tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79492019952761694802024-03-13T19:05:59.459-04:00LowTech BrewerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger92125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949201995276169480.post-9380449594356751542014-04-03T11:30:00.000-04:002014-04-09T08:36:07.495-04:00Acid Malt vs Lactic Acid SolutionThe actual lactic acid content of Acidulated malt, is ~2% (by weight).<br />
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The rule of thumb is for each 45.5kg (100lb) of grain, 1% or 455g (1lb) Acid malt will drop mash pH 0.1. The actual amount of lactic acid present on 455g of Acid malt would be 455g x 2% = 9.1g.<br />
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To use a 88% solution for a similar quantity of lactic acid, you would need (9.1g/.88) 10.34g of solution. At a density of 1.21g/cc, 10.34g/1.21, amounts to <u>8.54ml/45.5kg</u><br />
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For beers without roasted malts, the <a href="http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f128/brewing-water-chemistry-primer-198460/">HomeBrewTalk </a>"water primer" recommends your grist include 2% Acid malt.<br />
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For 45.5kg of grain, 2*8.54ml = 17.08ml lactic acid solution or 0.38ml/kg. At the recommended dosage, a typical 8.5kg grist would include 170g of Acid malt or about 3.25ml of lactic acid solution.<br />
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<a href="http://www.thebrewingnetwork.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=&t=18881">Source: <span class="postauthor" style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">ajdelange</span></span></a><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Using the noted calculations, I mashed 8kg of Weyermann Pale Ale Malt and 0.5kg of Domestic Flaked Barley with 3.25ml of lactic acid. The water:grist ratio was 1.3qt/lb. Important note, my baseline city water is extremely soft. Also, the CaC03 alkalinity is below 35ppm (~28). It's great water to build on. I treated the entire volume of hot liquor (50l) with 12 grams Gypsum and 8.4 grams of Calcium Chloride, the resulting mash pH was 5.6 @ room temperature. An additional 2ml of lactic acid, total 5.25ml in the mash, resulted in the idea room temperature pH of 5.4. I actually took a reading at mash temperature as well, hard on the meter I am told, the pH read 5.1-5.2.</span><br />
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<a href="http://wiki.homebrewersassociation.org/AmarilloPaleAleBeerDuJour">Fred Bonjour's Amarillo Pale Ale</a>, I subbed Victory and Pacman yeast. The Amarillo had a distinct funk at first, the orange tangerine notes have only started to come forward after a few weeks in the keg.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949201995276169480.post-14657819985256451622014-03-31T11:47:00.000-04:002014-03-31T11:47:03.683-04:00Summer On My Mind<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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A freezer full of hops, sacks of malt, empty carboys and a fresh culture of ESB yeast sets up well for a "summer strength" American Pale Ale. The goal? Aromatic, well balanced, light to medium bodied American style ale with serious pulling power.<br />
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The grist is simple; Pale Ale Malt, Flaked Barley and Crystal 40 to the tune of 1.050. The plan is to mash just the Flaked Barley and Pale Ale Malt @ 150F for 60 minutes before adding the Crystal 40 during Vorlauf.<br />
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230 grams of aroma/late/dry hops (~1.5lb/bbl) will be divided:<br />
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<li>20% (45g) Cascade @ 20 minutes remaining in boil</li>
<li>50% (115g) Simcoe/Galaxy @ Whirlpool (30 minutes)</li>
<li>30% (70g) Galaxy split between two carboys, 35g each.</li>
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I'll add an additional bittering hop, probably Columbus or Chinook @ 60 to hit 35 IBU's (Tinseth). To better estimate the final bitterness, whirlpool hops are entered to my brewing software as a 5 minute addition. I have found this to be a reasonable estimation of their bitterness contribution.<br />
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To dial in my water profile, I'll treat the entire 60 litres of brewing liquor with lactic acid to a room temperature pH of 5.4. Then add 2 tsp of Calcium Chloride, 3 tsp of Gypsum and a campden tablet. This should yield an appropriate mash pH with a final Calcium concentration of ~ 100ppm.<br />
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... coming soon.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949201995276169480.post-78334218699350167312014-03-11T16:25:00.000-04:002014-03-11T16:25:28.281-04:00Revisited - Pigskin American Brown<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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So, I likely rushed through the first keg and my initial review doesn't do this beer justice. It's reeeeally come into it's own, truly. <br />
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For the 2nd keg, I opted to forgo the dry hopping, this was most certainly the right call. It's made a world of difference. What was once a dank, bitter hop forward beer (with no real character to speak of), has now become a malty goddess. The Munich and Pale Chocolate malts are playing so well off each other. Along with the biscuity Pale Ale Malt... what can I say, a match made in heaven.<br />
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I must say however, the Willamette hops added during the boil, are not lost. There's a supremely balanced floral bitterness which I absolutely adore. Maybe the First Wort Hops? Pacman is also glorious. The beer is all sorts of chewy, beautiful mouth feel, incredible. All I attribute to this amazing yeast. What a few extra weeks of conditioning can do to a beer! I can't wait to make it again!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949201995276169480.post-24003182087766604292014-02-26T17:11:00.001-05:002014-02-26T18:32:39.128-05:003rd Rock Pale Ale and Jamil's BCS Scottish 70/-<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Pictured left is a Scottish 70/- from Jamil's "Brewing Classic Styles". In the book he offers two recipes on the same style, one more traditional, the other a modern take on the classic.<br />
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I opted the modern version which includes 2-Row, Munich, Honey Malt, both medium and dark Crystal. Finally Pale Chocolate Malt.<br />
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I brewed to an OG of 1040 with a single addition of Target @ 60 minutes for 13 IBU. I mashed as prescribed @ 158F, fermentation stopped at an FG of 1.014-1.016. I fermented with 4th gen Pacman yeast harvested from a bottle of Rogue Brutal Bitter.<br />
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The beer is excellent! Lots of character for such a small beer. Nice body, head retention, great colour. Could see this becoming a house style. Easy drinking, satisfying and you can drink two or three and feel fine. Great social brew for sure.<br />
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Pictured right is a late hopped APA. I call it "3rd Rock". 2-Row, Munich, CaraPils, and a touch of CaraAroma for colour. OG about 1060. I followed this with an insane hopping schedule! Follow me here:<br />
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Chinook/Cascade/ Columbus @ 25 min, 15 min, 5 min and 1 min. IBU count of ~ 36. Each addition featured a 2:1:1 ratio. Example 2:1:1 Chinook:Cascade:Columbus followed by 2:1:1 Cascade:Chinook:Columbus followed by 2:1:1 Columbus: Cascade:Chinook. I then did the same for two dry hops, each 4 days long. A total 240g for 20 Litres of beer!<br />
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First off, the beer drinks nothing like 36 IBU, more like 50 or 60. It's clear with decent head retention. Love the colour, classic IPA. I am picking up some slight oxidation. I dry hopped this in a secondary which I might not do again. I have had better success hopping in the keg. Intense grapefruit and pine flavours. It's very nice but could do with some more body. I used 8% CaraPils so perhaps a slightly higher mash temp might be in order. Nice aroma but not as pungent as I was expecting. I am getting little from the Columbus. The Cascade and Chinook shine. Fermented with Pacman, finishes quite dry. Drinks like an IPA not the intended APA.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949201995276169480.post-22595004449635636262014-02-23T12:32:00.000-05:002014-02-23T12:33:12.791-05:00Pigskin American Brown AleBrewed on Superbowl XLVIII<br />
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45% Dark Munich, 5%ea Crystal 60 and Pale Chocolate Malt. The Chocolate added late during vorlauf. Target 1060, hit 1057<br />
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FWH w/ Willamette, Chinook @ 60 for 20 IBU. Big hit of Willamette and a smaller amount of Simcoe @ 5 minutes remaining. 45g Keg hop 3:1 w/Willamette:Simcoe. 43 IBU's total<br />
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Pacman yeast, fermented ambient (18c), finished high @ 1018.<br />
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Great head retention. Sticky lacing evident. Medium body, could use more. Doesn't taste overly sweet contrary to the high finishing gravity (not sure what happened there). Nicely bittered. Subtle floral, earthy flavours and aroma. Hints of roast, loving Pale Chocolate malt. Could use perhaps another few percentage points of crystal malt. Nice beer! <br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949201995276169480.post-33319271390158144052014-02-12T17:15:00.001-05:002014-02-12T17:15:35.236-05:00Mr Bowenz English India Pale AleMO, C60, Amber and Wheat. EKG w/Chinook Dry hops.<br />
<a href="http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/anyone-brewed-ipa-ekg-140192/">http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/anyone-brewed-ipa-ekg-140192/</a><br />
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Brewed 40 liters of APA yesterday. I've been trying to use up stock and therefore I'm running light on malt; however, the freezer is well stocked with hops. To borrow a term from British brewers, with respect to gravity or strength of ale, this is going to be a "Special" strength American Pale Ale. <br />
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Base was a mix of Domestic 2-row and Pils combined with a decent portion of Vienna. Weyermann CaraFoam and some CaraMunich for colour and body. The **CaraMunich was added late in the mash, during the mash-out, one of a few changes I made to my brew process. The idea here is to introduce less variables to the mash and thus stabilize the pH resulting in a more predictable wort.<br />
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Rather than treating the mash with salts, I simply treated the entire volume of brewing liquor with Lactic Acid to a pH of ~ 5.50 as calculated with the sparge water acidification tool in <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/brunwater/">Bru'n Water</a>. I then added Calcium Chloride and Calcium Sulfate to the boil for a desired flavour profile and calcium content.<br />
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Since I was brewing 40 liters, a decent water to grain ratio can quickly fill my 36qt MLT. This meant that I was not able to add all my sparge water at once as I normally would with smaller batches. What I decided was to begin draining the second running, then when the water level had dropped slightly, add the remaining sparge water. A cross between batch and fly sparging. Didn't seem to impact my mash efficiency at all.<br />
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Beyond the tight working conditions of my MLT, the only other issues encountered were a slightly low temperature on the sparge water (got caught making dinner). The mash and mash-out were a perfect though, 152/168F. I had two minor boil overs, once before the first hop addition, the second just after the 20 minute addition. These stops and starts reduced my anticipated boil off and dropped the *OG a point or two. Finally, during the last 15 minutes of the boil, while recirculating boiling wort through my pump and lines to sanitize everything, I guess some thermo protection switch kicked in and the pump stopped working. Once the wort had chilled considerably, the pump resumed function. I feel the risk of infection is minimal since it did get about 10 minutes of contact time with boiling wort.<br />
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I've started using Yeastex, a nutrient. Not sure if it does anything but I figured it's cheap insurance since I tend to re-pitch yeast often. For this particular beer, I did a split batch, one half receiving 250ml of 3rd gen, BRY-97 - American West Coast Ale Yeast. This was harvested from a Blonde Ale the previous day. The other half received a fresh 1L starter of WLP090 -San Diego Super Yeast. As of pitch +7.5hrs, the BRY-97 had a light krausen covering the surface. No action on the WLP090.<br />
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Here's the recipe...<br />
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Short & Heavy Special APA<br />
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BRY-97 West Coast Ale Yeast/WLP090 San Diego Super Yeast<br />
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42% Domestic 2-Row<br />
33% Pilsner Malt<br />
16% Vienna<br />
5% CaraFoam<br />
4% **CaraMunich I (38L)<br />
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15g (13 IBU) Columbus @ 60m<br />
40/20g Centennial/Simcoe @ 20m<br />
40/20g Simcoe/Amarillo, 1/2 @ 5m, 1/2 @ 1m<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">***Amount specified is per keg/19L</span><br />
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<u><i>Update - Pitch +20hrs</i></u><br />
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<i>BRY-97 was quick out the gates, the krausen continues to slowly build. WLP090 was slower off the get go but has exploded filling the entire 4L headspace with krausen.</i><br />
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<u><i>Update - Pitch +32hrs</i></u><br />
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<i>BRY-97 krausen now stands at ~2". From what I've seen in the past, this is pretty much high krausen. The San Diego Super WLP090 krausen has started to fall slightly. Very quick! Wort temperatures holding steady @ 20c</i><br />
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<u><i>Update - Pitch +63hrs</i></u><br />
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<i>Both krausens have fallen to a light layer covering the surface of each fermenter. </i><br />
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<i>Krausen on WLP090 has completely fallen, STC controller set to 22c.</i><br />
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<i>Sample pulled from each fermenter, BRY-97 @ 1.012, WLP090 @ 1.011. WLP090 sample very clear already!</i><br />
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<i>Move BRY-97 to ambient and WLP090 to the keg. Added Dry hops to the WLP090. Will DH @ ambient for 3 days before moving keg to serving fridge.</i><br />
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<u><i>Update - Pitch +16 days</i></u><br />
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<i>Moved WLP090 to the serving fridge. Set pressure to 30psi. </i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949201995276169480.post-67942866637471559892013-09-16T12:41:00.001-04:002013-10-10T11:01:36.499-04:00Garbage PorterNot going into too much detail about this brew. Basically it was thrown together last moment as a brewing opportunity presented itself. I used up some bits of malt here and there, a closet cleaner of sorts.<br />
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Base malt was mainly Domestic 2-Row (2kg) with some Light Munich (1.5kg) and Maris Otter (1kg) thrown in. Special grains were Flaked Barley (1kg), Crystal 60 (600g), Chocolate (500g) and Roast Barley (100g). I had planed for the gravity to be in the 1.060 range but over sparged and ended with 1.050 after the boil.<br />
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Hops were Challenger @ 60m (40g) and Target at flame-out (40g). Supposedly ~45 IBU.<br />
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A thin 500ml slurry of BRY-97 pitched @ 17c, fermenting at 18c now.<br />
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<u><i>Update Sept. 14th</i></u><br />
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Recipe Brewed<br />
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<u><i>Update Sept. 15th</i></u><br />
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Yeast Pitched @ 9am<br />
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High Krausen last evening, 36hrs from pitch. Temperatures hitting 18c.<br />
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FG measuring 1.020 @ 68F, primary moved to ambient.<br />
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<i>Kegged and sampled my first pint. Very nice! Can use more conditioning time to mellow out the Chocolate malt a touch.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949201995276169480.post-21339348995868761882013-09-12T22:02:00.000-04:002013-10-10T11:03:18.186-04:00LowTech Honey Ale v1My wife rarely requests I brew, let alone brew her a certain recipe. When she does, I listen. After some R&R on the East Coast this past August, she took a liking to a certain Quebec brewery's Honey Ale. She asked me to make one so even though it's not my favorite style, how could I say no?<br />
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Plan of attack:<br />
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<li>Lower OG (1.046) with Honey addition during Secondary fermentation boosting ABV to 5%</li>
<li>Add a healthy amount of Crystal and Wheat malts to the mash for body and head retention. The Crystal malt (CaraMunich I) will hopefully help retain some dextrins and prevent it from going too dry and thin. Standard mash temperature of 62c/152.6F for 60 minutes.</li>
<li>As noted, Honey added during secondary. I top crop yeast from the primary and want to keep the strain as original as possible. Don't want the yeast to be comfortable with anything other than maltose sugars</li>
<li>I decided on WLP023 - Burton Ale which has been described as having a slight honey, clover character. I plan to pitch @ 17c and hold @18c for 72hrs before allowing the beer to free rise and fully attenuate.</li>
<li>I plan to brew on Saturday</li>
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<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">OG 1.046/ IBU ~20/ SRM ~ 8/ ~23L</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">80.0% OiO Domestic 2-Row</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">10.0% Weyermann CaraMunich I</span><br />
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500g Wild Blossom Honey during secondary<br />
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WLP023 - Burton Ale<br />
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<u><i>Update Sept. 12th</i></u><br />
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Since the yeast culture was getting long in the tooth (harvested June 24th, 2013), I've pitched the 75ml of compacted slurry to a stater. At an estimated 10% viability, the original ~ 300B cells is likely down below 30B. 1.2L's should build this back to 190B or so. Enough for 23L @ 1.046.<br />
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<u><em>Update Sept. 14th</em></u><br />
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Brewed<br />
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<u><em>Update Sept. 15th</em></u><br />
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Pitched BRY-97 @ 9am<br />
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<u><i>Update Sept. 16th</i></u><br />
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Well, that didn't quite work out as planned! So first off, the WLP023 failed to start. LowTech IPA v4 had fully attenuated so I move it to secondary with dry hops and re-pitched the BRY-97 yeast to the Blonde Ale.<br />
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I missed my gravity (again, Grrr) and this one came out too strong @ 1.050'sih. Probably a good thing about the WLP023 because I don't think I would have had enough yeast anyways. I pitched 500ml of very thin slurry which accordingly to Mr. Malty might have even been too much. I cooled the batch to 17c before pitching the yeast. Temperature controller set for 18c. In a couple more days I'll let it free rise and finish off before moving to secondary and adding the honey.<br />
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Finally, I had some extra time and decided to brew a batch of Porter.<br />
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<u><i>Update Sept. 17th</i></u><br />
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High Krausen last evening, 36hrs from pitch. Temperatures hitting 18c.<br />
As of 4pm this evening, the Krausen has started to fall (55hrs from pitch), increased the controller temperature to 20c.<br />
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<i><u>Update Sept 22nd</u></i><br />
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FG measuring 1.012 @ 68F, moved to ambient.<br />
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<u><em>Update Sept 24th</em></u><br />
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FG measured 1.010 @ 68F, primary moved to freezer set for 4c (9 days since pitch)<br />
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<i><u>Update Oct. 10th</u></i><br />
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<i>This one has been sitting in the keg for a couple of weeks, still seems to have a permanent haze. There's a flavour I am detecting that I don't quite care for, sorta belgian? Not sure, needs more time.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949201995276169480.post-73263622791334750492013-09-09T09:13:00.001-04:002013-09-25T09:51:55.903-04:00LowTech IPA v4 - Whirlpool Hopping<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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A run of the mill American IPA with hop additions at 60 minutes and flame-out/whirlpool only. Inspired by the <a href="http://averybrewing.com/brewery/recipes-for-homebrewers/">Avery recipes for Homebrewers</a>, I really wanted to find out what kind of bittering, flavour and aroma I could get out of my whirlpool setup.<br />
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Brewday wasn't smooth at all. I missed my target mash temperature (or so I thought) of 65c/149F. Turns out the calibration on my thermometer is off once again and my attempts to correct, what I thought to be a low mash temperature, were unneeded. <br />
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During the correction attempts, I depleted the water reserved for sparging. Since I don't use a sight glass, I rely on accurate strike and sparge water measurements to correctly predict final volumes into the primary (x-in, y-out). I didn't want to mess up my pre-measured water and opted to not replace the sparge water (used for mash temp correction as noted above). Since I didn't rinse the grains as well as I would have liked, the resulting pre-boil SG was lower than anticipated. I increase the boil time and strength slightly but still fell short of the desired OG (1.055 vs 1.059) and volume (22L vs 23L).<br />
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A cam-lock fitting and adapter was added to my MLT. The intent was to recirculate the wort through a pump and back over top of the grain bed to improve run-off clarity. Well, the electric leads on the pump must be poorly connected because the power would cut in and out intermittently. A frustrating experience. Troubleshooting lead to loss of temperature and wort. Given these issues, I thought it prudent to conduct a starch conversion test which proved successful. Apparently, it's really hard to mess up a mash although I gave it my best shot! To cap it off, I forgot to treat the strike water with Campden. If I have band-aid beer, I'll know why...<br />
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So, what does the recipe look like?<br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">84.0% OiO Domestic 2-Row</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">16.0% Gambrinus Vienna</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">30g of Columbus @ 60 minutes</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">120g of Cascade @ whirlpool (IBU's calculated as a 15m addition)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">I plan to dry hop with a mix of Centennial, Columbus and Chinook.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefdfa;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">I treated my mash water with 3ml of 88% Lactic Acid, 4g of Gypsum, 3.4g of Calcium Chloride and 4.5g of Epsom Salt. EZWater projected a room temp mash pH of 5.41. Sparge water was treated with Campden to remove Chloramine from the municipal water. 8g's of additional Gypsum added to the boil. Whirlfloc @ 5m to help precipitate cold break proteins. Final water numbers: Ca 100, Cl 50, S04 250</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefdfa;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">At flame-out, the pump/whirlpool was started and 120g of Cascade dumped into the near boiling wort. The intent was to whirlpool (hot) for 20m but in going with the theme of the brewday... I was distracted when a neighbour popped by for a visit, misread my timer and started the chill water @ 10m (10 minutes too early). As a result, the flame-out hops had half the hot wort contact time than I would have liked. After an additional 10m, the whirlpool was shut down and the chiller continued to drop the temperature to around 25c. At this point the BK was drained to my fermenter.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefdfa;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">The primary was placed into the fermentation chamber, STC-1000 set for 17c. Once at 17c, the wort was well aerated with a Fizz-x for 2-3 minutes before pitching 250ml of cold, compacted BRY-97 slurry. Based on the age of the yeast (claimed Aug 1, 33% viability), <a href="http://www.mrmalty.com/calc/calc.html">Mr Malty recommends 200ml of slurry</a>. I didn't use a starter. STC-1000 controller raised to 18c/~65F where I plan to ferment for 1 day at full krausen before ramping to 20c/68F through completion.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefdfa;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">If this beer turns out, I am not to blame. Ha!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Light krausen @ 24hrs, full krausen inside 36hrs. Wort temperature peaking at 18.2c before the freezer drops it back to 17.5c.</span></span><br />
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<i><u><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Update Sept. 10th</span></span></u></i><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">The IPA has been at full krausen for 24hrs, fermentation controller set to allow IPA to free rise to 20c. Attempted to top crop the krausen/yeast</span></span><br />
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<i><u><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Update Sept. 11th</span></span></u></i><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Temperatures rose rather quickly. At 11pm last evening the controller was reading 19.5c. Today it continues to hover around 20c. I top cropped the yeast a final time, collecting a total of 200ml of slurry. I placed my sanitized hydrometer into the pail and it sits at 1.030, would have thought it would have been further along? Perhaps something to do with the lag time after pitch and the fact the yeast had been sitting in the fridge for a month.</span></span><br />
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<i><u><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Update Sept 15th</span></span></u></i><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Moved to secondary @ ambient, added dry hops</span></span><br />
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<i><u><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Update Sept 22nd</span></span></u></i><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Moved back to freezer to crash cool to 1c, FG measures 1.010.</span></span><br />
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<i><u><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Update Sept 24th</span></span></u></i><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Racked to keg, added an additional 30g of homegrown whole leaf nugget hops. </span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949201995276169480.post-31823845976880321312013-09-02T15:01:00.001-04:002013-09-02T15:01:22.690-04:00Tasting - Vienna/Citra SMaSH (BRY-97)<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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By far the best SMaSH beer I've made to date. Pours clear with a beautiful reddish-orange colour. White head dissipates quickly. Body light-medium. Nicely balanced bitterness (37 IBU calculated). Aroma is wonderfully tropical. I am not getting much malt aroma. Flavour outstanding, again tropical fruit. Easy to hit the kegerator for 3 pints (at least haha). BRY-97 yeast from Danstar really lets the hops shine through. Quite clean.<br />
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Definitely a make again, highly recommended SMaSH combo! My first experience with Citra Hops and I can see why they are loved. Will add to my regular shopping list (when available). Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949201995276169480.post-31394211485092677172013-08-31T09:22:00.001-04:002013-09-18T09:16:13.705-04:00Hop Harvest 2013Centennial exploded and broke down the Nugget bines which was more or less ready for harvest anyways. The Centennial still need a few more days on the bine but their time is near. Some pictures of the carnage.<br />
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Beautifully clear<br />
Wonderful deep orange colour <br />
Intense tangerine orange flavour<br />
Bitter but verging on balance<br />
Olfactory overload. <br />
Finish dry and crisp<br />
A near perfect IPAUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949201995276169480.post-61125318039501069022013-07-23T21:35:00.001-04:002013-07-25T10:15:45.981-04:00Tasting - Mild (LowTech v2)This ones coming togeather very nicely... Initially, there was a strong nuttiness from the Brown Malt as well as an intense fruitiness from the yeast. After a few weeks in the keg, the taste has mellowed somewhat and the crystal malt has moved forward. The Mild is well balanced finishing with a touch of dryness from the Brown and Chocolate malts, not cloying at all. I was successful in obtaining body in such a low gravity ale thanks in part to a high percentage of crystal malt. Mouth feel very nice, I'd say medium body. The WLP023 fruitiness has mellowed considerably. All in all, it's aging quickly but nicely. I believe the beer is at, or at least very near it's peak.<br />
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The continuous no sparging certainly has one big benefit, both beers brewed with this method are freak'n crystal clear... Carbonation is nice but low, I pulled it off the C02 and pulled a few pints, only hooking up the gas when the tap slows. Head retention low, light tan in colour.<br />
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Aroma is dominated by fruit and caramel, perhaps a touch of raisin. No hops to speak of. I am interested in doing a Bramling X SMaSH as I am not really getting a sense for the hop in this beer.<br />
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Overall, a very enjoyable quaffer! I really do enjoy a solid Mild Ale.<br />
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After the 120L brew weekend, I've noted some discrepancies in my efficiency numbers, both to the kettle as well as the fermenter. To better dial in my system, a series of Single Malt and Single hop beers would be suitable. The series will feature English hops and Maris Otter. I have a fresh, unopened sack of MO and the following English hops at my disposal:<br />
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The idea will be to use the same amount of malt (4kg) to produce the same volume for consecutive brews. Ensuring I measure out my water volumes accurately as well as follow the same mashing/sparging/boiling routine, the resulting gravity should be within a point from beer to beer. I am mainly interested in the sum of all part, aka the "<a href="http://www.braukaiser.com/wiki/index.php?title=Understanding_Efficiency#Existing_Definitions">Brewhouse Efficiency</a>"<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949201995276169480.post-47302385400669362652013-07-18T08:49:00.002-04:002013-09-22T13:42:36.597-04:00120 Liter Weekend?Yeast starters are fermenting, recipes have been planned and barring any major interruptions, I hope to put 120L into the fermenters this weekend...<br />
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<li>40L APA - 2-Row, Vienna, C60 & Wheat malt with Columbus, Simcoe & Amarillo hops</li>
<li>40L SMaSH - Vienna malt & Citra hops</li>
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For the APA, I plan to use White Labs English Dry Yeast - WLP007. To suppress ester production, this batch will be closely controlled in the fermentation freezer . The plan is to complete the bulk of fermentation at the strains lowest optimal temperature, 18c/65F. The yeast was harvested from LowTech Blonde v4 (June 26th) making this the 5th pitch. Last evening, approximately 250ml of solid slurry was pitched to 1.4L of 1.037 starter. After a day on the stir plate this should result in an anticipated cell count of 400B, enough for 40L of 1.056 Ale.<br />
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For the SMaSH, I plan to pitch Safale S-04 in one fermenter and Danstar BRY-97 in the other. This batch will not be temperature controlled. I will be at the mercy of my cold room's ambient temperature. As of last night, this was 18c/65F. So depending on how much heat each strain will generate, I may be pushing low 70's at the height of fermentation. I plan to hydrate each dry yeast using 110ml of 38c/100F bottled spring water. The dry yeast will be sprinkled evenly over top of the water and left to rest for 15 minutes after which the yeast will be re-suspended and left for 5 minutes. At this point you attemperate with wort to within 10c of the pitch temperature. From the reviews I've read on BRY-97, it does benefit from re-hydration.<br />
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For the Mild, the plan is to pitch Burton Ale Yeast - WLP023 to one fermenter and British Ale Yeast - WLP005 to another. Again, no temperature control beyond the ambient of my cold room. Approximately 150ml of WLP023 was harvested on June 24th will be added (2nd pitch) directly without a starter. Yeast calc indicates a viability of 80% which results in a cell count of 120B. The recommendation is 140B for 20L of 1.038 Ale. Close enough I say. The WLP005 was certainly getting long in the tooth. 190ml was harvested on March 27th. Yeast calc pegs the viability at 39%. After 1.2L of 1.037 starter, the resulting cell count should be in the neighborhood of 120B. Again, slightly low of the 140B target but close enough I say. This will be the yeast's 5th pitch.<br />
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<u><i>Update July 19th</i></u><br />
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<i>Both starters WLP007 & WLP005 appear to have fermented out. When I woke this morning I found that both were starting to clear. Both starters were placed into the fridge to crash remaining yeast, perhaps I can decant some of the starter liquid.</i><br />
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<i>First up this evening is the Citra SMaSH. Paired with 9kg of Vienna Malt for 40 Liters @ 1.050 & 37 IBU. I treated my water with 1 tsp Gypsum, 2 tsp Calcium Chloride and 1 tsp Epsom for a room temp mash pH of 5.49. An additional 1 tsp of Gypsum added to the boil. Whirlfloc with 5 min remaining. Hops at 60 (9g), 30 (15g), 5 (120g), and will dry hop each keg with an additional 60g. As noted, will pitch BRY-97 and S-04 to this batch. Water numbers: Ca 71, Mg 9, Na 18, Cl 61, S04 132.</i><br />
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<i>Ended with ~19L in each fermenter. Gravity measured 13.2% Brix = 1.051. I left behind about 4.5L in the kettle, trying to filter it for a future starter. Was only able to chill to 24c, so I will leave in the basement cold room until tomorrow morning and then pitch my yeast. </i><br />
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<i>Hydrated both yeasts as described and pitched to SMaSH this morning @ 10am. </i><br />
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<i>Mashed in on the APA/WLP007. Hit mash temp of 67c/152F. 7kg OiO 2-Row, 2kg Vienna, 500g CaraMunich 1, 500g Wheat Malt for 40L @ 1.056 and 41 IBU. Treated water with 1 tsp Gypsum, 2 tsp Calcium Chloride, 1 tsp Epsom for a room temp mash pH of 5.6 (forgot Acid Malt). Additional 1 tsp Gypsum to the boil as well as 1 tab Whirlfloc @ 5min. Hops @ 60 (18g Columbus), 30 (15g Simcoe, 15g Amarillo), 5 (60g Simcoe, 60g Amarillo). Each keg with receive a dry hop addition of 30g Simcoe, 30g Amarillo. As noted, will pitch WLP007 to each fermenter and this batch will be controlled in the freezer @ 18c/65F. Water numbers: </i><i><i>Ca 70, Mg 9, Na 18, Cl 60, S04 129. Finished with 2x20L @ 1.059 OG.</i></i><br />
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<i><i>As of 2:20pm this afternoon, both SMaSH fermenters are showing air-lock activity. That's about 4hrs from pitching! Cold room sits @ 19c/66F. </i></i><br />
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<i><i>Pitched the WLP007 @ 9pm. Wort temp was down to 15c. Controller set to </i>18c.</i><br />
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<i>After struggling for the better part of an hour to try and fit both fermenters into the freezer, gave up and moved both to the cold room. Need to figure a better solution in the future, perhaps 1 carboy and 1 pail? Also, I noticed there was over a 1c difference in temperature between the two. Not great. Anyways, WLP007 now at the mercy of my 18-19c/64-66F cold room. </i><br />
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<i>Mashed at 67c for 50m before beginning mash-out. 2.7kg of MO, 600g of Muntons 150 (57L), 200g of Wheat malt and 120g of Pale Chocolate malt from TF&S for 1.036 @ 14 IBU. Styrian Goldings (30g) added @ 30m. 1tsp Calcium Chloride added to the mash for a pH of 5.56. Additional 1 tsp of Calc Chlor and 1 tsp of Epsom added to the boil, Final water: </i><i><i><i>Ca 66, Mg 15, Na 18, Cl 106, S04 81.</i></i></i><br />
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<i><i><i>Ended with 23L of Mild @ 10.6% Brix = 1.040. Not sure why I overshot the gravity by 4 pts? Volumes were as expected. This one may end up being a touch under hopped. </i></i></i><br />
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<i><i><i>Pitched WLP005 @ 8pm. WLP007 batch has beginning stages of Krausen in both fermenters. BRY-97 still pushing the airlock but nothing in the way of Krausen. S-04 looks like it may be half way done LOL! </i></i> </i><br />
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<i><i><i><u>Update July 22nd</u></i></i></i><br />
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<i>5 fermenters rocking this morning. Krausen on the S-04 Citra SMaSH has fallen. The BRY-97 is nearing peak. Both WLP007 APA's are showing full krausen. The WLP005 I pitched last evening (after a couple more hours on the stir plate with batch fresh wort) is popping the airlock at a steady pace. It's ALIVE! </i><br />
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<i>As of this morning, only the BRY-97 still has krausen. All other fermenters have fallen. I only have a single available keg so I for foresee some decent conditioning time for most of the beers.</i><br />
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<i>Kegged 1 fermenter of APA @ 1.014 (7.8% brix = </i><i>3.55°P), ~5.8% ABV </i><br />
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<i>Kegged both Vienna SMaSH and the Mild. Bone head move on the Mild, started racking the beer to keg before dumping the 1/2 gallon of Starsan, DOH! Dumped at least 2 gallons of Mild before continuing to rack the remaining beer. The Vienna SMaSH fermented with S04 was near crystal clear heading into the keg. The BRY-97 looks quite cloudy, hopefully the cold conditioning will help. Same with the WLP005 Mild, very cloudy and somewhat yeasty smelling while heading to the keg. I neglected to take FG on any of these beers.</i><br />
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<i>The remaining 1 fermenter of APA was racked to a secondary to further condition and clear. I didn't have any additional kegs.</i><br />
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<i>Final carboy of the APA racked to keg, FG 1.010, no dry-hops. Didn't like how this one turned out so I didn't want to waste the hops. This second carboy sampled much nicer than the first. </i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949201995276169480.post-48003715524736034262013-07-03T08:35:00.001-04:002013-07-16T20:08:49.238-04:00LowTech IPA v3I loved the<a href="http://lowtechbrewer.blogspot.ca/2013/06/bsb-2013-ipa.html"> IPA brewed for BSB2013</a>. Couldn't wait to get another in the pipeline. Not to mention I have an incredible inventory of hops at the moment. First order of business... Amarillo/Simcoe IPA. WLP023 should be an interesting twist to the standard American IPA. Hoping a lower mash temperature and sugar addition will aid to fully attenuate the beer. If this could finish lower than 1.013, I'd be happy.<br />
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60g Citra </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">WLP023 (2nd gen, cropped from Mild v2)</span><br />
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<i>I decided to revert back to my standard batch sparging method, this time using the newly converted turkey fryer pot and manifold as my MLT (rather than the old coleman cooler).</i><br />
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<i>Preheated MLT and striked at 71.2c. After a good stir with the paint mixer, this settled to 66c which is 1c hotter than brew software projected. Would have liked 65c for better attenuation. Held temp at 66c for the entire 1hr mash. I didn't need to adjust temp or anything, held rock steady. Sparged with 88c water which only raised the temp to 71c.</i><br />
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<i>After collecting 30L pre-boil, a quick gravity reading with the refractometer showed a pre-boil gravity of 1.047-48 which equates to a mash efficiency around 80%. </i><i>1/2tsp Gypsum, 1tsp Epsom, 2tsp Calcium Chloride and 40g of Acid malt added to mash for a pH of 5.50. 2 tsp of Gypsum added to the boil for final water numbers:</i><br />
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<i>Ca 119, Mg 14, Na 18, Cl 93, S04 221</i><br />
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<i>Proceeded with boil for 70 minutes adding hops and sugar as scheduled above. After chilling to 25c, wort was transferred to primary and aerated with a Fizz-x wine degasser for a couple minutes. The pail was then placed into the fermentation freezer and chilled to 17c. </i><br />
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<i>I had intended to collect 21L but due to a low boil-off rate (10%/hr), 23L made it into the pail. This meant my OG was slightly lower than anticipated, </i><i><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">14.6 brix (actual reading) = </span></i><i>1.057 (14.04°P)</i><br />
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<i><u>Update July 3rd</u></i><br />
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<i>After chilling for the night, I woke this morning @ 6:30am and pitched 100ml of 2nd gen WLP023 slurry to 17c wort. The temperature controller was then set to 20c. The wort will free rise to this temperature.</i><br />
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<i>@3pm - Light Krausen </i><br />
<i>@7pm - Krausen has completely covered the surface and starting to rise </i><br />
<i>@11pm - First (dirty) skim </i><br />
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<u><i>Update July 4th</i></u><br />
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<i>Temperature controller raised to 21c </i><br />
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<u><i>Update July 5th</i></u><br />
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<i>I wasn't able to tend to the skim yesterday and today I find the yeast krausen has breached the pail. After cleanup, I skimmed again. </i><br />
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<u><i>Update July 6th</i></u><br />
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<i>Skimmed again </i><br />
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<u><i>Update July 7th</i></u><br />
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<i>Skimmed again, likely a final time </i><br />
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<u><i>Update July 8th</i></u><br />
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<i>Skimmed yet again. FG reading </i><i>1.0132 (3.38°P) </i><br />
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<i><u>Update July 9th</u></i><br />
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<i>...and again</i><br />
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<i><u>Update July 10th</u></i><br />
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<i>... again</i><br />
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<i><u>Update July 14th</u></i><br />
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<i>Returned home from vacation, light krausen has once again covered the surface of the beer. At this point I will rack from under the Krausen to either secondary or keg for dry hopping and further conditioning.</i><br />
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<i><u>Update July 16th</u> </i><br />
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<i>First taste test. Nice bitterness. Colour is awesome. Aroma and hop flavour lacking. FG measured <br />1.0126 (3.23°P). Racked to keg and made an split decision, added 60g of Citra</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949201995276169480.post-26344897550608782162013-06-19T13:47:00.000-04:002013-07-04T10:24:06.679-04:00LowTech Mild v2Having recently brewed a couple of strongly bittered APA's followed by a light Blonde ale, it's time to brew a milder, darker alternative for the pipeline. Brewed relatively soon, I project it to be ready for August, just in time for our family's annual camping trip. Great timing!<br />
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My low gravity Dark Mild recipe relies on a heavy helping of crystal malt for body and WLP023 (Burton Ale Yeast) for character. Maris Otter provides a solid base, blends of both English crystal and higher kilned malts round out the grist.<br />
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For hops, <a href="http://brooklynbrewshop.com/themash/hop-of-the-month-bramling-cross/">Bramling Cross</a>. I am intrigued by descriptions of Berries, Lemons, Pears and Black Currants. I hope they go well in the Mild. WLP023 is said to have a honey, pear flavour as well... they should match up well.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">OG 1.035/ IBU ~15/ SRM ~ 15/ ~23L</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">80.0% Muntons MO</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">13.0% Muntons Medium Crystal 150 (60L)</span><br />
02.0% Dingemans Special-B (155L)<br />
<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">03.0% </span>TF&S Brown Malt<br />
02.0% <span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Muntons Chocolate Malt</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">25g of Bramling Cross @ 30 minutes</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">15g of Bramling Cross @ 5 minutes</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">WLP023 (Fresh Pitch)</span><br />
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<i><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><u>Update June 19th</u> </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Prepared 2L starter from saved (frozen) wort. After thaw, wort measured 15+ brix, diluted to 9.0 brix (1.035) and boiled for 15 minutes. Final gravity of starter, 9.8 Brix (1.037). Chilled in ice bath to room temperature and pitched one vial of Whitelabs WLP023, expiry June 20th, 2013. Erlenmeyer flask placed on stir plate @ 12 midnight.</span></i><br />
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<i><u><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Update June 20th</span></u></i><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><i>Starter shows light krausen @ 1:40pm, almost blowing off @ 4pm, blow off @ 6pm. Decanted 1/3 of the starter to a separate mason jar, starter continued to blow off throughout the evening.</i></span><br />
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<u><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><i>Update June 21st</i></span></u><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><i>Stir plate shut down this morning. Starter moved to fridge to await brewday.</i></span><br />
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<u><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><i>Brewed June 22nd</i></span></u><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><i>Some weird efficiency numbers. I had expected around 70% based on my experience with the Blonde Ale. I ended with 23-24L in the fermenter at a higher than expected gravity (1.038) and still manage to leave behind 2L in the BK. By my estimates this would mean the mash efficiency was closer to 80% which is considered quite high for this type of brew system. Perhaps the increase in efficiency can be attributed to the lower starting gravity target? Or perhaps it might have something to do with the short, 30m mash "stand" before I started the recirculation? Mash details below...</i></span><br />
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<i>Water treated with Campden, 2tsp of Calcium Chloride, 1tsp of Epsom and 1/2tsp of Gypsum for a mash pH of 5.44.</i><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><i>Strike temperature 73c, dough in, mash settled out at 67c. Added some cold water from the sparge colume, settled at 66c. Left at ~2.9L/kg water to grain ratio for 30 minutes before beginning to vorlauf and starting the recirculation. During the recirc, fired the propane burner, very low heat, to maintain mash temp of 66c. Began a mash-out at the 45 min mark. Over 10 minutes I increased the mash temperature until I hit 76c. Recirculation was stopped and the MLT was allowed to fully drain. Preboil gravity was higher than I expected so I diluted with 1L of straight water. Boil for a total of 50m adding hops as above + whirlfloc @ 5 min. </i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><i>Chilled to 23c before draining to fermenter. Fermenter placed in ferm freezer and dropped temps to 16c before pitching my starter. Decanted about 1L of starter before shaking up into slurry. Ferm temp controller set to 20c.</i></span><br />
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<u><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><i>Update June 23rd</i></span></u><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><i>15hrs since pitch, Mild showing signs of light krausen. Dirty skim @ 24h from pitch.</i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><i><u>Update June 24th</u></i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><i>Cropped krausen into pint size mason jar (x2).</i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><i><u>Update June 25th</u></i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><i>Cropped krausen a 4th time in the last 24hrs. Krausen has not returned with the same vigor. Some light patches on the surface and that is all.</i></span><br />
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<u><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><i>Update June 26th</i></span></u><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><i>FG measures </i></span><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><i>1.0122 (3.11°P) </i></span><br />
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<u><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><i>Update July 3rd </i></span></u><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><i>Kegged. Pressure set to 12psi. FG</i></span> <i>1.0115 (2.94°P). Samples from the fermenter are very promising!</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949201995276169480.post-60989160201324194152013-06-10T09:43:00.000-04:002013-06-26T13:27:56.934-04:00LowTech Blonde Ale v4 - Inaugural Two Vessel Brew<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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My first brew on the two vessel recirculating system. Wasn't perfectly smooth, requires tuning but otherwise I'd deem it a success. You can find more information on my trials and tribulations in the <a href="http://lowtechbrewer.blogspot.ca/2013/06/brewery-update-coming-soon.html">Brewery Update</a> post.<br />
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LowTech Blonde Ale v4<br />
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OG 1.040/ IBU ~25/ SRM ~3/ ~23L<br />
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85.0% OiO Domestic 2-Row<br />
10.0% Gambrinus Vienna<br />
05.0% OiO Wheat Malt<br />
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10g of Centennial @ 60 minutes<br />
10g of Centennial @ 30 minutes<br />
10g of Cascade @ 10 minutes<br />
10g of Cascade @ 0 minutes<br />
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WLP007 Slurry (Used 3x - 4th re-pitch)<br />
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<u><i>Brewed June 9th</i></u><br />
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<i style="background-color: #fefdfa;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Mash @ 66c for 45 min before firing the </span></span></i><i style="background-color: #fefdfa;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">HLT raising temperatures to a 76c mash-out. Collected 30L pre-boil volume. </span></span></i><br />
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<i style="background-color: #fefdfa;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Boiled for 70 minutes adding hops as
scheduled above. Whirlfoc at 1 min remaining in boil (lost track of time messing with my pump). Gravity measured
1.040. Chilled to ~20c.
Collected ~23L into the fermenter. </span></span></i><br />
<i style="background-color: #fefdfa;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></i>
<i style="background-color: #fefdfa;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Pitched 100ml of WLP007 (from LowTech Pale Ale v4), this will be the yeast's 3rd re-pitch.</span></span></i><br />
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<i style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">1/2 tsp Gypsum, 2 </i><i style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> tsp Calcium Chloride, 1 tsp Epsom Salts, 80g Acid
malt, added to mash for a pH of 5.50. Final water numbers: </i><br />
<i style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Ca 74, Mg 14, Na 18, Cl 98, SO4 108</i><br />
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<u><i style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Update June 12th</i></u><br />
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<i style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Fermenter moved from cold room (~18c) to warmer room (21c). Strong airlock activity. Liquid crystal thermometer on the side of the pail reads 18c</i><br />
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<u><i style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Update June 18th</i></u><br />
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<i style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Tested </i><i style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">1.0137 (3.5°P) ~ 67% attenuation (likely due to the cold fermentation). </i><br />
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<u><i style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Update June 26th</i></u><br />
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<i style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">FG Measures </i><i style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">1.0131 (3.34°P), racked to keg. </i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949201995276169480.post-9918943371080804922013-06-08T14:47:00.003-04:002013-06-08T14:47:39.597-04:00Christmas in June... Hops!Just received my semi-annual supply of hops!<br />
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<li>1lb Simcoe</li>
<li>1lb Citra </li>
<li>1lb Amarillo</li>
<li>1lb Centennial</li>
<li>1lb Columbus </li>
<li>1lb Challenger</li>
<li>1lb EKG</li>
<li>1lb Bramling Cross </li>
<li>2lb Styrian Goldings</li>
<li>2lb Target</li>
<li>3lb Cascade</li>
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... I've got some brewing to do! Yeah HOPS! Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949201995276169480.post-84828347507707471962013-06-07T16:50:00.001-04:002013-06-13T19:30:06.154-04:00Tasting - LowTech Pale Ale v4<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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For a beer that I considered more or less a failure... it's sure nice! In case you didn't read, I had big problems with a new hop filter design, it quickly clogged. I managed to finally transfer the wort into the fermenters via auto-siphon although I lost substantial wort in the process. <br />
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Appearance</h3>
Pours burnt orange. The Muntons Crystal 240 is darker than I expected. It holds up nicely to the high gravity to bitterness ratio. There is a very faint roastiness although I get more caramel notes than roast. The dense head only sticks around briefly before settling back into a fine lace. Considerable lacing
throughout the pint. Considering the age of the beer and the lack of
cold conditioning, the clarity is superb. No finings post boil were
used, this is all WLP007. Overall, its certainly at the darker end of the pale ale spectrum. You might even call it an American Amber Ale.<br />
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Aroma</h3>
Malty with a definite hop presence. Not sure I can pick out any one hop, but the combination works.<br />
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Taste</h3>
For a pale ale, I'd consider the bitterness assertive. Hop are front and center, surprising when you consider there were only 5oz's in the 40L batch. Malt sweetness with
some toast on the back end. The body and mouthfeel are adequate, I might increase the crystal slightly. Carbonated well,
finishes dry. <br />
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Drinkability</h3>
Bitter and hoppy. Inviting to the eye. Lower AVB works. Anxious to try the dry-hopped version. 7/10.<br />
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<u><i>Update June 11th</i></u><br />
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<i>Had some carbonation issues early on, they seem to have been corrected. Pints are pouring nicely, the ale is developing nicely. Not sure if it's at it's peak yet but close.</i><br />
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<u><i>Update June 13th</i></u><br />
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<i>Wow! Drinking really nice. Bitterness has mellowed, malt profile starting to come forward. Still a hoppy beer but now with a nice balance. </i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949201995276169480.post-65962003181783178072013-06-05T10:40:00.002-04:002013-06-10T13:57:18.763-04:00Brewery Update - Coming Soon!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've been brewing with a cooler MLT for a number of years. I am on my third cooler, it's worse for wear and is in need of another replacement. After BSB 2013, I was very intrigued by a 2 vessel setup which, by my calculations, I could put in play with very little capital costs. Basically, I already have the 2nd vessel and would simply need to build a new mash manifold.<br />
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The technique is continuously recirculating, no sparge brewing.</div>
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Two vessels, one upper, one lower.</div>
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The upper is your MLT, the lower is you HLT and Boil Kettle.</div>
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<li>To brew, you would fill the lower HLT/BK with the entire amount of brewing water (liquor).</li>
<li>I would fire a propane burner on this lower vessel to bring the water to strike temperature.</li>
<li>While heating to strike temperature, I would recirculate the water via pump up to my MLT and then gravity feed the hot water back to the HLT. This would serve to pre-heat the MLT.</li>
<li>Once the water reaches strike temperature, the MLT gravity feed to shut off, a portion the hot water is pumped to the MLT to achieve the desired grist to water ratio. Pump is shut off.</li>
<li>Mash is full, water remains in the HLT.</li>
<li>Mash is stirred.</li>
<li>MLT and HLT valves are opened once more, pump goes on and we recirculate, drawing the entire volume of water through the mash over the course of the hour.</li>
<li>Propane burner is fired on the HLT through-out the mash to maintain desired mash temperatures.</li>
<li>At the end of the mash the HLT valve and pump is shut off and the MLT is allowed to drain completely. We now have our pre-boil volume in the HTL (now BK).</li>
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Possible complications</div>
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<li>Equalizing flow between the MLT and the HLT. You want to maintain a level of water on top of the grist throughout the entire duration of the mash.</li>
<li>Regulating the propane burner flame to maintain mash temperatures throughout the entire mash.</li>
<li>Possibility of lower mash extraction efficiency</li>
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Possible benefits</div>
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<li>Smaller brewery footprint</li>
<li>Eliminating cooler from the brewery</li>
<li>No sparge means a shorter brewday</li>
<li>No sparge is said to improve the quality of malt flavours</li>
<li>No chance of tannin extraction from over sparging</li>
<li>Mash pH stability</li>
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<i><u>Update June 4th</u></i></div>
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<i>I built my new manifold from CPVC and ported my 2nd vessel (MLT) which is the 36qt Turkey Fryer aluminum pot. I also ported the lid to fit the return feed from my HLT (50L Keggle).</i><br />
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<i><u>Update June 5th</u></i><br />
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<i>New MLT and manifold tests completed successfully. I'd like to give the new system a go this weekend.</i><br />
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<i><u>Update June 9th</u></i><br />
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<i style="background-color: #fefdfa;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Before brewing, I adjusted my grain mill loosening the crush. I'd estimate the mill gap is now .040 (previously 0.036). It looks perfect to me. New crush tested with malted barley, malted wheat and even malted rye, all seem to crack well. Minimal husk shedding on the malted barley.</span></span></i><br />
<i style="background-color: #fefdfa;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></i>
<i style="background-color: #fefdfa;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Began the brew by heating the HLT to 60c then started recirculating the hot water through the MLT to pre-heat. Once temperatures hit 66c, I doughed in. </span></span></i><i style="background-color: #fefdfa;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> Almost immediately began recirculating the mash and remaining HLT water (forgetting to vorlauf) and c</span></span></i><i style="background-color: #fefdfa;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">ontinued to heat the HLT until the mashed temperatures stabilized @ 66c at which point the heat was shut off. The mash recirculated for 45 minutes. Three times I fired the HLT briefly (1-2 min), over low heat, to retain a mash temperature of 66c. T</span></span></i><i style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">he MLT itself might benefit from some type of insulation in the future. </span></i><i style="background-color: #fefdfa;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">A</span></span></i><i style="background-color: #fefdfa;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">fter 45 min, the HLT was fired over medium heat (still recirculating) raising temperatures to 76c for mash-out. Collected 30L pre-boil volume.</span></span></i><br />
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<i style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Managing the flows of both the MLT and HLT proved to be challenging. Once during the mash the fluid dropped below the grain. I corrected by shutting off the flow from the MLT and continued pumping from the HLT. Next time I will run the pump wide open and manage flow exiting the MLT. The good news is the new manifold and crush seem to be lautering very well!</i><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><i>In my brewing software I guessed the new system's brewhouse efficiency @ 70%, I wasn't far off @ 68% with a mash efficiency @ 70% (~26ppg).</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><i>I really like the temperature control over the mash. In the future I may experiment with conducting a more traditional mash and waiting for starch conversion before beginning the re-circulation this may help to improve efficiency a touch. I suspect the flow rates at which the mash and HLT exchange might also play a role in the systems efficiency. </i></span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949201995276169480.post-40731559757202787362013-06-02T21:22:00.003-04:002013-06-24T10:29:32.066-04:00BSB 2013 - IPAOur gracious sponsors for BSB 2013 provided most of the malt in this recipe. We used whole leaf flowers for all the late hops.<br />
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BSB 2013 - IPA<br />
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OG 1.060/ IBU ~83/ SRM ~6/ ~41L<br />
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53.0% OiO Domestic 2-Row<br />
42.0% Muntons Maris Otter<br />
03.0% OiO Wheat Malt<br />
02.0% Weyermann Carabohemian<br />
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2oz of Warrior @ 60 minutes<br />
1oz of Warrior @ 30 minutes<br />
2oz ea Centennial/Cascade @ 5 minutes<br />
1oz ea Centennial/Cascade @ 0 minutes<br />
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WLP007<br />
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<i><u>Brewed June 1st</u></i><br />
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<i style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Mashed
in at 150F. Mashed for 60 minutes before
collecting 46L pre-boil volume. Boiled for 70 minutes adding hops as
scheduled above. Whirlfoc at 5 min remaining in boil. Gravity measured 1.060. Chilled to ~80F.
Collected ~32-34L into two fermenters. Had a bit of an issue with chill water on site, BK sat for 20 min (hot) while waiting for water.</i><br />
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<i style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">2 tsp Gypsum, 2 </i><i style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> tsp Calcium Chloride, 1 tsp Epsom Salts, 150g Acid
malt, added to mash for a pH of 5.48. 1tsp Gypsum added to the boil. Final water numbers: </i><br />
<i style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Ca 89, Mg 10, Na 18, Cl 63, SO4 174</i><br />
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<i style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><u>Update June 2nd</u> </i><br />
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<i style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Gave the fermenter a quick shake but most of the aeration was done yesterday while racking the beer to the pail. Re-pitched WLP007 from one of the LowTech APA v4 carboys. This is the yeast's 3rd pitch (3rd gen). Full Krausen within 5hrs.</i><br />
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<i style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><u>Update June 3rd</u></i><br />
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<i style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Fermenting strong. Used my cold room to keep temps down, ambient 18c.</i><br />
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<i style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><u>Update June 6th</u></i><br />
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<i style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Ambient in the cold room down to 16c. I checked on the IPA this morning and it appears to have completely fermented out. Fermenter has been moved to a warmer room, will give it a few days to clean up before dry hopping.</i><br />
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<i style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><u>Update June 8th</u></i><br />
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<i style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Added a whack load of whole leaf dry hops to the primary</i><br />
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<u><i style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Update June 16th</i></u><br />
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<i style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Racked off hops and to secondary for further conditioning . Gravity measured 1.015</i><i>.</i><br />
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<i><u>Update June 18th</u></i><br />
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<i>Racked to keg, pressure set to 12psi</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0