Brew Day 5/17/14

[Snafu]

Started early this morning, all prepped and ready to go. A simple Summer Ale planned for today.

Type: All Grain
Batch Size: 5.50 gal
Boil Size: 7.38 gal
Boil Time: 60 min
End of Boil Vol: 5.88 gal
Final Bottling Vol: 5.25 gal
Fermentation: Ale, Two Stage


Date: 17 May 2014
Brewer: Paul
Asst Brewer:
Equipment: Thirsty Camel Brewing
Efficiency: 95.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 97.6 %

8.0 oz Rice Hulls
4 lbs Pilsen Malt 2-Row
2 lbs 8.0 oz Wheat - White Malt (Briess)
1 lbs Wheat, Flaked
8.0 oz Cara-Pils/Dextrine
8.0 oz Caramel Malt 10L
1.50 oz Hallertauer [4.80 %] - Boil 60.0 min
2.00 g Seeds of Paradise (Boil 15.0 mins)
1.00 oz Lemon Zest (Boil 15.0 mins)
1.00 oz Hallertauer Hersbrucker [4.00 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 5.0 min

Topic: Can your efficiency be too high? I'm pretty consistent at about 90%. To the point I'm having to scale back grains.

Pre-Boil est at 1.042 and I came in at 1.043 (calibrated refract)
Runnings stoped at 1.004
Est OG to be 1.054 and I came in at 1.051
Should come in around 4.5% abv

All cleaned up and another brew day in the books. Time to enjoy a beer snowcone

 

[Snafu]

In the fermentor for 3 days then to the secondary. Yes, I'm old school and still use a secondary.

 

[catdaddy66]

Absolutely love your set up! What type of fridge are you cooling your primary? Looks perfect if I can find one.


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