2007-07-15 14:11 | 1 gallon R/O on heat, pinch of gypsum, pinch of calcium carbonate. | |
2007-07-15 14:28 | Added grain bag at 165°F, temp dropped to 155°F. Gas 4 for 30 minute steep at about 160°F | |
2007-07-15 14:40 | Still at 155°F, gas up to 5 | |
2007-07-15 15:00 | Removed and sparged grain bag, bringing back to boil | |
2007-07-15 15:05 | Close to boil, adding 1.5 lbs Briess Pilsen DME | |
2007-07-15 15:10 | Back on high for boil | |
2007-07-15 15:13 | Boiled over, even without lid. Dropped to gas 9 and added 1/2 oz Cascade hops pellets | |
2007-07-15 16:00 | Added 1/4 tsp Irish Moss and 1/2 oz Cascade hops pellets for final 15 minutes | |
2007-07-15 16:15 | Heat off, ice bath. | |
2007-07-15 16:25 | Down to 80°F ended up at 0.5 gallons. Will start with a lot more next time | |
Added R/O up to 1 gallon, raised temp to 85°F took 4oz sample, at 85°F SPGR 1.042 for OG of 1.045. Qbrew had guessed 1.079! | ||
2007-07-15 16:45 | Still at 85°F. Pitched yeast (rounded up to 6g) and added blow-off tube | |
2007-07-16 19:20 | Bubbling away like crazy in the blowoff jar. Looks like a lot of crud still in the fermenter though, seems like lost volume was in beer, not hops crap. | |
2007-07-18 16:00 | Replaced blow-off tube with fermentation lock, looks like more beer than trub was ejected. | |
2007-07-21 11:30 | Racked to secondary, about .75 gallons remaining | |
2007-07-29 13:08 | Dry-hopped with 0.75 oz Williamette (5.1% AA) | |
2007-08-08 13:08 | Bottled, sample was 1.014 at 58°F. 4% ABV. "Bottling Wand" got clogged with sediment before I could even get a siphon going | |
Bitter and hoppy but somehow not quite what I was expecting. | ||
Final volume was six 12oz bottles, plus a four ounce sample and about a cup of discard. |
an idea for next small brew... use bucket instead of sink to chill so water can be reused