Pilsen Chalten II - Wheat and Fast Lager Brew Session

Brew Session Info

Brew Date 7/4/2019

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

Used filtered tap water 1/8 camden tablet to remove chlorine Steeped grains from ~ 110F to 160F Rehydrated with tap water --- not sanitized. Some water spilled in during cool down Cooled down to 60 F using two iced bottles ice from freezer one bag of ice. Slightly sweet with a fresh hop aroma Topped off with 2 gallons of 40 F bottled Drinking Water Pitch @ 56 F Ferment at 51 F Slow fermentation started at 36 hours. Increased fermentation temperature to 73 after 84 hours.

Mash

Mash PH

Mash Start Temp

°FC

Mash End Temp

°FC

Mash Time

minutes

Boil

Pre-Boil Gravity

NaN (estimated)

Boil Volume

3.5 gallons liters 0.00 (gallonsliters estimated)

Boil Time

30 minutes minutes (30 minutes estimated)

Post-Boil Volume

3 gals liters

Gravity Estimates

Based on boiling 3.50 gallonsliters at NaN for 30 minutes, this will decrease your wort by 0.00 gallonsliters, bringing your after boil OG to NaN.

You wanted an OG of 1.045. It looks like it will be over.

Fermentation

Volume in Fermenter

5 gallons liters 5.00 (gallonsliters estimated)

Original Gravity

1.046 (1.045 predicted)

Final Gravity

1.011 (1.008 predicted)

Conditioning

Condition Date

Bottle/Keg

Keg PSI

PSI

Tasting Notes (1)

Tasted on 7/27/2019 by jthg

Notes:

At keg, clear. Sightly ??/acetyl. Maybe switched to a high temperature to early. Next time, wait four days after brew to increase temperature. Also, not much hops. This might be due to drinking an IPA. Definitely not what I was going for!

Recipe Facts

Pilsen Chalten II - Wheat and Fast Lager

German Pils

5.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
3.00 Gallons Liters Boil Size
30 min Boil Time
1.045 OG
1.008 FG
22.4 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
0.50 BG:GU
3.5° SRM Color
72% Efficiency
4.7% ABV Alcohol
146 per 12oz Calories

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