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Posted in Beer on Jul 12th, 2008
Calculated Thermal Mass: 1lb 8oz
Total water: 4 Gal
Strike temp: 170º
Room temp: 75º
Rest time: 5 min
Final temp: 166º
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In Strike Temperature:
Tun T/M: 0
Grist Weigh: 0
Liquor Vol: 4 gal
Room Temp: 75º
Mash Temp: 166º
Tun T/M to get Strike Temp = 170º: 1lb 80z
adapted from this post
Posted in Beer on Dec 2nd, 2007
Lately I’ve been really interested in cask-style English bitters, pale ales, and milds, ever since going to the New England Real Ale Exhibition last month. So today I’m brewing my first English-style Bitter, using a recipe for Bluebird Bitter from Beer Captured. Based on my usually terribly 60% efficiency, I’m aiming for this to be a […]
Grain bill:
8lb 11oz Pilsner Malt (Germany)
1lb CaraMunich (Belgium)
3lb 5oz Munich (Germany)
7oz Dark Crystal (UK) (135-165ºL)
2oz Chocolate (UK)
Adjuncts:
5oz Malto Detrin
~2oz Hallertauer Hop Pellets (6 HBU)
1.25t Irish Moss
Yeast: White Labs WLP830 or WLP838
Yield: 6 Gal.
Additives:
~15ppm SO2 (1/2 Campden Tab) per 5 gals
Ha! Apparently, I didn’t leave enough head room for the Cocker Bitter and the double dosage of yeast. I checked on the progress this morning and the three part airlock had blown apart. Not just popped it’s top, but shot it’s top and inner seal across the basement! I suspect that the airlock became clogged […]
Mash: 90min @ ~150º
Sparge:
1st runnings: ~1.5 gal @ 1.086 S.G
2nd runnings: 3 gal @ 1.054 S.G. (total)
3rd runnings: 5 gal @ 1.050 S.G. (total)
Boil:
0 min: +1 gal water (6 gal total volume)
30 min: +EKG
45 min: + EKG, Chall, Imoss
89 min: + EKG
90 min: end
~5 gal @ 1.051 O.G.
Yeast: pitched @ 70º
Racked: 11/14/07 (day 9) - […]
Posted in Beer, Hard Cider, Homebrew on Nov 1st, 2007
Littletree Cider: I checked on the first carboy of sweet cider yesterday and discovered that it had a significant head on it. While I had meant to sulfur this batch and only make a 3gal batch of wild yeast cider, since this batch is going so well I’ve decided to let it run. The pH […]
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