| date | step | volume | temp | gravity (corrected) |
notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-01-27 | make starter | 3.00 l | Wyeast 2206, ~3L starter, split across two growlers. Intended to brew 2011-01-30, but didn't; fridge'd starters until 2011-02-04, then removed from fridge, up to ambient kitchen temp. Decanted about half of each growler and added about 1L starter. | ||
| 2011-02-06 09:55 EST | strike water | 4.88 gl | 162 f | ||
| 2011-02-06 10:24 EST | dough-in | 6.00 gl | 150 f | Added extra gallon water to try to drive temp to 151. Grains run through mill only once. | |
| 2011-02-06 10:54 EST | mash | 147 f | |||
| 2011-02-06 11:34 EST | 1st runnings, start | 147 f | 1.077 | ||
| 2011-02-06 11:36 EST | 1st runnings, end | 3.28 gl | |||
| 2011-02-06 11:37 EST | sparge | 4.00 gl | |||
| 2011-02-06 11:45 EST | 2nd runnings, start | 1.034 | |||
| 2011-02-06 11:47 EST | 2nd runnings, end | 4.00 gl | Had about 1-1.5g extra runnings from tail end. How'd that happen? :/ | ||
| 2011-02-06 12:20 EST | boil, start | 7.00 gl | 1.055 | ||
| 2011-02-06 12:50 EST | boil, addition | Used 1G nylon mesh paint strainer bag for pellet hops. Apparently no hop residue in kettle. Awesome. | |||
| 2011-02-06 13:30 EST | boil, addition | ||||
| 2011-02-06 13:55 EST | boil, end | 5.00 gl | |||
| 2011-02-06 14:40 EST | pitch | 5.00 gl | 55 f | 1.068 | |
| 2011-02-10 21:40 EST | primary fermentation | 50 f | 1.040 | ||
| 2011-02-14 22:02 EST | gravity sample | 50 f | 1.021 | ||
| 2011-02-14 22:18 EST | diacetyl rest | Diacetyl rest begins (a little late). Removed carboy from fridge, into basement at ~60°F ambient. Will allow to equalize overnight, then raise to 68°F via heat wrap in the morning. | |||
| 2011-02-15 08:30 EST | diacetyl rest | 54 f | Only up to 54°F in the morning, turned on heater with setpoint of 66°F, differential of 2°F. | ||
| 2011-02-17 22:06 EST | gravity sample | 5.00 gl | 66 f | 1.015 | still all diacetyl. :( |
| 2011-02-20 18:00 EST | lagering | 65 f | 1.014 | Still overwhelmingly diacetyl. Racked to 5g carboy, into chest freezer, setpoint 40. | |
| 2011-04-11 | gravity sample | 45 f | 1.015 | Still pretty strong diacetyl. :( | |
| 2011-05-21 16:00 EDT | kegged | 5.00 gl | 47 f | 1.015 | Diacetyl lessened. Kegged at ~15 pounds pressure in fridge. |