Do You Know the Way Brown Ale Brew Session

Brew Session Info

Brew Date 7/21/2017

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

7/19/17 - Imperial Darkness yeast starter of 1.6L @ 1.033 gravity today, preparing for brew day on 7/21 7/21/17 - The temperature gauge on my mash tun is slow to adjust so I'm using digital thermometer in conjunction with the dial and ensuring proper temps now. Pulling 1.084 (temp corrected from 1.072) on first runnings and pulled as low as 1.013 (temp corrected from 1.003). Volumes for mash and sparge were spot on as calculated by Brewgr. Whirlpool hop addition was closer to 165F, still at 10 minutes. Original gravity of 1.057 with 5.6 gallons is 83% efficiency, which I am very happy with. 7/22/17 - Primary fermentation is close to being complete: all foam has dissipated in 24 hours but there is still a lot of movement. I think there was 400mL of yeast slurry added, so I hope I didn't overpitch too badly. 8/10/17 - Bottled today, just about 5 gallons due to yeast and trub. I hit the exact OG/FG numbers. The beer was nutty with roasted malt notes. The yeast flavor is tangy, which I hope mellows out as, while not bad, isn't something that I really wanted. I won't be using Imperial Darkness again. The beer is quite murky and needs to clean up in the bottle.

Water Infusion

Brew Session Specific

Grain Weight

10.5 lb kg

Grain Temp

70 °FC

Target Mash Temp

155 °FC

Mash Thickness

1.35 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

8.39 gals liters

Mash Tun Capacity

4.38 gals liters

Mash/Strike Volume

3.79 gals liters

HLT Temperature

166.77 °FC

Strike Temperature

166.77 °FC

1st Runnings

2.21 gals liters

Sparge Volume

4.60 gals liters

Total Runoff

6.70 gals liters

Mash / Boil

Mash

Mash PH

5.54 PH

Mash Start Temp

155 °FC

Mash End Temp

154 °FC

Mash Time

60 minutes

Boil

Pre-Boil Gravity

1.047 1.048 (estimated)

Boil Volume

6.1 gallons liters 6.70 (gallonsliters estimated)

Boil Time

60 minutes minutes (60 minutes estimated)

Post-Boil Volume

5.8 gals liters

Gravity Estimates

Based on boiling 6.10 gallonsliters at 1.047 for 60 minutes, this will decrease your wort by 1.00 gallonsliters, bringing your after boil OG to 1.055.

You wanted an OG of 1.057. It looks like it will be under.

Fermentation

Volume in Fermenter

5.6 gallons liters 5.00 (gallonsliters estimated)

Original Gravity

1.057 (1.057 predicted)

Final Gravity

1.014 (1.014 predicted)

Conditioning

Condition Date

8/10/2017

Bottle/Keg

Priming Sugar Type

Dextrose

Priming Sugar Amount

5.5 oz g

Tasting Notes (1)

Tasted on 8/29/2017 by CheeseNips

Notes:

Pours with brown head that dissipates quickly. Smell is nutty and a little chocolate. Color is quite a bit darker than prescribed. Taste is nutty and light chocolate followed by slight fruity tang from yeast and then airy metal/rust. There is also sharpness from carbonation. The mouth feel is okay, could be more dextrinous for me. All in all, better than my last attempt, but the chocolate is still too present and I'd like a denser mouth feel.

Recipe Facts

Do You Know the Way Brown Ale

American Brown Ale

5.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
6.00 Gallons Liters Boil Size
60 min Boil Time
1.057 OG
1.014 FG
35.9 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
0.63 BG:GU
22.6° SRM Color
75% Efficiency
5.5% ABV Alcohol
192 per 12oz Calories

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