| Date Added | Name | Style | ABV | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/15/2023 |  Sour2 - 2nd attempt at sour using Wildbrew Philly Sour yeast |
American Pale Ale | 4.8 % | 3 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/25/2023 |  Hazy 3.0 |
American Pale Ale | 5.0 % | 2.7 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/19/2023 |  Monkey Piss - first attempt at sour using Wildbrew Philly Sour yeast |
American Pale Ale | 5.0 % | 3 Gallon(s) | |
| 12/3/2022 | New start ale - BIAB no sparge first wort hopping |
American Pale Ale | 4.5 % | 2.5 Gallon(s) | |
| 11/19/2022 |  No boil Rogue Chocolate Stout clone |
American Stout | 5.5 % | 2.1 Gallon(s) | |
| 10/31/2022 |  No boil Sierra Nevada Pale Ale |
Unknown Style | 5.2 % | 2.1 Gallon(s) | |
| 10/9/2022 | No boil German Aromatic Ale |
American Pale Ale | 5.2 % | 2.1 Gallon(s) | |
| 9/25/2022 | No boil pale ale |
American Pale Ale | 5.4 % | 2.1 Gallon(s) | |
| 9/24/2022 |  Everyday Cream and Sugar |
American IPA | 5.6 % | 2.1 Gallon(s) | |
| 7/23/2022 |  Everyday Dark IPA |
American IPA | 4.4 % | 2.6 Gallon(s) | |
| Date Added | Name | Style | ABV | Amount |
Loxter
4 years ago
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4 years ago
Loxter
5 years ago
Calculations adjusted based on equipment change
Loxter
5 years ago
Using hot plate outside for boil this time, so numbers may be off, may have to recalculate (assuming all goes well).
Loxter
5 years ago
This time it seems I find my refractometer may not be giving me correct FG readings (or at least how I am using it isn't). Now starting to double-check with hydrometer. Will make sure I get a fully stirred sample for testing FG, but side by side samples are 1.030 in refractometer, 1.010 with hydrometer.
Loxter
5 years ago
No hot mash out, no hot sparge.
Loxter
5 years ago
"perfect" IPA really referring to mash out and sparge temps - I let them get to high recently and caused bad flavor in beer (tannins?). This time temps will be perfect as possible. Mash initial temp came out a little too high (again) but just barely. Went to lunch so mash actually lasted 104 minutes with final temp down to 145.
Loxter
5 years ago
Loxter
5 years ago
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5 years ago
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5 years ago
Loxter
5 years ago
Mash and sparge night before, boil next morning, BIAB, dunk sparge. Mashed a little on the hot side.
Loxter
5 years ago
Switched to 2 gallon fermenter, with 1.5 gal wort size, aiming for twelve 12 oz. beers with each batch. Also starting with BIAB process as of this session. Mash at 150 for 60 min using Keep Warm oven method (power off when inserting tun). Mash out to 180 degrees. Ended up with 9 qts after boil, instead of projected 8, but in the end the amount was perfect, after racking from post flameout to ice bath and again to fermenter, leaving behind a nice amount of material. Fermentation stuck at 1.035, ...
Loxter
5 years ago
No sparge. Mash with beta-glucan rest at 104 degrees with oats, otherwise 150 degrees for 1 hour.Numbers seem all messed up on this one. OG is way too low, FG is way too high. Changed mash process after this one to BIAB with dunk sparge which worked much better. FG being high - maybe under pitched? It had plenty of time. All mystery so this one is dubbed MODJ 6/28 on bottles. Primed this one with heaping 1/2 tsp sugar as my last couple with a full tsp seemed over carbonated. 3.65% ABV? We'll ...
Loxter
5 years ago
Getting calculations from previous sessions more accurate. Step mash, no sparge method.
Loxter
5 years ago
Started with 2.1 gallons, but after mash, had 1.9 gallons, rather than 1.7. This gives a grain absorption of 0.076 instead of 0.15. Mash thickness adjusted to make sparge vol 0.0 since I am doing no-sparge method for this one. Boiled for 88 minutes, counting 23 minutes in as 60 per chart and boiled an extra 5 min after a final check of volume before the last 5 min hop addition.
Loxter
5 years ago
Finally have calculator set to my setup - 1 gallon brewing. Hopefully volumes will be accurate this time. Set oven to Keep Warm at 150 degrees until pot of mash went in, then cut off oven.After an hour of boiling, I still had 1.5 gallons of wort, so boiled another 30 min. All boil hops were in already, but still had whirlpool hops to add. Liquid measurement gone wrong? If anywhere, it was sparge volume (maybe 2.5 gal total in kettle?). Maybe my full boil isn't as vigorous to cause 1 gal/hr ...
