First Gold Northern Brown Brew Session

Brew Session Info

Brew Date 10/6/2013

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

Mashed 8# grains with 13L water, @ 155. After 1 hr collected 11L water - weird. Sparged with 16L water @ 175. Collected total of 6 gallons of water for boil. Preboil gravity 1.050. Post boil gravity 1.046. Made water and sugar base for yeast, looking good. doubled starter with sugar yeast nutrient blend, yeast conked out. Some activity, not much. Still pitched it, will see what happens.

Water Infusion

Brew Session Specific

Grain Weight

8 lb kg

Grain Temp

40 °FC

Target Mash Temp

155 °FC

Mash Thickness

1.5 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

°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

7.98 gals liters

Mash Tun Capacity

3.64 gals liters

Mash/Strike Volume

3.25 gals liters

HLT Temperature

169.15 °FC

Strike Temperature

169.15 °FC

1st Runnings

2.05 gals liters

Sparge Volume

4.73 gals liters

Total Runoff

6.70 gals liters

Mash / Boil

Mash

Mash PH

Mash Start Temp

155 °FC

Mash End Temp

155 °FC

Mash Time

minutes

Boil

Pre-Boil Gravity

1.050 1.036 (estimated)

Boil Volume

6.7 gallons liters 6.70 (gallonsliters estimated)

Boil Time

60 minutes minutes (60 minutes estimated)

Post-Boil Volume

5 gals liters

Gravity Estimates

Based on boiling 6.70 gallonsliters at 1.050 for 60 minutes, this will decrease your wort by 1.00 gallonsliters, bringing your after boil OG to 1.057.

You wanted an OG of 1.042. It looks like it will be over.

Fermentation

Volume in Fermenter

5 gallons liters 5.00 (gallonsliters estimated)

Original Gravity

1.046 (1.042 predicted)

Final Gravity

1.010 (1.008 predicted)

Conditioning

Condition Date

Bottle/Keg

Tasting Notes (1)

Tasted on 11/22/2013 by Sozzle

Notes:

Brown wit slightest haze - could be from moving the mini keg around prior to serving. The bottles seamed clearer. on earlier tastings the hop aroma seamed to be missing, after conditioning the orange aroma of the first golds became quite prominent. carmel, roast, slightly burnt toast, nutty, deep orange Good, could be maltier, finished very clean. Won peoples choice at 2013 CM Brews competition.

Recipe Facts

First Gold Northern Brown

British Brown Ale

5.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
6.50 Gallons Liters Boil Size
60 min Boil Time
1.042 OG
1.008 FG
24.9 IBU (brewgr) Bitterness
0.59 BG:GU
15.1° SRM Color
70% Efficiency
4.4% ABV Alcohol
138 per 12oz Calories

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