Brewed Monday 5/22/23
Mashed in 15# VA Pils (Rude & Murphy) and 1/4# Victory
Mash temp around 149 ~~> 147* over an hour or so
Mashed with 5 gallons filtered water - only added 10ml Lactic Acid
Single decoction of about half the mash for 15-20 mins
Low volume on first run - only about 3 gallons
Sparged about 6 gallons
Added 6 more ml of Lactic Acid and 4g Calcium Chloride
Pushed the temp up to 168ish
Target mash pH is in the range of 5.2-5.3 (pH meter broken)
OG 1053 - might add a touch of sugar to bump gravity and ensure full attenuation
Second beer (sour) 1051
Pitched 1.25L of 34/70 slurry at 1130p at around 62*
Got down to 48* or so overnight by 7a
Trying to keep it around 48* for the first stage of fermentation
Kept it around 50 until it slowed then bumped up to 53-54
Gravity (6/1 - ~10 days): 1.016-17
Need to get this down 5-6 points, at least
Raising temp from 54 >> 58
Might add some sucrose if there's not more activity soon
Adding 5oz of sucrose to give it a bump and re-activate yeast
Bumps OG up to 1.056 >> hopefully gets down to 1012-13
Crashed after IPA o/a 6/14
Only got to lager for two weeks or so before kegging
Kegged Thurs 6/29 to let settle and get carbed ahead of competition entry in early July
FG 1.012
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