Brevity is Brew Session

Brew Session Info

4/23/2017
(Include any important notes from brew day until tasting)

1/4 crushed Campden tab; .1oz Calcium Chloride in Initial Strike Water Step Mash! Mashed in w 10.5 qt at 135.2F; Initial Mash Temp 124.4F Added 7.5 qt at Boiling; Overshot to 161F, Added Tap water to bring down to 154F Stirred 15 minutes into mash; Temp down to 146F (overcorrected) Mash end temp at 147F; Vorlauffed 4 Quarts and Ran off 3 gallons at 1.060 Cold Sparge w/3.5 Gallons; Second Runnings @ 1.031 Started boil w/ 6.5 Gallons at 1.031; Added .5# of Pilsen DME to make up for low efficiency (Was only single crushed at Keystone) Didn't whirlpool or Siphon, but did stop pouring before most of the trub; OG into the fermenter was 1.042 Oxygenated for 40 seconds w/new oxygenation kit and oxygen cylinder pitched one can of Imperial Whiteout, didn't get all the yeast out - should have inverted the can for a while. Good activity in airlock in a couple of hours --- 4/26/17 --- Sampled, gravity around 1.02x, tasted like fruit loops --- 4/28/17 --- Sampled again, gravity down to around 1.01x, fruit loops sugary-ness is gone, nice citrusy spicy flavor remaining; probably ready to keg whenever --- 5/5/17 --- Kegged at 30 PSI with intermittent agitation for ~30 minutes then dropped to 10 psi

Mash

PH
154 °FC
147 °FC
60 minutes

Boil

1.038 1.036 (estimated)
6.5 gallons liters 6.70 (gallonsliters estimated)
60 minutes minutes (60 minutes estimated)
5.5 gals liters

Gravity Estimates

Based on boiling 6.50 gallonsliters at 1.038 for 60 minutes, this will decrease your wort by 1.00 gallonsliters, bringing your after boil OG to 1.044.

You wanted an OG of 1.042. It looks like it will be over.

Fermentation

5 gallons liters 5.00 (gallonsliters estimated)
1.042 (1.042 predicted)
1.010 (1.009 predicted)

Conditioning

5/5/2017
20
10 PSI

Tasting Notes (1)

jfoley

Tasted on 5/17/2017 by jfoley

Notes:

Aroma has notes of hot dog, but less pronounced in the flavor. Body is slightly too thin, probably from overcorrecting/undershooting the mash temp. Drop coriander to .5-.75 oz next time and make sure it's really fresh and only lightly crushed.

Comments

  • jfoley

    Need to cut down coriander next time.

    8 years ago

Recipe Facts

Brevity is
Witbier
  • 5.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 6.50 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 60  min Boil Time
  • 1.042 OG
  • 1.009 FG
  • 15.7 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.38 BG:GU
  • 3.9° SRM Color
  • 60% Efficiency
  • 4.3% ABV Alcohol
  • 137 per 12oz Calories
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