Spring Cleaning Ale Brew Session

Brew Session Info

Brew Date 4/22/2017

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

Wanted a Blonde ale around 1.050 SG, but hit higher efficiency than expected. THis will be a strong cream ale instead. Yeast starter with 3 month old notty 3rd use (not washed). Started right away. 1st running 1.084 3 gals collected 2nd 1.0331 3rd 1.020 2nd of fly sparge 1.014 7.25 gallons collected 6.5 gallons post boil in kettle, yeast added around 10 pm. fermentation started next AM (Sunday) with no delay. Continued rapidly through early week. Slowed to 1 bubble per 5 seconds by wed. SG only down to 1.032 Sunday and bubbling at 1 per 6 seconds. moved into the basement since temps rose to upper 70's in garage. Added AE, agitated krausen and allowed to continue as fermentation picked up at at 1/4-5 seconds at 65-70F Sunday through Wed before slowing again to 1 per 6-8 seconds Monday, May 8. Stubbornly still fermenting 1 per 6-7 still on May 16. Finally slowed to 1 per 15-20 seconds May 22. FG at 1.009=5.7ish ABV.

Water Infusion

Brew Session Specific

Grain Weight

11.25 lb kg

Grain Temp

64 °FC

Target Mash Temp

152 °FC

Mash Thickness

1.5 qt/lbl/kg

Total Boil Time

75 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

9.25 gals liters

Mash Tun Capacity

5.12 gals liters

Mash/Strike Volume

4.47 gals liters

HLT Temperature

163.07 °FC

Strike Temperature

163.07 °FC

1st Runnings

2.78 gals liters

Sparge Volume

4.78 gals liters

Total Runoff

7.45 gals liters

Mash / Boil

Mash

Mash PH

5.1 PH

Mash Start Temp

152 °FC

Mash End Temp

150 °FC

Mash Time

120 minutes

Boil

Pre-Boil Gravity

1.045 1.044 (estimated)

Boil Volume

7.25 gallons liters 7.45 (gallonsliters estimated)

Boil Time

75 minutes minutes (75 minutes estimated)

Post-Boil Volume

gals liters

Gravity Estimates

Based on boiling 7.25 gallonsliters at 1.045 for 75 minutes, this will decrease your wort by 1.25 gallonsliters, bringing your after boil OG to 1.053.

You were planning on an OG of 1.053 so you are right on track. Nice job!

Fermentation

Volume in Fermenter

5.75 gallons liters 5.75 (gallonsliters estimated)

Original Gravity

1.053 (1.053 predicted)

Final Gravity

1.009 (1.009 predicted)

Conditioning

Condition Date

5/25/2017

Bottle/Keg

Keg PSI

12 PSI

Tasting Notes (2)

Tasted on 5/26/2017 by mpt2222

Notes:

Gave up quite a citrus aroma while racking to the keg. Not getting the alcohol flavor but hints of lemon and a bit of grapefruit linger as aftertaste. Mild sweetness and not much bitter flavor. very mild brew for moderate ABV.

Tasted on 5/23/2017 by mpt2222

Notes:

Took tasting while grabbing a FG reading. Has a slightly sweet and mild flavor, with a bit of an alcohol aftertaste at this stage. Reminiscent of a blend of my 3rd times a charm pilsner and rotating crops recipes. Going to leave this to clean up at room temp for another few days, cold crash, and put in keg for a couple weeks to cold condition and hope it mellows out.

Recipe Facts

Spring Cleaning Ale

Cream Ale

5.75 Gallons Liters Batch Size
7.25 Gallons Liters Boil Size
75 min Boil Time
1.053 OG
1.009 FG
19.0 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
0.36 BG:GU
4.1° SRM Color
81% Efficiency
5.7% ABV Alcohol
175 per 12oz Calories

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