Hop Slam Brewing Notes<\/p>\n
12\/3\/2016<\/p>\n
Started at 1pm<\/p>\n
Pre-heating tuns at 1:20pm w\/ 4 gallons of water near boiling in each<\/p>\n
boiling more to heat the tuns<\/p>\n
got water in Tun to approx 167F<\/p>\n
(filled to approx 5 gal mark on interior)<\/p>\n
1:45pm<\/p>\n
Added grain (16 lbs) and stirred.<\/p>\n
put fresh water on for boil<\/p>\n
by 1:50 temp near top was ~ 154<\/p>\n
filled brewing bucket w\/ water and 2 capfuls of iodophor<\/p>\n
1:58<\/p>\n
filled carboy with water and PBW<\/p>\n
Concern: mashtun is pretty full ~7 gal mark on<\/p>\n
2:10<\/p>\n
started prepping dry yeast \u2014 boiled water via microwave in pyrex measuring cup<\/p>\n
2:25<\/p>\n
rinsed carboy and refilled with warm water plus amberdyne<\/p>\n
Checked mash temp after a stir \u2014 still 152.<\/p>\n
Started water boiling again.<\/p>\n
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.\u00a0 water temp \u201calmost\u201d got to 170<\/p>\n
Mash out seemed decent<\/p>\n
Did no sparging at all.\u00a0 Should have rinsed a little, probably — lost a fair amount during the boil — could have rinsed 2 gallons of water thru maybe.\u00a0 Next time!<\/p>\n
boil started at 4pm<\/p>\n
pitched 1 oz centennial<\/p>\n
4:10pm started hydrating yeast<\/p>\n
Washed Therminator for the first time (really).<\/p>\n
SOaked in PBW for 40 mins<\/p>\n
Then rinsed and soaked in Amberdyne for 30 mins.<\/p>\n
Rinsed before using.<\/p>\n
At 440 added glacier and vanguard<\/p>\n
At around 450 Added an extra gallon of water since boil was running a bit low.<\/p>\n
boiled 1 tsp of sugar with a cup of water<\/p>\n
30 mins or so later the yeast seemed reasonably frothy. Although I didn’t see activity.<\/p>\n
4:54pm<\/p>\n
cooled and just added to yeast to \u201cproof\u201d<\/p>\n
455 added 1 oz centennial<\/p>\n
500pm<\/p>\n
Added 2 lbs clover honey<\/p>\n
Added 3x Amarillo<\/p>\n
Yeast was pitched around 530.<\/p>\n
Og was 1.090 at 60f<\/p>\n
10\/4\/2016 7:30am (14 hours later)<\/p>\n
Checked the brew in the fermenter \u2014 no significant activity yet.<\/p>\n
10\/5\/2016 7:30am 38 hours later<\/p>\n
Still no bubbles<\/p>\n
10\/5\/2016 5:45pm 48 hours later \u2014 bubbles!\u00a0 about once per 5 seconds thru blow-off tube.<\/p>\n
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12\/17\/2016<\/p>\n
Racked to 2ndary. \u00a0OG is now 1.020. \u00a0Beer tasted pretty good! \u00a0A bit sweet, but expect that will be dealt with as it continues to ferment. \u00a0Have moved to different room and put it on a plastic lid to keep it off cold floor.<\/p>\n
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2\/4\/2017<\/p>\n
Checked OG – 1.016 @ 66 F<\/p>\n
Dry hopped w\/ 3 oz Simcoe + 1 oz Amarillo<\/p>\n
Tasted the beer — cleared up beautifully! \u00a0Good flavor — hoppy, reasonable mouth feel. \u00a0Didn’t get the florals yet.<\/p>\n
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2\/24\/2017<\/p>\n
Kegged! \u00a0Tasted delicious. \u00a0“filtered the beer through metal screen and screened funnel — was a pain in the butt! \u00a0Next time need a better solution. \u00a0Think I managed to get it pretty clear though — tasted it again — best. \u00a0brew. \u00a0ever!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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