DOUBLE CITRA IPA Brew Session

STRIKE WATER WAS 159, MASH ONLY DROPPED TO 154 INSTEAD OF 150. TEMP HELD STRONG DUE TO AMBIENT AIR BEING 80 . 15 MINUTES INTO MASH, PH WAS 5.5 AT ROOM TEMP. ADDED ANOTHER 4ML OF LACTIC ACID. PH NOW 5.4, WHICH WAS THE DESIRED MARK. AGAIN, STARTED BOIL WITH 8 GAL OF WORT. 5.5 GAL INTO FERMENTER. ATTEMPTED TO USE GRAIN BAG TO FILTER HOPS WHILE TRANSFERING INTO CARBOY. FILTERED ABOUT 2 GAL, BUT FILTER BECAME TOO GUNKED UP. DID NOT USE HOP BAG DURING BOIL, OTHER WISE, I WOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO FILTER WITH GRAIN BAG. AN ADDITIONAL 1 OUNCE OF CITRA HOPS WAS ADDED (TOTAL OF 2). 6.5 GALLONS WAS POST BOIL WHICH IS A SOLID NUMBER. LEAVES ENOUGH BEHIND IN POT TO STILL OBTAIN 5.5 GAL OF WORT TO FERMENT. BELOW WATER INFUSION REPORT IS ACCURATE AND SHOULD BE USED FOR FUTURE BATCHES. THERE WAS NO YEAST STARTER USING WYEAST 1056. PITCHED AT 70 DEGREASE INTO 2 GALLONS OF WORT AT 2140 HOURS. AFTER CARBOY WAS FULL, AIRRATED FOR 20 MINUTES WHILE I CLEANED EQUIPMENT. TEMP SET AT 65 FOR FISRT 10 DAYS. ACTIVITY IN AIRLOCK AT 0840 HOURS. ROLLING BUBBLE IN AIRLOCK BY 1000 HOURS. FOAM HAS BEGUN TO RISE AND MAY NEED BLOWOFF HOSE BY 5/28. STAR SAN TAKEN OUT OF AIRLOCK AND VODKA ADDED. USE VODKA FROM NOW ON......VERY CLEAN AND NO BUBBLES. USING BREWERSFRIEND.COM: CONVERSION EFFICIENCY: 85% @1.044 @ 9.9 TOTAL WATER USED PRE-BOIL EFFICIENCY: 69.9% @1.044 @ 8 GAL BEFORE BOIL ENDING KETTLE EFFICIENCY: 76.8% @1.060 @ 6.5 GAL AFTER BOIL BREWHOUSE EFFICIENCY: 70.9% @ 1.060 @ 6 GAL INTO CARBOY OVERALL: VERY HAPPY WITH RESULTS. APPEARS THE DOUBLE MILLING, MASH PH, EXTRA STIRRING OF GRAINS, AND NEW FALSE BOTTOM, REALLY HELPED.