Niagara Red Brew Session

Brew Session Info

3/26/2021
(Include any important notes from brew day until tasting)

First brew in just over a year, went smoothly, ended up about a quart heavy in the fermenter and just a bit low on OG as a result. The beer was a beautiful red, the wort tasted nice and fermentation was visible about 8 hours after pitching the yeast. Looking forward to this beer.

Water Infusion

Brew Session Specific

11.5 lb kg
60 °FC
152 °FC
2.87 qt/lbl/kg
60 min.
6 gals liters

Equipment Profile

0.15 gals/lb liters/kg
0.01 gals/lb liters/kg
0 °FC
0 gals liters
0 gals liters
1 gals/hour liters/hour
0.2 gals liters

Calculated Totals

9.03 gals liters
9.17 gals liters
8.25 gals liters
158.41 °FC
158.41 °FC
6.53 gals liters
0.78 gals liters
7.20 gals liters

Mash / Boil

Mash

PH
148.8 °FC
147.7 °FC
60 minutes

Boil

1.046 1.045 (estimated)
7.5 gallons liters 7.20 (gallonsliters estimated)
60 minutes minutes (60 minutes estimated)
6.25 gals liters

Gravity Estimates

Based on boiling 7.50 gallonsliters at 1.046 for 60 minutes, this will decrease your wort by 1.00 gallonsliters, bringing your after boil OG to 1.052.

You were planning on an OG of 1.052 so you are right on track. Nice job!

Fermentation

6.25 gallons liters 6.00 (gallonsliters estimated)
1.051 (1.052 predicted)
1.006 (1.010 predicted)

Conditioning

4/11/2021
10
Dextrose
4.12 oz g

Tasting Notes (0)

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Comments

  • Brumanchu

    Bottled today 04/12/2021, ended up with 60 bottles of red, I'm a bit concerned that this finished so low, it's usually pretty close to the estimate but this went lower, tastes a bit thin and dry as a result when bottling. I'll condition it and hope that it tastes okay in the bottle in a couple of weeks.

    4 years ago

Recipe Facts

Niagara Red
Irish Red Ale
  • 6.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 7.00 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 60  min Boil Time
  • 1.052 OG
  • 1.010 FG
  • 21.0 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.40 BG:GU
  • 11.3° SRM Color
  • 75% Efficiency
  • 5.4% ABV Alcohol
  • 172 per 12oz Calories
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