702 after boil 56Litres.
G702 Whirlpool hops at 85C ( set to 86C ) at 1315. Replacement Cflow blows up again suspect blocked hose??? Bugger.
Finish transfer of wort from both at 1640.
O.G. 1056 estimated 104 total litres
Pitch yeast ( saturated Verdant 100 approx gms ) at 1700 at 21C.
Saturday morning some light yeast activity with paper towel/ Pressure relief plate sitting on top. 1400 bubbling continuously, temp at 19.4C. 1815 strongish continuous bubbling, temp at 20C.
Sunday still good continuous bubbling temp 19.6C gravity 1028-30 taste and smell clean, sweetness still and some bitter astringency back of mouth..pretty decent so far.
Mon 19/12 Gravity1018 slight stonefruit and citrus smell more so in taste. Pretty smooth and seems to have lost back of mouth bitterness/ astringency.
Add 800gms dry hops ( 230gm Zythos, 130gms Mosaic, 15gms Idaho7, 150gms Simcoe and 150gms Citra ) whilst running CO2 into fermenter to purge any O2 intake - and still CO2 being produced by ferment. Total hop ratio of 1450 = 14gms per litre. At 1300 ( 3 hrs after Dry Hop ) gravity 1016.
Tue 20/12 at 10.00 Temp 20C gravity 1014ish. Bit more tropical smell and tastes smooth and juicy but not hugely hoppy??? Little bitterness at back of mouth/ palate. Lift temp to 22C for D Rest.
Wed 21/2 Temp 22C pressure just over 10psi drop to 6psi. Dump 3L sloppy hops and yeast. Gravity around 1012. good tropical smells ( and taste ) coming through still a little astringent back of mouth. At 1830 temp 22.2C and 8psi.
Thur 22/12 Temp 22.2C 14psi Gravity 1011-12 drop temp to 17.5C smell still big tropical taste less so bitterness receding still smooth and juicy. Dump 3L. 1200 temp 17.5 drop to 12.5C and pressure is 11.5-12psi.
Fri 23/12 Temp 8C. Pressure 12psi. Dump 3 Litres thickish/ sloppy hops and yeast. Gravity 1012 at 8C is 1011. smell still good tropical and taste smoothing out less bitterness.
Sat 24/12 Temp 6.7C ( set at 6.5C ) tasting very smooth.

• Taste and smell a little less tropicals?? Dump 3 L mostly thick hops ( good settling ). Pressure 11psi.
  Mon 26/12 Temp 7.1C Dump 2.5L thick hops. Pressure 10psi. Smell and taste still same light tropical/ stonefruit/ mangoish. Pretty delicious.
  Tues 27/12 Temp 7.2C 10psi. Dump 1L thick hops. Transfer 19L to MJ1, 49L into to Keg50, 19L into MJ2 + 3L into MiniKeg.
  Total to kegs 90L. Dump 10L and 4-5L in Fermenter = 104-105ish total at start of ferment.
  Tues 10/01 tasting really good small keg finished onto large.