| date | step | volume | temp | gravity (corrected) |
notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-06-26 08:45 EDT | strike water | 6.00 gl | 161 f | First brew with separate 10" water filter, fed from external faucet, through marine hose. Tried to go as slow as possible to maximize filtration of chloramines. | |
| 2011-06-26 08:50 EDT | dough-in | 6.50 gl | 147 f | Grains run through mill once. Mash target 149; a bit over, so added ~ quarter-gallon cold water, undershooting down a few degrees. :( | |
| 2011-06-26 09:10 EDT | mash | Added ~1g hot water from HLT, re-established/confirmed at 147. | |||
| 2011-06-26 09:20 EDT | mash | ||||
| 2011-06-26 09:50 EDT | 1st runnings, start | ||||
| 2011-06-26 10:00 EDT | 1st runnings, end | 5.00 gl | 1.065 | Expected only 2.5g … took a lot more than expected. | |
| 2011-06-26 10:00 EDT | sparge | 4.00 gl | Scaled back to two 4g (from 5g) sparges due to mash over-collection. | ||
| 2011-06-26 10:05 EDT | 2nd runnings, start | ||||
| 2011-06-26 10:15 EDT | 2nd runnings, end | 4.50 gl | 1.048 | Gravity is of combined wort. | |
| 2011-06-26 10:20 EDT | sparge | 4.00 gl | |||
| 2011-06-26 10:30 EDT | 3rd runnings, start | ||||
| 2011-06-26 10:40 EDT | 3rd runnings, end | 3.50 gl | 1.036 | Gravity is of combined wort. | |
| 2011-06-26 11:30 EDT | boil, start | 13.00 gl | 1.036 | ||
| 2011-06-26 12:00 EDT | boil, addition | 60 minute hops addition. | |||
| 2011-06-26 12:50 EDT | boil, addition | Combined 15 and 5 minute hops additions into single 10 minute add + chiller. | |||
| 2011-06-26 13:05 EDT | boil, end | 10.50 gl | 1.051 | Hit with 60 seconds diffused O₂, regulator just past "visible bubbles" while stirring. 8 5lb. ice bags used to chill. | |
| 2011-06-26 14:05 EDT | pitch | ~6g in 6g glass carboy with Wyeast 3724. Heating wrap. Temp controller set point 71°F, differential 2°F. ~4.5g in 6g better bottle with Wyeast 3711. Heating wrap. Temp controller set point 71°F, differential 2°F. See http://brew-journal.com/user/jsled/brew/111 for details of 3711-fermented batch. | |||
| 2011-06-27 | primary fermentation | The 3724 carboy set point was moved up to 76°F, but the fermentation seems to be holding steady naturally at 77°F. The 3711 carboy set point was bumped up to 75°F (differential of 2°F), but seems to be holding at around 73°F. Intent is to hold the 3711 at 75°F, and ramp the 3724 up about 2°F/day to 90°F. | |||
| 2011-06-28 | primary fermentation | 3724 set point moved to 78°F. Differential on both lowered to 1°F. | |||
| 2011-06-29 | primary fermentation | 3724 set point moved up to 80°F. | |||
| 2011-06-30 | primary fermentation | 3724 set point moved up to 82°F. | |||
| 2011-07-01 | primary fermentation | 3724 set point moved up to 84°F. 3711 set point moved up to 76°F, as it has been stable at 74 with a setpoint of 75, and I really want it at 75. | |||
| 2011-07-02 | gravity sample | 1.035 | 3724 batch gravity reading. 3711 batch: 1.005 @ 73°F. | ||
| 2011-07-09 | gravity sample | 91 f | 1.029 | 3724 batch gravity reading. 3711 batch: 1.002 @ 74°F. | |
| 2011-07-23 | gravity sample | 91 f | 1.019 | 3724 batch gravity reading. 3711 batch: 1.001 @ 65°F. 3711 batch kegged on 2011-07-24. Posts removed, rinsed and lubed with petrol lube. Pressurized at 25 PSI (estimated fridge temp: 40°) to target 3.0-3.5 volumes. | |
| 2011-07-31 | gravity sample | 91 f | 1.008 |