NB Cascade Extra Pale Ale Brew Session

Brew Session Info

1/30/2016
(Include any important notes from brew day until tasting)

5 gallons water to 150F. Added steeping grains in bag. 20 mins. Then rinsed grains with hot liquor about 10 times using jug. Add water running through grains to 6.5 gallons (oops ... forgot about the LME volume). Added the LME and brought to a boil. At flameout, immediately chilled to 80F using wort chiller and 5-gal paint stirrer on drill. Only took 15 mins! Followed Fermentis website instructions on hydrating yeast. 15 min rest on 80F water, stir 15-30 mins. Pitch. Also added whirlfloc this time. Tried whirlpool method to help trub settle in the middle ... mmm ... not much luck. But did let it rest about 10 mins to settle and drop temp to 75F. Used siphon to draw off wort. Stopped once hit sediment. Left a lot of beer behind, hence only 4.5 gallons in fermenter. Primary Fermentation excellent. CO2 bubbling after only 3 hours. Yeast cake formed quickly. Ended up over 1" thick. Bubbling nicely. Lots of activity. Day 5 (Feb 4th) Yeast cake down to 1/4". Day 6 (Feb 5th) Yeast cake dropped totally (pretty quick). Day 7 (Feb 6th) SG measured at 1.011 Day 8 (Feb 7th) Moved to secondary. Day 9-10 Cold crashed. Day 10. Bottled.

Boil

Boil

NaN (estimated)
6.5 gallons liters 0.00 (gallonsliters estimated)
65 minutes minutes (60 minutes estimated)
5 gals liters

Gravity Estimates

Based on boiling 6.50 gallonsliters at NaN for 65 minutes, this will decrease your wort by 0.00 gallonsliters, bringing your after boil OG to NaN.

You wanted an OG of 1.045. It looks like it will be over.

Fermentation

4.5 gallons liters 5.00 (gallonsliters estimated)
1.042 (1.045 predicted)
1.011 (1.011 predicted)

Conditioning

2/10/2016
10
Corn sugar
4.1 oz g

Tasting Notes (1)
Apprentice-Brewer-US-GA

Tasted on 2/25/2016 by Apprentice-Brewer-US-GA

Notes:

Tasting esters, and the like. No fresh hop aroma. 1. Should NOT have moved to secondary. Air exposure. 2. Should NOT have cold crashed/bottled so early. No change for secondary to proceed. What yeast is left in the bottle is struggling to carbonate and finish secondary.

Recipe Facts

NB Cascade Extra Pale Ale
American Pale Ale
  • 5.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 6.50 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 60  min Boil Time
  • 1.045 OG
  • 1.011 FG
  • 38.8 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.86 BG:GU
  • 6.7° SRM Color
  • 80% Efficiency
  • 4.4% ABV Alcohol
  • 150 per 12oz Calories
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