Boil down from 15 to 10 gallons
Preboil volume was 15L @ 1.056 at 25C (1.057). 2hr boil. Hops added after one hour. Coriander was whole and added to the hop sock about at about 30 mins before end. Boiled off too much and topped up cube with about 1L of boiling water. (approx 2.5L boiloff per hour). No chill cubed. Pitched 17.7.18 onto 2L yeast cake of a Belgian Blonde with WY1214 at 18C. OG 1.074 I think due to the suspended yeast trub, but I'm sticking with the calculated values of 1.089.
Used mangrove Jack's Belgian Ale Yeast M41 x2
Brew day 9/6/18. Mashed 146F for 1 hour; 152F for 30 minutes. 5.5 gallons strike water at 160F wasn't hot enough to initially get it to 148 like I hoped. Even after adding a few tsp lactic acid to account for my alkaline water, mash pH was a bit high at 5.8, though my pH meter could be off (even calibrated, it's overdue to be replaced). 2 gallons at 180F brought mash up to 152. Batch sparged after vorlaufing. Started the boil with 5.75 gallons. Boiled 1 hour and 45 minutes (boiled 1lb. D-180 ...