Un-American Winter Ale Brew Session

Brew Session Info

Brew Date 11/1/2015

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

Threw in cinnamon stick, 8 oz. Belgian chocolate that was laced with coffee-like the Cocoa Spice tea, weird tasting alone, but could be good as a porter. Mash stuck in MT again, but this time nothing clogged up the line (that I could see)...ended up with @ 6.0 gallon wort in 7 gallon ferm and 2 1 gallon mini-ferms. NOTE: the 2 one gallon ferms are using the Vermont IPA yeast 3rd generation from gigayeast instead of the Engliah Ale yeast, so they are more "American". One day one all ferms were actively bubbling away, day 2 they slowed so I put a heatmat under them, as it is 59 degress and RAINING (YAY!) today!

Water Infusion

Brew Session Specific

Grain Weight

18 lb kg

Grain Temp

°FC

Target Mash Temp

152 °FC

Mash Thickness

qt/lbl/kg

Total Boil Time

75 min.

Wort Into Fermenter

8.5 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

13.33 gals liters

Mash Tun Capacity

1.44 gals liters

Mash/Strike Volume

0.25 gals liters

HLT Temperature

699.20 °FC

Strike Temperature

699.20 °FC

1st Runnings

-2.45 gals liters

Sparge Volume

13.08 gals liters

Total Runoff

10.45 gals liters

Mash / Boil

Mash

Mash PH

Mash Start Temp

°FC

Mash End Temp

°FC

Mash Time

minutes

Boil

Pre-Boil Gravity

1.074 (estimated)

Boil Volume

gallons liters 10.45 (gallonsliters estimated)

Boil Time

minutes minutes (75 minutes estimated)

Post-Boil Volume

gals liters

Gravity Estimates

Based on boiling 10.45 gallonsliters at 1.074 for 75 minutes, this will decrease your wort by 1.25 gallonsliters, bringing your after boil OG to 1.083.

You wanted an OG of 1.084. It looks like it will be under.

Fermentation

Volume in Fermenter

8.5 gallons liters 6.50 (gallonsliters estimated)

Original Gravity

1.064 (1.084 predicted)

Final Gravity

(1.017 predicted)

Conditioning

Condition Date

11/1/2015

Bottle/Keg

Priming Sugar Type

Priming Sugar Amount

oz g

Tasting Notes (2)

Tasted on 11/16/2015 by LeeCase99

Notes:

Odd bottling. 1.024 is within range for a FG, doesn't 'taste' done though. Will not use lasctose again - have noticed clumping/cloudiness in last 2 batches which I attribute to lactose, since it is the only new ingredient. Taste is just 'okay' but the viscosity is weird, mouthfeel is 'doughy'. I hope for the best. Have to wonder if this was going to continue to slow ferment - this is day 15 however, and fermentation is done in 4 days, done done in 7 days with the Windsor British yeast.

Tasted on 11/16/2015 by LeeCase99

Recipe Facts

Un-American Winter Ale

Baltic Porter

6.50 Gallons Liters Batch Size
8.00 Gallons Liters Boil Size
75 min Boil Time
1.084 OG
1.017 FG
48.7 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
0.58 BG:GU
30.6° SRM Color
75% Efficiency
8.6% ABV Alcohol
287 per 12oz Calories

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