Hop Slam Brewing Notes
12/3/2016
Started at 1pm
Pre-heating tuns at 1:20pm w/ 4 gallons of water near boiling in each
boiling more to heat the tuns
got water in Tun to approx 167F
(filled to approx 5 gal mark on interior)
1:45pm
Added grain (16 lbs) and stirred.
put fresh water on for boil
by 1:50 temp near top was ~ 154
filled brewing bucket w/ water and 2 capfuls of iodophor
1:58
filled carboy with water and PBW
Concern: mashtun is pretty full ~7 gal mark on
2:10
started prepping dry yeast — boiled water via microwave in pyrex measuring cup
2:25
rinsed carboy and refilled with warm water plus amberdyne
Checked mash temp after a stir — still 152.
Started water boiling again.
at about 3:55 set up fly sparge but then scrapped it and poured ~3lb boiling water into kettle and started draining into boil kettle. water temp “almost” got to 170
Mash out seemed decent
Did no sparging at all. Should have rinsed a little, probably — lost a fair amount during the boil — could have rinsed 2 gallons of water thru maybe. Next time!
boil started at 4pm
pitched 1 oz centennial
4:10pm started hydrating yeast
Washed Therminator for the first time (really).
SOaked in PBW for 40 mins
Then rinsed and soaked in Amberdyne for 30 mins.
Rinsed before using.
At 440 added glacier and vanguard
At around 450 Added an extra gallon of water since boil was running a bit low.
boiled 1 tsp of sugar with a cup of water
30 mins or so later the yeast seemed reasonably frothy. Although I didn’t see activity.
4:54pm
cooled and just added to yeast to “proof”
455 added 1 oz centennial
500pm
Added 2 lbs clover honey
Added 3x Amarillo
Yeast was pitched around 530.
Og was 1.090 at 60f
10/4/2016 7:30am (14 hours later)
Checked the brew in the fermenter — no significant activity yet.
10/5/2016 7:30am 38 hours later
Still no bubbles
10/5/2016 5:45pm 48 hours later — bubbles! about once per 5 seconds thru blow-off tube.
12/17/2016
Racked to 2ndary. OG is now 1.020. Beer tasted pretty good! A bit sweet, but expect that will be dealt with as it continues to ferment. Have moved to different room and put it on a plastic lid to keep it off cold floor.
2/4/2017
Checked OG – 1.016 @ 66 F
Dry hopped w/ 3 oz Simcoe + 1 oz Amarillo
Tasted the beer — cleared up beautifully! Good flavor — hoppy, reasonable mouth feel. Didn’t get the florals yet.
2/24/2017
Kegged! Tasted delicious. “filtered the beer through metal screen and screened funnel — was a pain in the butt! Next time need a better solution. Think I managed to get it pretty clear though — tasted it again — best. brew. ever!