The Fat Yank - American Stout Brew Session

Brew Session Info

Brew Date 6/9/2016

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

MASH - Stike temp = 75.3 - had to stir until 68.6 - centre: 67.8 edge: 68.4 - left oven on @ 90C - don't do that again - temp spikes Pre boil SG: 11.7Bx (1.046) - only included 25% of dark grains BOIL - cold steeped 75% (300g) dark grains in 1.2L water. Yeilded 750ml - sparged dark grains with some hot wort - added dark water 10 mins from the end - checked gravity and was a bit low so boiled an extra 15mins (was 1.057) OG: 15.9Bx FG: 10.2Bx (too high but probably because of mash temps too high - actually happy that it's finishing sweeter than planned)

Water Infusion

Brew Session Specific

Grain Weight

3.35 lb kg

Grain Temp

19 °FC

Target Mash Temp

68.5 °FC

Mash Thickness

1.5 qt/lbl/kg

Total Boil Time

60 min.

Wort Into Fermenter

10 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

1 gals liters

Boil Loss

3.5 gals/hour liters/hour

Wort Shrinkage

0.2 gals liters

Calculated Totals

Total Water Needed

15.23 gals liters

Mash Tun Capacity

7.27 gals liters

Mash/Strike Volume

5.28 gals liters

HLT Temperature

70.07 °FC

Strike Temperature

70.07 °FC

1st Runnings

4.78 gals liters

Sparge Volume

9.95 gals liters

Total Runoff

14.70 gals liters

Mash / Boil

Mash

Mash PH

Mash Start Temp

68.4 °FC

Mash End Temp

°FC

Mash Time

60 minutes

Boil

Pre-Boil Gravity

1.046 1.046 (estimated)

Boil Volume

14.5 gallons liters 14.70 (gallonsliters estimated)

Boil Time

75 minutes minutes (60 minutes estimated)

Post-Boil Volume

10.75 gals liters

Gravity Estimates

Based on boiling 14.50 gallonsliters at 1.046 for 75 minutes, this will decrease your wort by 4.38 gallonsliters, bringing your after boil OG to 1.060.

You wanted an OG of 1.065. It looks like it will be under.

Fermentation

Volume in Fermenter

9 gallons liters 11.00 (gallonsliters estimated)

Original Gravity

1.063 (1.065 predicted)

Final Gravity

1.021 (1.012 predicted)

Conditioning

Condition Date

6/25/2016

Bottle/Keg

Priming Sugar Type

Dextrose

Priming Sugar Amount

64 oz g

Tasting Notes (2)

Tasted on 7/19/2016 by stevegardner

Notes:

Tasting much better. Don't think there's any hint of Phenols (was from the glass carbouy). Needs a bit more carb. Bubbles still a bit big. Definitely moving in the right direction.

Tasted on 7/9/2016 by stevegardner

Notes:

Two weeks in the bottle so needs some time - Hint of something phenolic (wonder if it was new water) - Very bitter finish - Mouthfeel a bit thin for my liking Will have to wait and see how it improves

Recipe Facts

The Fat Yank - American Stout

American Stout

11.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
14.80 Gallons Liters Boil Size
60 min Boil Time
1.065 OG
1.012 FG
61.5 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
0.94 BG:GU
38.0° SRM Color
65% Efficiency
6.8% ABV Alcohol
219 per 12oz Calories

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