Saturday i had a chance to brew, and still use the spring temperatures for a nice and clean fermentation.
This time i was brewing something light and refreshing, a kind of a munich helles but bitter and with an ale yeast.
here's the recipe:
Recipe Specs
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Batch Size (L): 17.6
Total Grain (kg): 4.285
Total Hops (g): 35.00
Original Gravity (OG): 1.054 (°P): 13.3
Final Gravity (FG): 1.014 (°P): 3.6
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 5.31 %
Colour (SRM): 4.8 (EBC): 9.4
Bitterness (IBU): 36.7 (Average)
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 72
Boil Time (Minutes): 75
Grain Bill
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3.900 kg Pilsner (91.02%)
0.225 kg Melanoidin light (5.25%)
0.120 kg Carapils (Dextrine) (2.8%)
0.040 kg Acidulated Malt (0.93%)
Hop Bill
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20.0 g Magnum Pellet (10.5% Alpha) @ 75 Minutes (Boil) (1.1 g/L)
15.0 g Columbus Pellet (10% Alpha) @ 1 Minutes (Boil) (0.9 g/L)
Misc Bill
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Single step Infusion at 67°C for 120 Minutes.
Fermented at 18°C with Safeale S-04
the day went well, just two things unexpected.....1.5l less beer in the fermenter, but i saw my efficiency rising 5%, which is good... because was dropping some months ag, in previous brews. But i cameback to basics and tried to understand why it happened....but the last three brews things realy worked fine.
some fotos of the day:
Milling the grain
Beginning of the mash
Time for a pint, a homemade APA
The boil
and time for another beer, a belgian Pale ale, 7%abv with coriender seeds and orange peel
Collecting the wort to the fermenter
Finishing with a tasting of two previous brews, a SMASH vienna and cascade (citrus, orange, blood orange and some breadiness) and a stout (coffee and dark chocolate)
cheers
