Brew Day 15/08/07

[dartgod]

Is that how you guys post a date here?????? I would have it at 8/15/07....anyway yesterday, I mean last night I brewed a Schwartz Bier....12:00am mash-in and was done a little before 6:00am....I named it "Sunfish Creek Midnight Lager" and today I'm making an Allagash White Clone(Belgian Wit) and estimated mash in time is 6:00 am....here are the specifics.......

Allagash White Clone
Brew Type: All Grain Date: 8/15/2007
Style: Witbier...... Brewer: Brian Kunkle
Batch Size: 5.25 gal Assistant Brewer: none
Boil Volume: 7.28 gal Boil Time: 60 min
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 % Equipment: Brew Pot (12.5 gal) and Igloo Cooler (10 Gal)


Ingredients Amount Item Type % or IBU
5.47 lb Pilsner (2 Row) Bel (2.0 SRM) Grain 61.46 %
3.43 lb Wheat Malt, Ger (2.0 SRM) Grain 38.54 %
0.79 oz Saaz [2.50 %] (60 min) Hops 7.3 IBU
0.79 oz Tettnang [4.30 %] (60 min) Hops 12.5 IBU
0.26 oz Saaz [2.50 %] (0 min) Hops -
0.26 oz Coriander Seed (Boil 0.0 min) Misc
0.26 oz Ginger Root (Boil 0.0 min) Misc
0.26 oz Orange Peel, Bitter (Boil 0.0 min) Misc
1.50 tbsp PH 5.2 Stabilizer (Mash 60.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs Belgian Wit Ale (White Labs #WLP400) Yeast-Wheat ....800ml starter

Beer Profile Estimated Original Gravity: 1.047 SG (1.044-1.052 SG)
Estimated Final Gravity: 1.011 SG (1.008-1.012 SG)
Estimated Color: 3.4 SRM (2.0-4.0 SRM)
Bitterness: 19.7 IBU (10.0-20.0 IBU) Alpha Acid Units: 5.4 AAU
Estimated Alcohol by Volume: 4.74 % (4.50-5.50 %)

Mash Profile Name: Single Infusion, Light Body Mash Tun Weight: 9.00 lb
Mash Grain Weight: 8.91 lb Mash PH: 5.4 PH
Grain Temperature: 72.0 F Sparge Temperature: 168.0 F
Sparge Water: 3.04 gal

Name Description Step Temp Step Time
Protein Rest Add 8.01 qt of water at 134.8 F 122.0 F 30 min
Saccrification Add 7.12 qt of water at 195.6 F 152.0 F 45 min
Mash Out Add 7.12 qt of water at 207.9 F 168.0 F 10 min

Mash Notes
Simple single infusion mash for use with most modern well modified grains (about 95% of the time).
Carbonation and Storage Carbonation Type: Corn Sugar Carbonation Volumes: 2.8 (2.4-2.9 vols)
Estimated Priming Weight: 5.1 oz

[Andy]

DD/MM/YY works for us

[prodigal2]

I take it from your brew times, that your trying to beat the heat of the day
I made the mistake of brewing in the day when it was 42C outside and turned the kitchen into a sweat box And the wife was not impressed
And the date is correct for us european types, hope it turn out well Dartgod

[steve_flack]

If it was 42C outside I wouldn't be brewing. I'd be laying in a bath of cold water with a lot of cold beer nearby.

[dartgod]

I take it from your brew times, that your trying to beat the heat of the day

No....I'm just weird, I can't go back to work because of surgery (I worked in concrete construction) and really can't sit at a desk for extended periods, so I'm sort of trying to make the best of what and when I can do when I'm not working, it's actually what led me to brewing, I was looking for a hobby to keep me busy......too bad when your in school they don't tell you (if you get a chemical or microbiology degree you can be a brewer), I may of done something different.....

[dartgod]

Corriander, Root Ginger and Orange Peel, sounds like it might be quite nice served ice cold, especially when it's 42 deg outside

A brew buddy on another forum said it was one of his favorite beers and I got Sam Calagione's Extreme Brewing book and the recipe was in there, he's the founder of Dogfish Head Brewery, if you ever get a chance to try his beers they are out of this world and definitely on the cutting edge of brewing......His IPA's are the best......they are continously hopped during the brewing process....there are 3 different one's 60 Minute IPA (6%), 90 Minute IPA (9%) and then the Big Dog 120 Minute IPA's that comes in at around 20% ABV....definitetly an extreme beer....I make the 60 Minute IPA all the time....it has 5 different types of hops in it, taste like biting into a raw grapefruit....yummy.....

[dartgod]

I was right there, right up until the point you mentioned biting into raw grapefruit

That's the main difference in American IPA's and English IPA's....the American one's tend to have a citrus character to them (not all) where it seems to me that the English one's are more earthy.....I've tried a few of them and prefer the American hopped ones.....I thought Samuel Smith's was hideous.......IMO...not that it's worth much.....

[prodigal2]

If it was 42C outside I wouldn't be brewing. I'd be laying in a bath of cold water with a lot of cold beer nearby.

Its due to the fact I live in a old stone farmhouse with 3ft thick stone walls, and if you keep the shutters closed we can keep the upstairs of the house at 25C and downstairs at around 18-22C all without any orrible AC
It was too hot to be doing some ground works outside so like a numbnuts I thought I will brew. It should go down in the annals as a dumb idea, but I did my THA brew so I'm hoping that some of the warmth will come through on a cold winters night
I had a bandana on so no sweat go into the wort, I got parinod that looking into my boiler as the wort chilled I would, drip some sweat in.
And now the bally weather is stormy and wet, this global warming thing is a crock

[louthepoo]

Good luck with the brew - sounds interesting.

[dartgod]

Got it done....with only a few minor mishaps.....I was surfing while I was sparging and my arm quit running, but I still hit my gravity so no big deal,.....that's 6 batches (30 gal) in 15 days and all my fermenters are full so now it's time to wait and then start bottling & kegging.....my stock is rising but I still have about three more batches to go and then I can take a break and enjoy the fruits of my labor......

[Vossy1]

That's some going DG...well done

[dartgod]

That's some going DG...well done

GOODNIGHT.....been up since 10:PM our time and it's 3:PM now.....or should I say GOODDAY......I need to get my sleep schedule back on track but I enjoy conversing with you in your morning......

[mysterio]

I was right there, right up until the point you mentioned biting into raw grapefruit

That's the main difference in American IPA's and English IPA's....the American one's tend to have a citrus character to them (not all) where it seems to me that the English one's are more earthy.....I've tried a few of them and prefer the American hopped ones.....I thought Samuel Smith's was hideous.......IMO...not that it's worth much.....

Meantime IPA and Sierra Nevada IPAs are the only decent 'English' IPAs i've tried. They are few and far between.

Wit recipe looks good.