blue moon Brew Session

Brew Session Info

Brew Date 7/16/2021

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

AIH Kit. crushed grains and oats together at 0.28inches setting. mash temp met was 149F after struggling to get an initial mash tun temp of 169F, then had 158F and added too much cold water.... Needed a strike water/tun temp of min 162, max of 169F. MUST remember to preheat the mash tun with 3 gal of 200F water!!! boiled 6.8 gal for 90min to increase OG, but had 5 gal in boil kettle and only 4gal to fermenter!! Probably could have done with less boil time since the SUGAR went in in the last five minutes. Not sure how the 90 minutes with the boil hops will work out. Used a 24 hour yeast starter and drained(saved) the upper 1/3 of wort for a future use. did not use the irish moss. Took 30min to get wort down to 74F 7/26 gravity @ 1.028 @67F, ambient 67F 8/5 gravity @ 1.002 @67F, ambient 67F, bottled and then harvested yeast to wash from fermentor. ABV 6.3% yeast attenuation 96%.

Water Infusion

Brew Session Specific

Grain Weight

9.75 lb kg

Grain Temp

77 °FC

Target Mash Temp

149 °FC

Mash Thickness

1 qt/lbl/kg

Total Boil Time

60 min.

Wort Into Fermenter

5.1 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

10 °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

8.36 gals liters

Mash Tun Capacity

3.22 gals liters

Mash/Strike Volume

2.69 gals liters

HLT Temperature

172.05 °FC

Strike Temperature

162.05 °FC

1st Runnings

1.23 gals liters

Sparge Volume

5.67 gals liters

Total Runoff

6.80 gals liters

Mash / Boil

Mash

Mash PH

Mash Start Temp

149 °FC

Mash End Temp

146 °FC

Mash Time

70 minutes

Boil

Pre-Boil Gravity

1.040 1.040 (estimated)

Boil Volume

6.8 gallons liters 6.80 (gallonsliters estimated)

Boil Time

90 minutes minutes (60 minutes estimated)

Post-Boil Volume

4 gals liters

Gravity Estimates

Based on boiling 6.80 gallonsliters at 1.040 for 90 minutes, this will decrease your wort by 1.50 gallonsliters, bringing your after boil OG to 1.049.

You wanted an OG of 1.051. It looks like it will be under.

Fermentation

Volume in Fermenter

4 gallons liters 5.00 (gallonsliters estimated)

Original Gravity

1.050 (1.051 predicted)

Final Gravity

1.002 (1.013 predicted)

Conditioning

Condition Date

Bottle/Keg

Priming Sugar Type

sugar

Priming Sugar Amount

4 oz g

Tasting Notes (1)

Tasted on 8/5/2021 by Brewer 106882

Notes:

a bit hazy, but no cold crash, all of the sugar for priming did not disolve. Taste of mild hint cinamon with hint of clove and low banana like a hefeweizen, fairly sweet yet even though it finished dry. Creamy mouthfeel. will update after chilling and carbonation along with some settling expected in the bottles. hope for more orange aromatics.

Recipe Facts

blue moon

American Wheat Beer

5.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
6.90 Gallons Liters Boil Size
60 min Boil Time
1.051 OG
1.013 FG
18.5 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
0.37 BG:GU
4.5° SRM Color
75% Efficiency
4.8% ABV Alcohol
168 per 12oz Calories

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