Saturday, February 19, 2011

Yellow Tail Pale Ale


1st time using water straight from the tap, rather than bottled water
8lb Briess 2-row
2lb Weyermann Vienna
.5lb Briess Caramel 10
Add 1/4 tab Campden tab to 5 gallons water 
Dough in 3.75 gallons 165 degree water 2:25pm
Add 1tbspn 5.2
Mash for 60 min, target temp = 154 Actual = 152
Bring remaining gallon of wAter to 180
Heat 4 more gallons to 175 with 1/4 campden tab
At 60 minutes add 1 gallon 180 degree water 3:30pm
Stir for 10 minutes
Vorlauf until clear 3:40pm
Add 1oz Cascade 5.4AA FWH
Empty to kettle
Add 3.50 gallons 175 degree water to sparge, stir for 10 minutes 4:00pm
Vorlauf and empty to kettle 
Bring to boil 4:19pm
Add .50 oz cascade at 30 minutes 4:49pm
Add .25 oz cascade with 15 minutes left in boil 5:04pm
Add .25 oz cascade at 5 minutes 5:14pm
5:19 cool to 75
5:25 100
5:30pm 77 gotta love 54 degree ground water
Settle for 30 minutes
Aerate w/pure oxygen 1min 30 secs
Pitch dry yeast directly onto wort,  no starter.

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Belgian Pale Ale

Belgian pale ale 
Mash in 4:00pm
Initial temp 153.6
Basement temp 68 water temp 165
Opened my hops and just noticed shop sent me target instead of perle WTF!
Add .75 gal boiling water 5:00, stir for 10 minutes
Vorlauf
Empty to kettle
Add 3.25 gallons 175 degree water
Stir for 10 minutes
Vorlauf
Add to kettle finished sparge at 5:32- pre boil OG 1.044
.75 ounce Target hops 60 min fine bag-5:43
1 oz hersbrucker 15 min muslin bag 6:28
yeast nutrient 6:33
1/4 whirlfloc 6:33
Chiller 6:35
End boil 6:43
Chill 120 6:48 78 6:53
Drain kettle 7:30
Settle
Aerate 1 minute 20 seconds
8:15 Pitch slurry directly from strong dark ale carboy onto Belgian pale ale wort, decant remaining slurry to mason jar

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

St Patty's Day Irish Red

7.5 lb rahr 2 row
.75 Belgian caramel pils
.25 briess special roast
.125 Belgian biscuit malt
.125 simpsons chocolate
Mash in 3.50 gallons 166 water
Temp 154.2 6:16 pm
Add 1 gallon 185 degree water 7:25 pm
Stir/vorlauf 
Empty into kettle
Add 3.25 gall 170 degree sparge water 7:41pm
Stir/ vorlauf
Empty to kettle 
Hotbreak 8:06 pm
1oz willammette 60 min
1oz us goldings 20 min 8:46
Chill 9:10 pm in a snow bank
150 9:17pm
90 9:41pm
Pitched yeast 10:43
Target OG 1.040 @ 70% efficiency
Pre boil OG 1.034
FINAL OG 1.043