DP - First Light Clone Brew Session

Brew Session Info

Brew Date 3/6/2016

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

Center - 67.2 / 66.2 / 66.8 Applied heat at about 35mins by turning on oven Edge - 65.9 / 66.5 / 66.4 Strike water 78 (Aiming at a drop of 6deg). Had to add a bit of cold and hot to get it right Overnight, 13.75L shrunk to 13L Pre boil Gravity: OG: 13.9Bx (1.055) ### Next time ### - mash at 65 or 65.5 - more late addition hops - filter water!!!

Water Infusion

Brew Session Specific

Grain Weight

2.65 lb kg

Grain Temp

13 °FC

Target Mash Temp

67 °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 gals liters

Brew Kettle Trub Loss

0.5 gals liters

Boil Loss

4 gals/hour liters/hour

Wort Shrinkage

0.2 gals liters

Calculated Totals

Total Water Needed

16.13 gals liters

Mash Tun Capacity

5.75 gals liters

Mash/Strike Volume

3.97 gals liters

HLT Temperature

68.80 °FC

Strike Temperature

68.80 °FC

1st Runnings

3.57 gals liters

Sparge Volume

12.16 gals liters

Total Runoff

15.70 gals liters

Mash / Boil

Mash

Mash PH

Mash Start Temp

66.5 °FC

Mash End Temp

66.6 °FC

Mash Time

60 minutes

Boil

Pre-Boil Gravity

1.033 (estimated)

Boil Volume

13.75 gallons liters 15.70 (gallonsliters estimated)

Boil Time

60 minutes minutes (90 minutes estimated)

Post-Boil Volume

gals liters

Gravity Estimates

Based on boiling 13.75 gallonsliters at 1.033 for 60 minutes, this will decrease your wort by 4.00 gallonsliters, bringing your after boil OG to 1.043.

You wanted an OG of 1.044. It looks like it will be under.

Fermentation

Volume in Fermenter

9 gallons liters 11.00 (gallonsliters estimated)

Original Gravity

1.055 (1.044 predicted)

Final Gravity

1.013 (1.008 predicted)

Conditioning

Condition Date

Bottle/Keg

Tasting Notes (1)

Tasted on 4/3/2016 by stevegardner

Notes:

- Tasting temp quite warm (probably about 16C) - Colour good - very slight phenolic - slightly boozy - very little if any hop flavour aroma (only get a little S.Aroma on my lips much later) - maybe slightly over carbed - head retention good - lacing good

Recipe Facts

DP - First Light Clone

Blonde Ale

11.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
14.80 Gallons Liters Boil Size
90 min Boil Time
1.044 OG
1.008 FG
19.6 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
0.45 BG:GU
6.1° SRM Color
60% Efficiency
4.6% ABV Alcohol
143 per 12oz Calories

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