Once again I found myself at the brew store so I couldn't let an oportunity go to waste. On the spot I figured something dark and hoppy.
Because I didn't have my grain bucket Chris gave me a 2 row bag.
I started with 12 pounds.
Then added two pounds of:
Followed up with a quarter pound of:
Then addeded the usual suspects:
What better way to spend a blustery Saturday afternoon than brewing?
Hops addition:
:00- 1/3 G
:20- 1/3 G, 1/3 UK
:40- 1/3 G, 1/3 UK, 1/2 C
:55 -1/3 UK, 1/2 C
Wifey was needing the kitchen at 5PM, which coincided with the end of the one hour boil, so I put the pot out on the porch to cool. This gave me the idea to try something different, for me. Strain the hops out while transferring the wort to the primary fermenter. Ordinarily I leave the hops in the primary.
Another change to procedure was made in sparging. I started with ~4gallons of water at 170 deg which is a little hot for 14.25 lbs of grain. So I started mashing anyway and added ~1/2 gal at 80 deg to bring the temp down to the 140 deg range. Then I heated another ~4 gallons to ~150 deg and added it to the mash before running off the first pass. I ended up with ~7 gal of wort before boiling and ended with 6 gal.
Hops addition:
:00- 1/3 G
:20- 1/3 G, 1/3 UK
:40- 1/3 G, 1/3 UK, 1/2 C
:55 -1/3 UK, 1/2 C
Wifey was needing the kitchen at 5PM, which coincided with the end of the one hour boil, so I put the pot out on the porch to cool. This gave me the idea to try something different, for me. Strain the hops out while transferring the wort to the primary fermenter. Ordinarily I leave the hops in the primary.
Another change to procedure was made in sparging. I started with ~4gallons of water at 170 deg which is a little hot for 14.25 lbs of grain. So I started mashing anyway and added ~1/2 gal at 80 deg to bring the temp down to the 140 deg range. Then I heated another ~4 gallons to ~150 deg and added it to the mash before running off the first pass. I ended up with ~7 gal of wort before boiling and ended with 6 gal.
Had the guys over for pool night and stogies. No one didn't finish theirs.
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