Sorted Oak-Aged ESB Brew Session

Brew Session Info

Brew Date 9/20/2015

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

Pre-boiled all water; All water came from fridge filter. Batch Sparged - Ended up having do an extra sparge (3 runnings total) 5 gal batch (~6.75g pre-boil is pushing the limits of a 5 gallon mash tun Was only able to get wort cooled to ~74; Waited a couple hours before pitching yeast after xfer to carboy Doing split batch with this. Bottling 1/2 as is. The other 1/2 has ~ 1/3 of an oak spiral added to it. Will check every few days, probably leave it there up to but no longer than 2 weeks.

Water Infusion

Brew Session Specific

Grain Weight

10.5 lb kg

Grain Temp

69 °FC

Target Mash Temp

155 °FC

Mash Thickness

1.6 qt/lbl/kg

Total Boil Time

60 min.

Wort Into Fermenter

5.25 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

8.63 gals liters

Mash Tun Capacity

5.04 gals liters

Mash/Strike Volume

4.45 gals liters

HLT Temperature

165.15 °FC

Strike Temperature

165.15 °FC

1st Runnings

2.88 gals liters

Sparge Volume

4.18 gals liters

Total Runoff

6.95 gals liters

Mash / Boil

Mash

Mash PH

5.6 PH

Mash Start Temp

154.2 °FC

Mash End Temp

152.4 °FC

Mash Time

55 minutes

Boil

Pre-Boil Gravity

1.046 1.044 (estimated)

Boil Volume

6.5 gallons liters 6.95 (gallonsliters estimated)

Boil Time

75 minutes minutes (75 minutes estimated)

Post-Boil Volume

5.4 gals liters

Gravity Estimates

Based on boiling 6.50 gallonsliters at 1.046 for 75 minutes, this will decrease your wort by 1.25 gallonsliters, bringing your after boil OG to 1.055.

You wanted an OG of 1.054. It looks like it will be over.

Fermentation

Volume in Fermenter

5.25 gallons liters 5.25 (gallonsliters estimated)

Original Gravity

1.052 (1.054 predicted)

Final Gravity

1.016 (1.015 predicted)

Conditioning

Condition Date

10/15/2015

Bottle/Keg

Priming Sugar Type

Sucrose (Table) - 2.5 Gal

Priming Sugar Amount

1.575 oz g

Tasting Notes (1)

Tasted on 10/22/2015 by jshathaway

Notes:

Really like how this is turning out. The regular batch needs more carb time, but is nice and smooth. Has a subtle coffee flavor which is really pleasant. Also sampled the oaked batch. Needs another 1/2 - 1 week to impart flavor, but adds a nice new layer to the batch.

Recipe Facts

Sorted Oak-Aged ESB

5.25 Gallons Liters Batch Size
6.50 Gallons Liters Boil Size
75 min Boil Time
1.054 OG
1.015 FG
48.0 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
0.89 BG:GU
12.6° SRM Color
72% Efficiency
5.0% ABV Alcohol
181 per 12oz Calories

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