Second test brew on the new rig and it all went pretty smoothly. I've plumbed in the temp sensor the HEX vessel so now I can monitor the temp in there - and trigger an alarm if it gets too high.Recipe: Russian RIver Row 2 Hill 56
Brewer:
Asst Brewer:
Style: American Pale Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30.0)
Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 30.67 l
Post Boil Volume: 23.92 l
Batch Size (fermenter): 23.00 l
Bottling Volume: 23.00 l
Estimated OG: 1.053 SG
Estimated Color: 10.5 EBC
Estimated IBU: 36.5 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 72.0 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes
Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
3.00 kg Pilsner (Weyermann) (3.3 EBC) Grain 1 55.6 %
1.95 kg Pale Malt, Golden Promise (Thomas Fawcet Grain 2 36.1 %
0.45 kg Caramalt (Thomas Fawcett) (29.6 EBC) Grain 3 8.3 %
10.50 g Magnum [12.00 %] - Boil 90.0 min Hop 4 16.3 IBUs
15.00 g Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 5 11.7 IBUs
30.00 g Simcoe [13.00 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 10.0 Hop 6 8.5 IBUs
30.00 g Simcoe [13.00 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 0.0 Hop 7 0.0 IBUs
1.0 pkg San Diego Super Yeast (White Labs #WLP09 Yeast 8 -
30.00 g Simcoe [13.00 %] - Dry Hop 5.0 Days Hop 9 0.0 IBUs
Mash Schedule: NO SPARGE
Total Grain Weight: 5.40 kg
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Saccharification Add 35.96 l of water at 71.5 C 67.2 C 75 min
Mash Out Heat to 75.6 C over 7 min 75.6 C 10 min
Sparge: If steeping, remove grains, and prepare to boil wort
Notes:
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Calcium Magnesium Sodium Chloride Sulfate Chloride / Sulfate
(Ca ppm) (Mg ppm) (Na ppm) (Cl ppm) (SO4 ppm) Ratio
118 3 13 103 154 0.67
achieved with 42.5ml CRS & 2g gypsum
50g acidulated in grist targetting pH 5.5 mash
This is during heat of mash water - HEX is about 20C ahead of the recirc temp. Once stabilised at mash temps, this drops to about 6C but is still a little more than I would have guessed:
Once my mash hit 1.040 SG I upped the herms to mashout temp and pumped over to the kettle:
A big boil this one (about 33L), for 90 minutes, because of the pilsener malt in the grist, and I actually ended up with a little too much. The unduction handles it no problem though:
The plan was to try whirlpooling with the herms pump, which didn't actually go so well - here's the setup:
Despite the pre-boil gravity being bang on, I ended up under my target 1.053, with 1.050. Not too fussed about this - will still be 5% or so - but perhaps extra boil volume -> less vigorous boil -> less boil off:
Really looking forward to trying this one. The grain bill is apparently very nice and light, and I should get a good handle on Simcoe.
