Blonde Cascading Rye Brew Session

Brew Session Info

Brew Date 11/4/2017

Notes (Include any important notes from brew day until tasting)

Water treated with .25 campden tablets per 5 gallons strike/sparge water. Saturday evening brew session: 1.074 first runnings: 1.035 second, 1.023 3rd 5 gallons collected 4th 1.015. got 5.5 gallons at 1.047. added .5 gallons boiled (and chilled) water to fermenter to raise volume to 6 gallons (estimating SG at 1.043). Added 1/2 jar trub from dual pete light. No action Monday morning, so added more yeast from jar noon Monday. 4.9 abv

Water Infusion

Brew Session Specific

Grain Weight

8.4375 lb kg

Grain Temp

65 °FC

Target Mash Temp

150 °FC

Mash Thickness

1.5 qt/lbl/kg

Total Boil Time

90 min.

Wort Into Fermenter

5.5 gals liters

Equipment Profile

Grain Absorption

0.15 gals/lb liters/kg

Sparge Grain Absorption

0.01 gals/lb liters/kg

HLT-MT Heat Loss

°FC

Mash Tun Loss

0.25 gals liters

Brew Kettle Trub Loss

0.5 gals liters

Boil Loss

1 gals/hour liters/hour

Wort Shrinkage

0.2 gals liters

Calculated Totals

Total Water Needed

9.05 gals liters

Mash Tun Capacity

3.84 gals liters

Mash/Strike Volume

3.41 gals liters

HLT Temperature

160.52 °FC

Strike Temperature

160.52 °FC

1st Runnings

2.14 gals liters

Sparge Volume

5.64 gals liters

Total Runoff

7.70 gals liters

Mash / Boil

Mash

Mash PH

4.8 PH

Mash Start Temp

150 °FC

Mash End Temp

149 °FC

Mash Time

90 minutes

Boil

Pre-Boil Gravity

1.037 1.035 (estimated)

Boil Volume

7.8 gallons liters 7.70 (gallonsliters estimated)

Boil Time

90 minutes minutes (90 minutes estimated)

Post-Boil Volume

gals liters

Gravity Estimates

Based on boiling 7.80 gallonsliters at 1.037 for 90 minutes, this will decrease your wort by 1.50 gallonsliters, bringing your after boil OG to 1.044.

You wanted an OG of 1.043. It looks like it will be over.

Fermentation

Volume in Fermenter

5.5 gallons liters 6.00 (gallonsliters estimated)

Original Gravity

1.047 (1.043 predicted)

Final Gravity

1.006 (1.006 predicted)

Conditioning

Condition Date

11/25/2017

Bottle/Keg

Priming Sugar Type

table

Priming Sugar Amount

4.8 oz g

Tasting Notes (1)

Tasted on 11/27/2017 by mpt2222

Notes:

Sampled while packaging. Obviously green, but has a german flavor. Definitely a light brew with very mild hoppy aroma. Basic "beer" flavor with some balance, but not overwhelming. Heading toward a very drinkable, pleasing brew for many types of beer drinkers. Even at this stage, I can tell this is going to be a solid version of this popular recipe of mine.

Recipe Facts

Blonde Cascading Rye

Blonde Ale

6.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
7.50 Gallons Liters Boil Size
90 min Boil Time
1.043 OG
1.006 FG
18.9 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
0.44 BG:GU
3.2° SRM Color
80% Efficiency
4.9% ABV Alcohol
140 per 12oz Calories

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