MacBrew Pilsner Brew Session

Brew Session Info

Brew Date 3/5/2016

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

first time using keggle. Overestimated volume of sparge water due to lack of evaporation in keggle. ended up with about 11 gallons of lower SG wort than expected (1.038). Didn't lose as much volume as expected during boil. Also tried complete fly sparge operation for first time with full 11 gallon batch. Split the batch into two 5.5 gallon batches to ferment. One had AE added and finished at 1.0000 and was bottled. The other half ended at 1.002 and was kegged.

Water Infusion

Brew Session Specific

Grain Weight

19 lb kg

Grain Temp

70 °FC

Target Mash Temp

149 °FC

Mash Thickness

1.5 qt/lbl/kg

Total Boil Time

60 min.

Wort Into Fermenter

11 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

15.74 gals liters

Mash Tun Capacity

8.64 gals liters

Mash/Strike Volume

7.38 gals liters

HLT Temperature

159.17 °FC

Strike Temperature

159.17 °FC

1st Runnings

4.53 gals liters

Sparge Volume

8.36 gals liters

Total Runoff

12.70 gals liters

Mash / Boil

Mash

Mash PH

Mash Start Temp

149 °FC

Mash End Temp

148 °FC

Mash Time

60 minutes

Boil

Pre-Boil Gravity

1.020 1.043 (estimated)

Boil Volume

14 gallons liters 12.70 (gallonsliters estimated)

Boil Time

60 minutes minutes (60 minutes estimated)

Post-Boil Volume

11 gals liters

Gravity Estimates

Based on boiling 14.00 gallonsliters at 1.020 for 60 minutes, this will decrease your wort by 1.00 gallonsliters, bringing your after boil OG to 1.021.

You wanted an OG of 1.047. It looks like it will be under.

Fermentation

Volume in Fermenter

11 gallons liters 11.00 (gallonsliters estimated)

Original Gravity

1.038 (1.047 predicted)

Final Gravity

1.002 (1.005 predicted)

Conditioning

Condition Date

3/25/2016

Bottle/Keg

Priming Sugar Type

corn for 1/2 that was bottled

Priming Sugar Amount

5 oz g

Tasting Notes (3)

Tasted on 4/11/2016 by mpt2222

Notes:

achieved the balance of hops I was hoping for. Did turn out drier than I hoped but overall much better than the cream ale that was a bit lighter flavored even though technically slightly stronger.

Tasted on 3/25/2016 by mpt2222

Notes:

Ended just about 1.000 FG, still had some sweet aftertaste, but obviously a dry beer.

Tasted on 3/12/2016 by mpt2222

Notes:

Got a sample while racking to secondary. Very clean taste with just the flavor I was looking for, albeit a bit lighter. Added ae, should be a very dry beer.

Recipe Facts

MacBrew Pilsner

German Pils

11.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
13.00 Gallons Liters Boil Size
60 min Boil Time
1.047 OG
1.005 FG
27.6 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
0.59 BG:GU
2.8° SRM Color
64% Efficiency
5.4% ABV Alcohol
151 per 12oz Calories

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