Monday, September 13, 2010

Long Pull v.3

So I have completed my brew day and am happy to say my efficiency went way up, 80% to be exact. I am happy, and will be happy, with that number if I hit for the rest of my life (brewing that is). The first runnings got me to 2 gallons. I then sparged with about 5 and got a 7 gallon pre boil volume. The middle stats are OG 1.050, 6 gallons in the fermenter. I am excited about this one and I think I have found my happy medium for the propane cooker. I ended up with more volume at the end of the boil than any previous batch. Can't wait to taste, but I have to

Shouldn't have left you...

Okay, I haven't brewed in some time and I have a day off work today so here goes nothing. It's been so long I feel like I'm going to forget to add the hops or something. Hopefully not, that would be a super sweet malty beer considering there is 10.25 # of malt in it. Here's the recipe

8 # Maris Otter
1 # English Brown
.5 # carapils
.5 # Aromatic
.25 # 60L Crystal

Mash at 152 for one hour

1 oz Kent Golding for 60 min
.5 oz Challenger for 30 min
.5 oz Challenger for 15 min

Safale S-04 yeast

Fermentation temp should be around 68 F for one week in primary
and then two or three in secondary

The goal is to hit about 75% efficiency in my mash which would put me at 1.058 OG
If the yeast does its job I will have a 6.5% ABV beer. I can't wait