September 2020 Single Malt IPA Brew Session

Brew Session Info

Brew Date 10/1/2020

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

Added Oxygen before adding yeast. Fermented very nicely. Slight foaming out of gas lock. Continued slowly the third day.

Water Infusion

Brew Session Specific

Grain Weight

13.5 lb kg

Grain Temp

70 °FC

Target Mash Temp

155 °FC

Mash Thickness

1.3 qt/lbl/kg

Total Boil Time

60 min.

Wort Into Fermenter

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

1 °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

8.86 gals liters

Mash Tun Capacity

5.47 gals liters

Mash/Strike Volume

4.64 gals liters

HLT Temperature

168.37 °FC

Strike Temperature

167.37 °FC

1st Runnings

2.61 gals liters

Sparge Volume

4.22 gals liters

Total Runoff

6.70 gals liters

Mash / Boil

Mash

Mash PH

4.6 PH

Mash Start Temp

145 °FC

Mash End Temp

140 °FC

Mash Time

60 minutes

Boil

Pre-Boil Gravity

1.040 1.047 (estimated)

Boil Volume

5 gallons liters 6.70 (gallonsliters estimated)

Boil Time

60 minutes minutes (60 minutes estimated)

Post-Boil Volume

4.5 gals liters

Gravity Estimates

Based on boiling 5.00 gallonsliters at 1.040 for 60 minutes, this will decrease your wort by 1.00 gallonsliters, bringing your after boil OG to 1.048.

You wanted an OG of 1.055. It looks like it will be under.

Fermentation

Volume in Fermenter

4.5 gallons liters 5.00 (gallonsliters estimated)

Original Gravity

1.055 (1.055 predicted)

Final Gravity

1.005 (1.005 predicted)

Conditioning

Condition Date

Bottle/Keg

Keg PSI

20 PSI

Tasting Notes (2)

Tasted on 10/14/2020 by BackAlleyBrewing

Notes:

Tastes pretty damn good. you can taste and smell the hops. Light amber in color. Hardly any yeast aroma. I think the O2 aeriation helped.

Tasted on 10/1/2020 by BackAlleyBrewing

Notes:

sweet but could taste the hops. Tasted ok.

Recipe Facts

September 2020 Single Malt IPA

American IPA

5.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
6.00 Gallons Liters Boil Size
60 min Boil Time
1.055 OG
1.005 FG
79.1 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
1.44 BG:GU
3.0° SRM Color
55% Efficiency
6.4% ABV Alcohol
180 per 12oz Calories

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