Night Beer - an American Stout Brew Session

Brew Session Info

Brew Date 11/30/2016

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

First brew of this recipe - at night, hey its nice out...and I was probably smashed anyway..... I recall using 5.2 mash stabilizer in this one.... I added 1 TBS to water and I think it was way too much.....(maybe 1 tsp and direct to full mashtun only)

Water Infusion

Brew Session Specific

Grain Weight

13.5 lb kg

Grain Temp

70 °FC

Target Mash Temp

153 °FC

Mash Thickness

1.33 qt/lbl/kg

Total Boil Time

60 min.

Wort Into Fermenter

5.5 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

9.36 gals liters

Mash Tun Capacity

5.57 gals liters

Mash/Strike Volume

4.74 gals liters

HLT Temperature

164.82 °FC

Strike Temperature

164.82 °FC

1st Runnings

2.72 gals liters

Sparge Volume

4.62 gals liters

Total Runoff

7.20 gals liters

Mash / Boil

Mash

Mash PH

5.2 PH

Mash Start Temp

155 °FC

Mash End Temp

152 °FC

Mash Time

70 minutes

Boil

Pre-Boil Gravity

1.057 (estimated)

Boil Volume

7.2 gallons liters 7.20 (gallonsliters estimated)

Boil Time

60 minutes minutes (60 minutes estimated)

Post-Boil Volume

5.5 gals liters

Gravity Estimates

Based on boiling 7.20 gallonsliters at 1.057 for 60 minutes, this will decrease your wort by 1.00 gallonsliters, bringing your after boil OG to 1.065.

You wanted an OG of 1.066. It looks like it will be under.

Fermentation

Volume in Fermenter

5.2 gallons liters 5.50 (gallonsliters estimated)

Original Gravity

1.060 (1.066 predicted)

Final Gravity

1.012 (1.013 predicted)

Conditioning

Condition Date

12/24/2016

Bottle/Keg

Keg PSI

10 PSI

Tasting Notes (2)

Tasted on 1/13/2017 by Jewalicious

Notes:

Now this is getting really nice. Creamy, cascading head and great balance. A nice beer to drink at the end of the night....or else Ill drink about 5 in a row!!

Tasted on 1/7/2017 by Jewalicious

Notes:

pulled a bit out to share, it tasted good. not keeping this too carbed as I dont trust the keg fittings.

Recipe Facts

Night Beer - an American Stout

American Stout

5.50 Gallons Liters Batch Size
7.20 Gallons Liters Boil Size
60 min Boil Time
1.066 OG
1.013 FG
48.5 IBU (brewgr) Bitterness
0.73 BG:GU
38.0° SRM Color
70% Efficiency
6.9% ABV Alcohol
224 per 12oz Calories

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