jwalk4
Well-Known Member
So since the birth of my first born 6 weeks ago, there's been no time to brew. Big surprise there, right? Wrong!
The real surprise came when my fiance said to me on Sunday morning, "Why don't you take some time to make beer today?"
Hell yes!
So I decided to try my first 10 gallon batch seeing as I may not get this opportunity again any time soon. The only problem being that I only have 1 FV with temp control, save for rigging up some kind of swamp cooler. So I pulled out my old fermenting bucket and decided to brew a real easy drinking pale ale, a sure-fire crowd pleaser.
Brewday went off without a hitch, had a pretty good day really. The only anomaly was that I overshot my boil off rate and ended up with an extra gallon of wort at the end. I was shooting for 11 gallons so I could package 10, and I ended up transferring 12 gallons. I transferred 5.5 gallons to the BrewBucket (SS one), and 6.5ish gallons to the other BrewBucket (plastic one )
I took a gravity reading post boil and it measured 1.048 at room temp, a little lower than the gravity I was expecting, but that must be due to the lesser boil off.
Lastly, I updated my recipe on Brew Mate, and posted it below so you can see the updated numbers.
I chose US-05 for the yeast because I brew with dry yeasts exclusively and it supposedly does well at higher temps.
Okay, so below is Fermentation Corners. I'll be fermenting the SS BrewBucket one at 65F, my preferred temp for US-05, and will let it free rise to room temp at the end of apparent primary phase (when my air lock slows to 1-2 bleps every 20 seconds or so.
The plastic bucket will ferment at what ever temp it happens to reach. Currently it is 68F-69F ambient in my basement. I have no expectations, we'll just see what happens!
Throughout the week, I'll take some pics and some readings and I'll post them whenever I get around to it, to share the experience with everyone who's interested. Unfortunately, I can't share the beer via blind triangle test ala' Brulosophy. Hell, I don't think I know 10 people who brew anymore. Therefore, for the tastings and results, you'll just have to take me at my word.
Cheers you all! Happy brewing!
The real surprise came when my fiance said to me on Sunday morning, "Why don't you take some time to make beer today?"
Hell yes!
So I decided to try my first 10 gallon batch seeing as I may not get this opportunity again any time soon. The only problem being that I only have 1 FV with temp control, save for rigging up some kind of swamp cooler. So I pulled out my old fermenting bucket and decided to brew a real easy drinking pale ale, a sure-fire crowd pleaser.
Brewday went off without a hitch, had a pretty good day really. The only anomaly was that I overshot my boil off rate and ended up with an extra gallon of wort at the end. I was shooting for 11 gallons so I could package 10, and I ended up transferring 12 gallons. I transferred 5.5 gallons to the BrewBucket (SS one), and 6.5ish gallons to the other BrewBucket (plastic one )
I took a gravity reading post boil and it measured 1.048 at room temp, a little lower than the gravity I was expecting, but that must be due to the lesser boil off.
Lastly, I updated my recipe on Brew Mate, and posted it below so you can see the updated numbers.
I chose US-05 for the yeast because I brew with dry yeasts exclusively and it supposedly does well at higher temps.
Okay, so below is Fermentation Corners. I'll be fermenting the SS BrewBucket one at 65F, my preferred temp for US-05, and will let it free rise to room temp at the end of apparent primary phase (when my air lock slows to 1-2 bleps every 20 seconds or so.
The plastic bucket will ferment at what ever temp it happens to reach. Currently it is 68F-69F ambient in my basement. I have no expectations, we'll just see what happens!
Throughout the week, I'll take some pics and some readings and I'll post them whenever I get around to it, to share the experience with everyone who's interested. Unfortunately, I can't share the beer via blind triangle test ala' Brulosophy. Hell, I don't think I know 10 people who brew anymore. Therefore, for the tastings and results, you'll just have to take me at my word.
Cheers you all! Happy brewing!