Worst brew day ever....crazy windy, so I kept losing my boil, then the kettle wouldn't drain. I've had one stuck sparge in over 70 batches, but never this. I was banging on the kettle for like 15 minutes trying to get it unstuck, then I stuck a sanitized spoon in the wort. All this did was stir up all the crap in the bottom of the kettle, which is now in the fermenter. The spoon didn't work, so I had to sanitize a glove and stick my hand in the wort, remove the dipstick and let it drain down to 2 gallons. I then tilted the kettle to get as much out, but every ounce of sludge came with it. Fiasco. I'd be shocked if this isn't my first contaminated batch.
Grist:
6lb Belgian Pilsner
5lb Briess White Wheat
8oz Castle Cara munich 20l
8oz Unmalted Wheat
Hops
1oz Saaz 60 min
1oz UK Kent Golding 30 min
1oz UK Kent Golding 2 min
Adjuncts:
1/4 tsp grains of paradise 10 min
1oz Bitter orange peel 10 min
1/2 oz coriander 10 min
1lb clear candi sugar 30 min
Yeast:
Wyeast 3944 Belgian Wit
Single infusion mash @148 75 minutes (4.75 gallons water 162 degrees)
Sparge 3.5 gallons 170 degree water
Target OG 1.058 Actual 1.061
Brewed Easter Sunday 03.31.13
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