Brew Date: 13 Mar 2011
Brewer: Paul J. Healy
Asst Brewer: Jason Blevins
Type: All Grain
Status: Gone
Alochol By Volume: 5.1 %
Bitterness: 31.9 IBUs
Est. Color: 4.7 SRM
Batch Size: 5.50 gal
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 %
Calories: 177.4 kcal/12oz
The Water:
Sparge Volume: 3.86 gal (treated as above)
The Mash:
Total Grain Weight: 10 lbs 13.3 oz
Mash PH: 5.20
Mash Ingredients
|
Amt |
Name |
Type |
# |
%/IBU |
|
10 lbs |
Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) |
Grain |
1 |
92.3 % |
|
8.0 oz |
Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) |
Grain |
2 |
4.6 % |
|
5.3 oz |
Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) |
Grain |
3 |
3.0 % |
Mash Steps
|
Name |
Description |
Step Temperature |
Step Time |
|
Mash In |
Add 20.00 qt of water at 162.5 F |
151.0 F |
60 min |
Sparge: Batch sparge with 2 steps (Drain mash tun , 3.86gal) of 168.0 F water
Expected Original Gravity: 1.053 SG
Measured Original Gravity: 1.053 SG
Expected Mash Efficiency: 88.6 %
Measured Mash Efficiency: 94.6 %
The Boil:
Boil Time: 60 minutes
Boil Starting Volume: 7.43 gal
Boil Ending Volume: 6.83 gal
Boil Ingredients
|
Amt |
Name |
Type |
# |
%/IBU |
|
0.33 oz |
Chinook [13.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min |
Hop |
4 |
13.0 IBUs |
|
0.33 oz |
Chinook [13.00 %] - Boil 30.0 min |
Hop |
5 |
10.0 IBUs |
|
0.33 oz |
Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 10.0 min |
Hop |
6 |
1.8 IBUs |
|
0.33 oz |
Citra [12.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min |
Hop |
7 |
3.9 IBUs |
|
0.33 oz |
Citra [12.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min |
Hop |
8 |
2.2 IBUs |
|
0.33 oz |
Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 5.0 min |
Hop |
9 |
1.0 IBUs |
|
0.33 oz |
Citra [12.00 %] - Boil 0.0 min |
Hop |
10 |
0.0 IBUs |
|
0.33 oz |
Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 0.0 min |
Hop |
11 |
0.0 IBUs |
The Fermentation:
Fermentation Ingredients
|
Amt |
Name |
Type |
# |
%/IBU |
|
1.0 pkg |
California Ale (White Labs #WLP001) [35.00 ml] |
Yeast |
12 |
- |
Yeast Starter:
Initial Fermentation Temp: 68.0 F for 7.00 days
Subsequent Fermentation Temp: 68.0 F for 3.00 days
Expected Final Gravity: 1.011 SG
Measured Final Gravity: 1.014 SG
Kegging and Conditioning:
Final Bottling Vol: 5.50 gal
Carbonation Used: Keg with 13.72 PSI (2.4 volumes CO2)
Keg/Bottling Temperature: 45.0 F
Age for: 14.00 days
Storage Temperature: 45.0 F
Additional Notes:
Brewed with the help of Jason & Kelly Blevins and Yaron & Liel Azrieli. Took Batch 018, lightened it up, and moved to Chinook, Cascade, and Citra hops. Equally good, but different.
Mistakes:
1. Preheated the mash tun when it wasn't necessary, causing an over-shoot of strike temp by 4-6 degrees.
2. Then over-cooled by adding 1qt of cold water. Needed 8 more quarts of hot water to get it back up to 151.
3. Pre-boil gravity seemed a touch low, but it came out okay post-boil for some reason.
4. Couldn't drain the wort through the valve; had to siphon. Lost some volume due to spillage while messing around. Thanks to Kelly Blevins for reminding me that we can siphon.
5. Final volume was only 4.5 gallons. Still learning how to account for this in BeerSmith. Need to set Batch Size = 6 gallons for 1 gallon trub loss.