Macbrew Light Brew Session

Brew Session Info

Brew Date 2/13/2016

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

adjusted bottle priming sugar rates based on temp of beer at time of bottling. Since it got down to 30F overnight, I cold crashed. This lowered the temp to around 45 at time of bottling. This may have resulted in under carbonation due to lack of CO2 absorbed in the beer since fermentation temps were much higher prior to cold crashing. When adjusting, only use temp of fermentation averages, don't include cold crash-induced lower temps.

Water Infusion

Brew Session Specific

Grain Weight

10 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

6 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

9.30 gals liters

Mash Tun Capacity

4.55 gals liters

Mash/Strike Volume

4.00 gals liters

HLT Temperature

158.88 °FC

Strike Temperature

158.88 °FC

1st Runnings

2.50 gals liters

Sparge Volume

5.30 gals liters

Total Runoff

7.70 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

1.040 1.038 (estimated)

Boil Volume

7.25 gallons liters 7.70 (gallonsliters estimated)

Boil Time

60 minutes minutes (60 minutes estimated)

Post-Boil Volume

6 gals liters

Gravity Estimates

Based on boiling 7.25 gallonsliters at 1.040 for 60 minutes, this will decrease your wort by 1.00 gallonsliters, bringing your after boil OG to 1.046.

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

Fermentation

Volume in Fermenter

6 gallons liters 6.00 (gallonsliters estimated)

Original Gravity

1.044 (1.044 predicted)

Final Gravity

1.004 (1.004 predicted)

Conditioning

Condition Date

3/4/2016

Bottle/Keg

Priming Sugar Type

corn

Priming Sugar Amount

4.1 oz g

Tasting Notes (2)

Tasted on 4/5/2016 by mpt2222

Notes:

even after several weeks of bottle conditioning, this is minimally carbonated. Not my best product. Not much backbone and could use some more bittering to balance the weak maltiness. Maybe with more carbonation it would be better. Oh well, still better than Bud Light!

Tasted on 3/19/2016 by mpt2222

Notes:

first minimally carbonated bottle tested. Drinkable with good flavor. Needs another week to fully carbonate, but ready to consume.

Recipe Facts

Macbrew Light

Cream Ale

6.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
7.25 Gallons Liters Boil Size
60 min Boil Time
1.044 OG
1.004 FG
16.3 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
0.37 BG:GU
2.1° SRM Color
73% Efficiency
5.1% ABV Alcohol
142 per 12oz Calories

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