SMASH xtra hops Brew Session

Brew Session Info

Brew Date 5/16/2015

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

Mashing this time in pot and in oven at 170 (the min for the oven). Was able to keep at about 150 throughout. Gravity after mashing before boil 1.026. Gravity after boil and cool is 1.05 BUT there's only about 0.75 gal so I have to add 4 cups water, after which OG is 1.038. Lots of suspended solids so we'll see how much settles out - the taste is fantastic even after having diluted with tap water - aroma also quite good. 5/17 - 430 pm - fermentation overflows bubbler so need to install the tube system 5/23 - move to secondary fermenter, gravity is 1.008, slight yeast aroma, kinda sour taste - hopefully this improves, not much bitter 5/30 - trying method of putting hops in 3/4 cup 180degree water, cooling to 70 then adding to secondary (0.3 oz Amarillo 6/6 - seems to be an interesting though a bit weak aroma. FG = 1.010. Taste today is decent, with a noticeable hops aroma and taste. Low ABV for sure, something around 3.7%

Water Infusion

Brew Session Specific

Grain Weight

2 lb kg

Grain Temp

°FC

Target Mash Temp

150 °FC

Mash Thickness

1.33 qt/lbl/kg

Total Boil Time

60 min.

Wort Into Fermenter

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

°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

3.02 gals liters

Mash Tun Capacity

0.83 gals liters

Mash/Strike Volume

0.92 gals liters

HLT Temperature

166.30 °FC

Strike Temperature

166.30 °FC

1st Runnings

0.62 gals liters

Sparge Volume

2.10 gals liters

Total Runoff

2.70 gals liters

Mash / Boil

Mash

Mash PH

Mash Start Temp

°FC

Mash End Temp

°FC

Mash Time

minutes

Boil

Pre-Boil Gravity

1.026 1.035 (estimated)

Boil Volume

1.75 gallons liters 2.70 (gallonsliters estimated)

Boil Time

60 minutes minutes (60 minutes estimated)

Post-Boil Volume

1 gals liters

Gravity Estimates

Based on boiling 1.75 gallonsliters at 1.026 for 60 minutes, this will decrease your wort by 1.00 gallonsliters, bringing your after boil OG to 1.041.

You wanted an OG of 1.056. It looks like it will be under.

Fermentation

Volume in Fermenter

1 gallons liters 1.00 (gallonsliters estimated)

Original Gravity

1.038 (1.056 predicted)

Final Gravity

1.010 (1.017 predicted)

Conditioning

Condition Date

6/6/2015

Bottle/Keg

Priming Sugar Type

corn

Priming Sugar Amount

0.8 oz g

Tasting Notes (1)

Tasted on 6/21/2015 by WyoMikey

Notes:

very, very light only slight aroma, nice crisp taste but just very little hops to appreciate, either in the flavor or the bitterness. Also a little bit of that plastic/metallic? taste. Perhaps there's just not enough alcohol in this one to catch the hops flavor. Enjoyable, but tastes more pils than pale.

Recipe Facts

SMASH xtra hops

American Pale Ale

1.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
1.75 Gallons Liters Boil Size
60 min Boil Time
1.056 OG
1.017 FG
74.0 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
1.33 BG:GU
2.4° SRM Color
75% Efficiency
5.0% ABV Alcohol
187 per 12oz Calories

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