Better Bitters or Bitter Bitters Brew Session

Brew Session Info

Brew Date 4/2/2017

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

Sunny day. Used a large bag and a small bag of ice for the heat exchanger, and got the wort right down to 70F nicely. Gravity in spare ranged from 1.07 all the way down to 1. The 9.5 lb Grain bill fit nicely in the 5 gallon tun. Disappointed in the final gravity. Didn't get any additional drop in the secondary.

Water Infusion

Brew Session Specific

Grain Weight

9.5 lb kg

Grain Temp

71 °FC

Target Mash Temp

154 °FC

Mash Thickness

1.33 qt/lbl/kg

Total Boil Time

60 min.

Wort Into Fermenter

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

8.21 gals liters

Mash Tun Capacity

3.92 gals liters

Mash/Strike Volume

3.41 gals liters

HLT Temperature

165.56 °FC

Strike Temperature

165.56 °FC

1st Runnings

1.99 gals liters

Sparge Volume

4.80 gals liters

Total Runoff

6.70 gals liters

Mash / Boil

Mash

Mash PH

Mash Start Temp

158 °FC

Mash End Temp

156 °FC

Mash Time

60 minutes

Boil

Pre-Boil Gravity

1.026 1.044 (estimated)

Boil Volume

gallons liters 6.70 (gallonsliters estimated)

Boil Time

60 minutes minutes (60 minutes estimated)

Post-Boil Volume

5.1 gals liters

Gravity Estimates

Based on boiling 6.70 gallonsliters at 1.026 for 60 minutes, this will decrease your wort by 1.00 gallonsliters, bringing your after boil OG to 1.030.

You wanted an OG of 1.052. It looks like it will be under.

Fermentation

Volume in Fermenter

5.1 gallons liters 5.00 (gallonsliters estimated)

Original Gravity

1.050 (1.052 predicted)

Final Gravity

1.020 (1.015 predicted)

Conditioning

Condition Date

4/16/2017

Bottle/Keg

Tasting Notes (0)

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Comments

Kind of disappointed with final gravity. Didn't get any additional drop in secondary.
8 years ago

Recipe Facts

Better Bitters or Bitter Bitters

Strong Bitter

5.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
6.50 Gallons Liters Boil Size
60 min Boil Time
1.052 OG
1.015 FG
40.6 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
0.77 BG:GU
8.8° SRM Color
75% Efficiency
4.9% ABV Alcohol
176 per 12oz Calories

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