Modesto Farm Lager Brew Session

Brew Session Info

3/9/2018
(Include any important notes from brew day until tasting)

Despite having 10 gallons of grains and water for the second runnings, I only drew off a total of 4.25 gallons. As I had to draw off an additional gallon of second runnings for the Wallonian Wonder, I topped off with only 1 gallon of water and added a pound of belgian candi sugar to keep the gravity above 1.030. I took the hop tube with the spices from the Wallonian Wonder and put that into the wort during its hop stand. Pitched 250mL of yeast slurry following 1.5 minutes of aeration. I think my oxygen bottle is about to kick as it was quite slow with bubbling. 3/10/18 - strong fermentation, lots of activity. Not much krausen due to the lager yeast. 3/13/18 - primary fermentation is complete 3/30/18 - dropped in an oz each of Jarrylo and azacca for a dry hop. I will bottle this one in another couple days. 4/5/18 - bottling today. Sample tasted great, lemony hops then the woody tang of rye kicked in. The sulfur character on this is not noticeable and even in the fermentation it was quite muted. I'm quite looking forward to this finishing out.

Water Infusion

Brew Session Specific

16.09 lb kg
155 °FC
155 °FC
2 qt/lbl/kg
30 min.
5.5 gals liters

Equipment Profile

0.15 gals/lb liters/kg
0.01 gals/lb liters/kg
°FC
0.25 gals liters
0.5 gals liters
1 gals/hour liters/hour
0.2 gals liters

Calculated Totals

9.27 gals liters
9.33 gals liters
8.29 gals liters
155.00 °FC
155.00 °FC
5.88 gals liters
0.98 gals liters
6.70 gals liters

Mash / Boil

Mash

5.37 PH
155 °FC
155 °FC
30 minutes

Boil

1.027 1.035 (estimated)
5.5 gallons liters 6.70 (gallonsliters estimated)
30 minutes minutes (30 minutes estimated)
5 gals liters

Gravity Estimates

Based on boiling 5.50 gallonsliters at 1.027 for 30 minutes, this will decrease your wort by 0.50 gallonsliters, bringing your after boil OG to 1.029.

You wanted an OG of 1.038. It looks like it will be under.

Fermentation

4.5 gallons liters 5.00 (gallonsliters estimated)
1.038 (1.038 predicted)
1.009 (1.009 predicted)

Conditioning

4/5/2018
10
Dextrose
5.25 oz g

Tasting Notes (2)

CheeseNips

Tasted on 4/24/2018 by CheeseNips

Notes:

Pours one finger of foam, same color and haze. Aroma is some dank hop that quickly yields to a sweet malt. Flavor is all malt now that is more sweet bread now rather than toffee or caramel. Nucleation and body are the same. This beer is changing for the better, but I still don't think it's better than average.

CheeseNips

Tasted on 4/19/2018 by CheeseNips

Notes:

Pours 2 fingers of foam, burnt orange color bordering on brown and very hazy. Aroma is dank hops. Flavor follows the nose initially and then morphs into a toffee, caramel flavor and then a slight bitter finish. Nucleation is sharp with the body being light while crisp. I'd like the caramel flavor to mellow out as I don't care for it, but it certainly has the Cal Common maltiness with a much bigger hop presence. There's no sulfur presence, unlike the last time I used this yeast. Personally, this beer is just okay as the caramel flavor is not desirable.

Recipe Facts

Modesto Farm Lager
California Common
  • 5.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 5.50 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 30  min Boil Time
  • 1.038 OG
  • 1.009 FG
  • 38.6 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 1.02 BG:GU
  • 10.3° SRM Color
  • 30% Efficiency
  • 3.7% ABV Alcohol
  • 124 per 12oz Calories
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