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12/22/24 Propane filled. 4.1 gallons. I brewed 11 batches since last refill. Takes about .37 gallons per batch so would have been pushing it to go one more.
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Grains: 6 lbs Rahr Premium Pils
.5 lbs Root Shoot C-15 (a Crystal I assume)
2 lbs torrefied rice
Hops: 7g Chinook 14.5% AA 60m
21g Chinook 14.5% AA after boil, wort cooled to 186, then added these and held 15m.
Yeast: Imperial Global, starter made night before from washed yeast
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Date: 01/11/25 01/22/25
Gravity: 1.047 1.006
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-10.5 quarts 165 > 150. Checked mash tun for leaks/spills and none were found. After 1 hour > 149. Add 6 quarts boil > 162. This was a mistake. I should have prob just used the full 8 quarts but I thought with the smaller grain bill it might be too much water or raise the temp too much. But in the end I only got 6 gallons pre boil. It was enough but just not what I expected. 14 brix. Added 3 gallons 179 > 167. 7 brix. Had 6 gallons of 10.5 brix. Ended with like 4.9 gallons so added about 1 pint of water, and 1L yeast starter. Had a little trouble with last bit running out on second runnings so had to move grain aside and create a channel for wort to flow into filter.Then it ran out. Was fermenting later than night. In the morning it is at 48F.
01/16/25 Took a reading. Didn't write it down but I think it was around 1.028. Had mostly been fermenting in upper 40s.
01/17/25 Brought up to kitchen in the evening after another 34 hours or so of cold fermenting.
01/22 Got down pretty low. Added gelatin. Was like 43F racking into keg. Some hop in aroma? Taste is clean. Not overly bitter. Bitter enough? Will see how IBUs come across once carbonated. Perhaps the Crystal adds a touch of sweetness.
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Grains: 9 lbs Dingemans Pils
1 oz (28g) Carafa III Special Dehusked
Hops: .5 oz CTZ 14.2% 60m
.5 oz CTZ 14.2% 0m
Yeast: Global lager. Started made night before from washed yeast, 2nd generation (work ok?)
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-11.25 qts 167 > 153 > ice >150. After 1 hour > 149. Add 8 qts boil > 164. 14 brix. collect about 3.2 gallons. (kept .5 qt for yeast starter). Add 3 gallons 177 > 167. 6 brix. Hadd 6.5 gallons of 10 brix. Boiled some in one pot for 45m (or was it more like an hour?) Got about 4.8 gallons in fermenter so added 1 qt water and adjusted gravity down from 1.050. Was at about 48 next morning and not fermenting actively yet. Aerated with pure O2.
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